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Karnataka govt now stringent on regulation & monitoring of fake doctors in Ayush
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Nandita Vijayasimha, Bengaluru
September 06 , 2025
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Karnataka government is now cautious on hiring of any medical practitioner or existing Ayush medical professionals by calling for verification of the practitioner’s registration with the relevant council. It has now mandated need for vigilance by looking for valid credentials to avoid treatment from the unregistered or dubious clinics, particularly in rural or border areas.
Section 34 of the Karnataka Ayurvedic, Naturopathy, Siddha, Unani and Yoga practitioners’ registration explicitly states that no other person other than a qualified medical practitioner of the Karnataka Medical Registration Act, Karnataka Homeopathic Practitioners Act with his name is in the Indian Medical Register maintained under the Indian Medical Council Act can practise directly for personal gain any system of medicine, surgery or midwifery, said government officials.
Section 36 of the Karnataka Ayurvedic Naturopathy, Siddha, Unani and Yoga practitioners’ registration has indicated that if there is a contravention of the section 34 and 35, then the guilty will be punished with fine of Rs. 25,000 and imprisonment for one year. For a similar second offence, it mandates a fine of Rs. 5 lakh and imprisonment for a term of three years.
Now to ensure strict implementation of the provisions of the law, the State government has appointed a district level special force to inspect and prosecute unregistered, fake and quack doctors in the designated zones. The team will be supported with deputy commissioner of the district, senior most police officer, district Ayush officer, Registrar of the Karnataka Ayurveda Unani Board, district level nominated advocate, and social welfare worker nominated by the department of Ayush. The special task force will need to submit a monthly report to the government.
In case of running a medical establishment without registration under the KPME Karnataka Private Medical Establishment Act, the grievance redressal authority under Section 15 (1) can be given an opportunity to be heard and impose a penalty of Rs. 50,000. The private medical establishment with no registration is liable for closure.
With regard to the Bio Medical Waste Management (BMWM) Rules, every healthcare facility generating biomedical waste irrespective of quantity, can apply to the prescribed authority for grant of authorisation. In case the health facility run by a fake doctor or quack is found not to have the required registration under the BMWM rules, then suitable action will be taken. The facility will need to submit a six months report to the State Advisory Committee and to the State Pollution Control Board, stated the officials.
Further, the district family welfare officers are made nodal officers for biomedical waste management at districts and district hospital quality managers (DHQM) have been given additional responsibility to implement and monitor the BMWM Rules across the 31 districts of the state.
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