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“practice of traditional and complementary medicine” means a form of health-related practice designed to prevent, treat or manage ailment or illness or preserve the mental and physical well-being of an individual and includes such practices as traditional Malay medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, traditional Indian medicine,

Islamic medical practice, homeopathy, and complementary therapies, but excludes medical and dental practices used by a medical and dental practitioner respectively;

“designated practitioner body” means a practitioner body of a recognized practice area that has been designated by the Minister under section 42;

“practice area” means a particular area, field, specialty or subject of practice in traditional and complementary medicine and includes a subarea, subfield, subspecialty or subsubject;

“recognized practice area” means a practice area which is recognized by the Minister under section 20;

“prescribed”, where no mode is mentioned, means prescribed by regulations made under this Act;

“Director General” and “Deputy Director General” mean the

Director General of Health Malaysia and the Deputy Director

General of Health Malaysia, respectively;

“Council” means the Traditional and Complementary Medicine

Council established under section 4;

“patient information” means the personal data of a patient, such as name, age, address, physical and mental conditions and financial information;

“Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for health;

“authorized officer” means any person authorized by the Minister under section 48;

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“practitioner” means a traditional and complementary medicine practitioner;

“registered practitioner” means a practitioner who is registered under section 23;

“provisionally registered practitioner” means a person who has been provisionally registered as a practitioner under section 22;

“medical practitioner” has the meaning assigned to it in the

Medical Act 1971 [Act 50];

“dental practitioner” has the meaning assigned to it in the

Dental Act 1971 [Act 51];

“Chairman” means the Chairman of the Council appointed under subsection 6(2);

“patient” means an individual who engages a registered practitioner to provide traditional and complementary medicine services for his well-being or as treatment for any ailment or illness;

“Secretary” means the Secretary of the Council appointed under section 16.