12. Powers and Functions of the Mandal.

(a) to maintain the State Register of Registered Practitioners;
(b) to hear and decide appeals from the decisions of the Secretary in such manner as may be prescribed by regulations;
(c) to prescribe by regulations a code of ethics for regulating the professional conduct of Registered Practitioners;
(d) to reprimand a Registered Practitioner, to suspend or remove the name from the State Register, or to take such other disciplinary action against him, as may, in the opinion of the Mandal be necessary or expedient;
(e) to permit any member to absent himself from the meetings of the Board;
(f) to promote innovations, research and development; and to formulate schemes for promoting [Practitioner in Alternative Medicine] education;
(g) to lay down norms and standards for courses, curricula, facilities for instruction, training, assessment and examinations for [Practitioner in Modern and Holistic Medicine] ;
(h) to fix norms and guidelines for charging tuition fees for [Practitioner in Modern and Holistic Medicine] ;
(i) to advise the State Government in respect of grant of recognition to any [Practitioner in Modern and Holistic Medicine] School;
(j) to provide guidelines for admission of students to [Practitioner in Modern and Holistic Medicine] Schools;
(k) to inspect or cause to be inspected any [Practitioner in Modern and Holistic Medicine] School;
(l) to conduct the examinations of [Practitioner in Modern and Holistic Medicine] Course;
(m) to conduct the election of members under clause (i) of sub-section (1) of Section 4;
(n) to perform such other functions as may be prescribed by Rules.
Chapter IV
[Practitioner in Modern and Holistic Medicine] Schools and Their Recognition