45. Amendment of section 89 of the principal enactment

“Ayurveda” and the substitution therefor, of the following:-

“ “Ayurveda” includes the Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Desiya Chikitsa systems of medicine and surgery and any other system of medicine indigenous to Asian countries and recognized as such by the

Governments of such respective countries;”;

“ “Ayurveda Product” means any Ayurveda article, substance or drug which is manufactured or refined for sale, and includes any locally manufactured or imported medicinal extract or fraction, a health supplement, a food supplement, a cosmeceutical, or a device;”;

“ “Eastern University of Sri Lanka” means the

Eastern University of Sri Lanka established under Order made under section 21 of the

Universities Act, No.16 of 1978 and published in the Gazette Extraordinary

No. 420/25 of September 26, 1986;

“Faculty of Indigenous Medicine of the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka” means the Faculty of Indigenous Medicine of the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka established by

Order made under the Universities Act,

No.16 of 1978 and published in the Gazette

Extraordinary No. 2319/22 of February 13,

2023;

“Gampaha Wickramarachchi University of

Indigenous Medicine, Sri Lanka” means the the Gampaha Wickramarachchi

University of Indigenous Medicine, Sri

Lanka established by Order made under the Universities Act, No.16 of 1978 and published in the Gazette Extraordinary No.

2199/12 of October 28, 2020;

“Herbal Cultivation” means the cultivation of any medicinal plants for Ayurveda purposes as prescribed in the Ayurveda Code and shall include crop harvest or residual of such growth used for any commercial purposes;

“Herbal Gardens for Research and Extension”

means a dedicated space devoted to grow medicinal plants for research purposes, either by the Department of Ayurveda or a person registered for such purposes under this Act;”;

“ “Medicinal plant” means any plant which, in one or more of its organs, contain substances that can be used for thereputic purposes or which are precursors for the synthesis of useful drugs;

“Minister” means the Minister assigned the subject of Ayurveda under Article 44 or 45 of the Constitution;

“Primary Health Care” means a whole-of-society approach to health that aims at ensuring the highest possible level of health and well-being and their equitable distribution by focusing on people's needs and as early as possible along the continuum from health promotion and disease prevention to treatment, rehabilitation and palliative care, and as close as feasible to people's everyday environment;”;

“register of Ayurveda practitioners” and the substitution therefor, of the following:-

“ “register of Ayurveda practitioners” means the

General register, or the Special register maintained by the Ayurveda Medical

Council under this Act for the registration of Ayurveda practitioners, and includes any register which is deemed to be a

General register of

Ayurveda practitioners or a Special register of

Ayurveda practitioners under subsection (3) of section 51;”;

“ “Registered Ayurveda massage therapist” means any person registered as an Ayurveda massage therapist under this Act;

“Register of Ayurveda massage therapist” means the register maintained by the Ayurveda

Medical Council for the registration of

Ayurveda massage therapist under this

Act;

“University of Colombo, Sri Lanka” means the

University of Colombo, Sri Lanka established under section 139 of the

Universities Act, No.16 of 1978;

“University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka” means the

University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka established under section 139 of the Universities Act,

No.16 of 1978;”.