India, Aug. 4 -- The Maharashtra government on Monday issued a government resolution (GR) initiating the process of conditional registration for Bachelor of Homeopathic Medicine and Surgery (BHMS) doctors by the Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC). According to MMC registrar Rakesh Waghmare, the registrations are expected to begin on Tuesday.

Over 12,500 homeopaths in the state, who have completed the one-year Certificate Course in Modern Pharmacology (CCMP) will qualify to practice allopathy subject to the decision of an ongoing Bombay high court hearing on this issue. The course was launched by the government with a view to providing allopathic services in rural and remote areas where doctors are hard to come by.

The GR also ordered the...