The Bombay Homoeopathic & Biochemic Practitioner Act 1959 was enacted, and it come into force on 27-10-61 in Maharashtra State. The Main purpose of the Act is to regulate registration of Practitioners and to encourage the study and the spread of Homoeopathic & Biochemic systems of Medicine.

The Act provided for a statutory body viz. Board of Homoeopathic and Biochemic systems of Medicine to look after the registration of Homoeopathic Practitioners and the Court of Examiners of Homoeopathic & Biochemic system pf Medicine to encourage the study and spread of Hom. systems. The Govt. had appointed a committee to enquire into the working of the Act. It was presided over by Dr. N. B. Gadekar. The proposal of the committee to amalgamate the Board and Court of Examiners into a single body and it was approved by Council of ministers in its meeting held on 2.5.84 and in accordance with that decision the Law & Judiciary department has drafted a Bill on the date of commencement of the Bombay Homoeopathic and Biochemic Practitioners(Amendment) Act, 1985, The Maharashtra Council of Homoeopathy have been established.