<prompt> Disciplinary control over Registered Medical Practitioners is under :State Medical CouncilIndian Medical CouncilDirector of Medical and Health ServicesHealth secretary of State Government  <response>: A i.e. State medical council State Medical Councils exercise disciplinary controlQ over their members for serious profession misconduct by reprimanding or erasing their name temporarily or permanently from the Register. This is ka Panel erasure or the professional death sentence, which deprives him of all the privileges of registered practitioner. Medical practitioner may appeal to Central Health Ministry - against the decision, and the Ministry in consultation with IMC can modify the decision. 