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Ideal Ayurvedic Resort
has been awarded the Olive Leaf Certification for quality
Ayurvedic care facilities. Additional information on the
quality assurance this certification provides is presented
below:
To ensure quality Ayurvedic care for tourists,
the State Government of India has devised a classification of
Ayurveda centres.
Green Leaf and Olive Leaf
Certification are the two classifications available. Centres,
which maintain the required standards in facilities,
equipment, personnel, medicines and health programs offered,
can apply for either of the classifications.
The
certificate is valid for three years and is awarded by the
Department of Tourism, after a thorough inspection of the
centre's facilities and staff's qualifications, by a team
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the Director, Kerala Tourism |
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the Director, Indian Systems of
Medicine |
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Professor of Kayachikitsa,
Government Ayurveda College, Thiruvananthapuram |
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a representative from the Ayurveda
College, Kottakkal |
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a representative from
the Indian Association of Tour Operators. |
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To acquire
certification, therapy should be done under the supervision of
a physician holding a recognised degree in Ayurveda. Staff
must have received training from institutions recognized by
the Government of India.
Only authorised programs of
treatment using medicines from approved producers can be
offered. With regard to the facilities, there should be at
least two rooms for treatment, a consultation room and a rest
room. There also has to be a bathroom/toilet attached to the
treatment rooms. Instruments such as the BP apparatus,
stethoscope, weighing machine and examination couch need to be
available and the centre needs to have a massage table (of at
least 7 ft. x 3 ft.) made of wood or fibreglass, a gas or
electric stove, facilities for sterilisation and has to
provide medicated hot water for bathing. All equipment,
furniture and the premises have to be kept hygienic.
Green
Leaf certification is awarded to centres that also provide
facilities of outstanding aesthetic quality, with large areas
of natural greenery within the premises. |
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