No. 23 Traditional and Alternative Medicine 2002 9 (k) to protect the society from abuse of traditional and alternative health practitioner and research on human beings; (1) to control the dissemination of information and all advertisement pertaining traditional and alternative medicines; and (m) to regulate and set standards, where possible, for traditional and alternative health material remedies and practices. (n) to provide for the protection of Tanzanian medicinal plants, and other natural resources of medicinal value, such as animals, minerals, acquatic and marine products including their parts thereof. (2) In the performance of its functions, the Council shall as far as is practicable, maintain a system of consultation and co-operation with other institutions or bodies and the Authority responsible for food, drugs, cosmetics and medical devices on matters relating to herbal drug and herbal medicine. (3) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (2), where the consultation and co-operation with other bodies or institutions established by or under any other written law requires a memorandum of understanding, the bodies or institutions concerned m~y enter into an agreement for the purpose of implementing functions or objectives, and that the signed memorandum shall have the force of law. (4) The Council, when performing its duties under this Act, particularly when issuing instructions or directions in connections to the matters pertaining to the quality, efficacy and safety in herbal medicine and herbal drug, shall consult first with other institutions or bodies and whose functions are related or similar to those specified under this Act. 7. In the performance of its functions, the Council shall have powers to: (a) caution, censure, suspend from practice or remove from the roll an aide or de-register a tradional health practitioner or alternative health practitioner who has: (i) been found to be guilty of a profession misconduct; (ii) been convicted of a criminal offence or has done anything that has lowered the estimation of the traditional or alternative medicine intergrity; Powers of the Council