Indian Nursing Council notifies 31st October as Deadline in Compliance Matters
Indian Nursing Council (INC) has issued a notification that 31st October, 2023 will be its Deadline in Compliance Matters. If the suitability renewal is not given to any institution because of compliance matter, it may be uploaded for compliance in the same application form by using same user ID and password.
3rd National Pharmacovigilance Week 2023
The circular instructs all pharmacy institutions to celebrate the 3rd National Pharmacovigilance Week 2023 from 17th September to 23rd September, 2023. The theme for the Pharmacovigilance Week will be, ‘boosting public confidence in pharmacovigilance’.
Dental Colleges Directed to Upload MDS/PG Diploma Course Admissions for 2023-24 on DCI Website
To ensure a seamless process and prevent last-minute complications, dental institutions are strongly urged to upload student details gradually, immediately after the joining of students in each counseling round. Dental institutions are warned against uploading details of students without authentic admissions, and they are reminded that they bear the responsibility of providing accurate information.
NMC warns against Forged Letters Misleading Medical Colleges
The Directorate of Medical Education in states and union territories (UTs) across the country has been formally requested to allocate seats for Under Graduate-MBBS and Post Graduate-Broad Specialty and Super Specialty programs for the academic year 2023-24 based solely on the information available on the official website of the National Medical Commission.
Applications for Medical Eligibility Certificates Closed/Rejected After Non-compliance with Regulations
The National Medical Commission (NMC) has issued a public notice closing/ rejecting the applications of several applicants seeking eligibility certificates for medical qualifications due to prolonged delays and non-compliance with regulations. This notice was issued on 1st September, 2023.
Clarification regarding registration of additional qualifications of students passing graduate courses
Post Graduate Medical Education Board has requested all the State Medical Councils to register the first four batches of PG degree courses after starting increased intake of seats and three batches of PG diploma courses admitted against the seats which are shown as permitted on NMC’s website.
Directions for uploading the details of BDS students in DCI Website
DCI directions regarding Uploading the details of students admitted in BDS Course at Dental Colleges for the academic session 2023-24, on DCI Website
UGC has prohibited display of Aadhaar number on provisional certificates and degrees
State Governments are considering the printing of the full Aadhaar number of university students on provisional certificates and degrees issued by the universities. In this regard, attention is invited to sub-regulation (3) of regulation 6 of the Aadhaar (Sharing of Information) Regulations, 2016, which provide that no entity in possession of the Aadhaar number shall make public any database or record containing the same, unless the Aadhaar number has been redacted or blacked out through appropriate means’ under the regulations, as they currently stand, printing of the Aadhaar number on provisional certificates and degrees is not permissible’.
Payment of Stipends to PG Medical Students
The PGMEB has reiterated that as per the Post Graduate Medical Education Regulation, 2000, ‘The Post Graduate students of the institutions which are located in various States / Union Territories shall be paid remuneration at par with the remuneration being paid to the Post Graduate students of State Government medical institutions / Central Government Medical Institutions, in the State/Union Territory in which the institution is located.’
Process to Streamline Registration to Foreign Medical Practitioners
In order to streamline the process of timely grant of temporary registration to foreign medical practitioners the registered hospital/ medical college/ institute should upload on theor official website the details of fellowship programmes being run by them. They must also provide the NMC with additional specified information relating to course content, duration, etc.
