Government and Private Medical Institutes Regulation
With an emphasis on maintaining professional conduct and ethics within the medical field, the Indian Medical Council (Professional Conduct, Etiquette, and Ethics) Regulations 2002, issued under the Indian Medical Council Act 1956, outline the procedures for handling cases and complaints related to medical negligence.
MARB signs a MOU with QCI for Conducting the Assessment and Rating of Medical Colleges
MARB has requested QCI to conduct comprehensive assessments and ratings of medical colleges across India. The objective is to ensure delivery of quality education, excellence in medical education and improvement in medical colleges.
NMC directs Medical Colleges to comply with SC directions on implementation of POSH Act
The Supreme Court has mandated all Health Institutions and Medical Colleges to carry out a thorough verification process to ensure the existence of properly constituted Internal Complaints Committees (ICCs) or Local Committees (LCs) or Internal Committees (ICs), as applicable in each case.
NMC notifies online counselling for NEET PG Courses
The NMC has announced that all State Counselling Agencies should make necessary arrangements for conducting the counselling in online mode. This is applicable to all rounds of counselling, including stray vacancy round in Private Medical Colleges from academic year 2023-2024.
Clarification on Recognition/Continuation of Recognition(CoR) of MBBS degree for the year 2022-23
In view of the upcoming counseling schedule for NEET-UG 2023, the Medical Colleges and Institutions that were awaiting recognition or confirmation of registration (CoR) until the year 2023 and have not received any specific denial or admission stoppage communication for the academic year 2023-24 from the Medical Assessment and Rating Board (MARB) or the NMC, have been granted recognition for a period of one year only, namely the academic year 2022-23.
Draft National Medical Commission (Competency Based Medical Education Curriculum) Regulations, 2023
The main focus of the new regulations is to enhance the learning experience in medical education by adopting a more learner-centric, patient-centric, gender-sensitive, outcome-oriented, and environment-appropriate approach.
Draft National Medical Commission (Minimum Standard Requirements for Establishment of New Medical Colleges/ Increase of seats in MBBS Course) Regulations, 2023
The regulations will be applicable to medical colleges approved for admitting MBBS students annually. They outline the minimum requirements for accommodation in the college and its associated teaching hospitals, as well as the necessary staff (teaching and technical) and equipment in various college departments and hospitals.
Draft National Medical Commission (Maintenance of Standards of Medical Education) Regulations, 2023
These regulations contemplate an annual disclosure report to be submitted by medical colleges and medical institutions to the UGMEB or the PGMEB, as the case may be. The Boards will then evaluate these reports to verify if the medical colleges or medical institutions satisfy the conditions or regulations issued by NMC from time to time.
NMC withdraws Guidelines under Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 2023
The NMC has emphatically declared that the Guidelines under Graduate Medical Education Regulations 2023, stands “WITHDRAWN AND CANCELLED” with immediate effect.
NMC announces availability of recognised Postgraduate Broad Speciality Seats for Academic Session 2023
Since the counselling process of NEET-PG 2023 will be commencing shortly, NMC has decided that all existing recognised PG Broad Speciality Seats available with the medical colleges/ institutes will be considered for admission for Academic Session 2023 and seat matrix will be prepared accordingly.
