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Hans India
6 days ago
- Health
- Hans India
NMC asks state bodies to appoint officer to put quacks in the dock
Hyderabad: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has asked all the state Medical Councils to appoint an officer to file complaints before the court for taking action against quacks as per law. The NMC EMRB (Ethics and Medical Registration Board) member Dr Yogendra Malik has written to the secretaries of the State Councils in connection with the bar to practice by the medical practitioners who were not registered/enrolled in the State Register or the National Register and the action against the act of quackery under section 34 read with section 54 of the National Medical Commission Act, 2019. He said, "As per section 34. Bar to practice. -(1) No person other than a person who is enrolled in the State Register or the National Register, as the case may be, shall be allowed to practice medicine as a qualified medical practitioner, hold office as a physician or surgeon or any other office, by whatever name called, which is meant to be held by a physician or surgeon, be entitled to sign or authenticate a medical or fitness certificate or any other certificate required by any law to be signed or authenticated by a duly qualified medical practitioner, be entitled to give evidence at any inquest or in any court of law as an expert under section 45 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 on any matter relating to medicine, provided that the Commission shall submit a list of such medical professionals to the Central Government in such manner as may be prescribed. As per the provisions of the NMC Act, 2019, the act of quackery and the medical practice by the non-registered/enrolled person is a punishable offence under section 34, and the Court shall take cognizance of an offence punishable under section 54 of the NMC Act upon a complaint in writing made in this behalf by an officer authorised by the Commission or the Ethics and Medical Registration Board or a State Medical Council. To enforce the provisions, all the State Medical Councils should appoint an officer to file complaints before the Court or other concerned authority to take appropriate action against quacks as per law. Further, the State Medical Councils have been asked to furnish an annual report to the Commission in this regard.
United News of India
15-07-2025
- Health
- United News of India
Part-time members of NMC, autonomous boards selected through draw of lots
New Delhi, July 15 (UNI) The part-time members of National Medical Commission (NMC), its autonomous boards, and search committee were selected through draw of lots on Wednesday. The procedure of appointments is laid down in National Medical Commission (NMC) Act, 2019, said an official statement here. Union Health Minister JP Nadda also took part in the appointment process of the part time members of NMC and other committees. As per the NMC Act 2019, these appointments are for two years. Ten part-time members of the NMC were selected from the nominees of State and Union Territory Governments in the Medical Advisory Council (appointed earlier in 2022), as per the statement. These include representatives from Gujarat, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Jharkhand, Chandigarh, and Madhya Pradesh. In addition, nine part-time members were selected from the nominees of State Medical Councils, also serving on the Medical Advisory Council. The selected States and UTs are West Bengal, Karnataka, Nagaland, Chhattisgarh, Tripura, Jammu & Kashmir, Assam, Manipur, and Uttarakhand. Furthermore, the fourth part-time member of each Autonomous Board of the NMC was also selected through the same process, from among the nominees of State Medical Councils in the Medical Advisory Council, said the statement. The selection through draw of lots is a statutory requirement under the NMC Act, aimed at ensuring transparency, fairness, and balanced representation across States and Union Territories in India's apex medical regulatory body, it said. UNI AJ GNK
Time of India
09-07-2025
- Health
- Time of India
NMC pushes onus of addressing medical student grievances onto colleges, universities and directorates
AI image NEW DELHI: The National Medical Commission has through a public notice pushed grievance redressal onto medical colleges, universities and directorates of medical education of the respective states. The commission, which is the regulator of medical education, will no longer address grievances faced by approximately seven lakh students studying undergraduate or postgraduate courses in over 700 colleges directly under its control, at least at the initial stage. Calling it 'a structured mechanism at 3 levels' the commission has asked that if complaints are unresolved at the three levels 'the same may be escalated to the NMC for necessary resolution'. A majority of complaints by doctors under training are against the medical college and the NMC Act gives the commission the power to take action. The Maintenance of Standards of Medical Education Regulations, 2023 says that if the NMC board 'has reason to believe that a medical institution has failed to comply with any statutory provision, regulations framed thereunder or has not complied with the Minimum Standards of Requirements as prescribed by their respective Boards, or has conducted themselves in any manner which is not in accordance with the goals of medical education and practice, the Board shall either penalize the medical college or medical institution and /or conduct further enquiry into such act and wherever needed provide an opportunity to rectify the same'. Unlike medical colleges, which come directly under the NMC, the commission has no jurisdiction over universities or directorates of medical education, and hence its public notice is only an advisory to these two entities. It has only 'suggested to form grievance redressal committees' at all three levels consisting of senior functionaries The kind of complaints listed in the notice include 'charging of excess fee, delay in payment of stipend or non-payment of stipend, ragging/harassment, internship related issues, faculty or college staff related issues, disciplinary matters, health and safety concerns, academic issues viz. curriculum, attendance, teaching methods, examinations, assessment, etc.'. Most of these would be against the college or its management. From imposing monetary penalty and stopping admission to reducing the number of students a college can admit or withdrawing accreditation, the NMC alone has the punitive powers to take action against medical colleges. Ophthalmologist and RTI activist Dr K V Babu said, 'Now NMC is asking the interns to address the grievances at the college/University/DME level. Internship is for a period of twelve months only. By the time interns utilise all these avenues, the twelve months period will be over. By the notification on 8th July 2025, the NMC is shirking the responsibility for non-payment of stipends, though they have their own data about non-payment of stipends by 60 medical colleges and 50 medical colleges paying only nominal stipends. NMC can take action against the erring medical colleges under MSME regulations 2023.'
Hindustan Times
06-07-2025
- Hindustan Times
Doctor blacklisted by NMC for taking bribe
New Delhi, The National Medical Commission has blacklisted a senior doctor working as as assessor for allegedly taking a bribe of ₹10 lakh in lieu of giving a favourable assessment report to a private medical college in Karnataka. Doctor blacklisted by NMC for taking bribe The Central Bureau of Investigation had arrested the doctor in May. The doctor has been blacklisted pending investigation and final verdict in the matter. As an exemplary action, it has been decided that the renewal of existing number of seats of the said college in Under-graduate and Postgraduate courses shall not be done for the academic year 2025-26, the Commission said. Further, the application for increase of seats and starting of new courses for both UG and PG received by the Medical Assessment and Rating Board for academic year 2025-26 shall be cancelled and not processed further. In a statement on July 2, the NMC said it delegates senior faculty members from various government medical colleges across the country, who volunteer to conduct periodic inspections in medical institutions on behalf of the Commission. As such, the assessors are not employed by the Commission but are pooled in from nation-wide government medical colleges and assigned for inspections through a randomisation process. "The NMC is committed to uphold utmost integrity in all its work and maintain transparency at all levels. The Commission has a no tolerance policy towards corruption and any such untoward incident by any person or medical institution is being dealt by the Commission as per relevant penal provisions of the NMC Act and the Regulations made therein under," it stated. "Under the relevant penal provisions of the Act, the Commission may take such actions against violators as deemed fit viz; imposition of monetary penalty, withholding processing of application for any new scheme for that academic year or for such number of years, reducing the number of students in the next or subsequent academic years to be admitted by the medical institution," it added. It advised all medical colleges and stakeholders to conform strictly to the NMC rules and regulations and uphold the ethos of quality medical education, professionalism and public trust. This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.
The Hindu
03-07-2025
- The Hindu
NMC blacklists senior doctor arrested by CBI on bribery charges
The National Medical Commission (NMC) has blacklisted a senior doctor working as an assessor, who allegedly received a bribe of ₹10 lakh in exchange for a positive assessment report to Jawaharalal Nehru Medical College of KLE Society, Belagavi. He was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in this case. The NMC also decided that the renewal of the existing number of seats of the college in under-graduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) courses will not be done for the academic year 2025-26. 'Furthermore, the application for increase of seats and starting of new courses for both UG and PG received by the Medical Assessment & Rating Board (MARB) for the year 2025-26 shall be cancelled and not processed further,' it stated. The CBI arrested a senior doctor and Head of Department, Anatomy, at Murshidabad Medical College, working as an assessor with the NMC, after he allegedly received a bribe in exchange for a positive report to Jawaharalal Nehru Medical College in May 2025. An FIR in this regard was lodged by the CBI against some of the assessors, college authorities, and unknown persons. The matter is currently under investigation. In its clarification, the NMC said that senior faculty members from various government medical colleges across the country volunteer to conduct periodic inspections in medical institutions on behalf of the Commission. 'As such, the assessors are not employed by the Commission, but are pooled in from nation-wide government medical colleges and assigned for inspections through a randomisation process,' it stated. The Commission has a no tolerance policy towards corruption, and any such untoward incident by any person or medical institution is being dealt by the Commission as per relevant penal provisions of the NMC Act and the regulations made therein under, it added. B.L. Sujatha Rathod, Director, Directorate of Medical Education, said, 'We have not received any official information or order from the NMC regarding this incident. Appropriate action will be taken against the college as soon as the information is received.'
