Act 30 of 2019

The National Medical Commission Act, 2019

An Act to provide for a medical education system that improves access to quality and affordable medical education, ensures availability of adequate and high quality medical professionals in all parts of the country; that promotes equitable and universal healthcare that encourages community health perspective and makes services of medical professionals accessible to all the citizens; that promotes national health goals; that encourages medical professionals to adopt latest medical research in their work and to contribute to research; that has an objective periodic and transparent assessment of medical institutions and facilitates maintenance of a medical register for India and enforces high ethical standards in all aspects of medical services; that is flexible to adapt to changing needs and has an effective grievance redressal mechanism and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

  • Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
  • Department of Health and Family Welfare
  • Enacted 2019-08-08
  • 61 sections
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1 Short title, extent and commencement.Read
2 Definitions.Read
3 Constitution of National Medical Commission.Read
4 Composition of Commission.Read
5 Search Committee for appointment of Chairperson and Members.Read
6 Term of office and conditions of service of Chairperson and Members.Read
7 Removal of Chairperson and Member of Commission.Read
8 Appointment of Secretary, experts, professionals, officers and other employees of Commission.Read
9 Meetings, etc., of Commission.Read
10 Powers and functions of Commission.Read
11 Constitution and composition of Medical Advisory Council.Read
12 Functions of Medical Advisory Council.Read
13 Meetings of Medical Advisory Council.Read
14 National Eligibilitycum-Entrance Test.Read
15 National Exit Test.Read
16 Constitution of Autonomous Boards.Read
17 Composition of Autonomous Boards.Read
18 Search Committee for appointment of President and Members.Read
19 Term of office and conditions of service of President and Members.Read
20 Advisory committees of experts.Read
21 Staff of Autonomous Boards.Read
22 Meetings, etc., of Autonomous Boards.Read
23 Powers of Autonomous Boards and delegation of powers.Read
24 Powers and functions of UnderGraduate Medical Education Board.Read
25 Powers and functions of Post-Graduate Medical Education Board.Read
26 Powers and functions of Medical Assessment and Rating Board.Read
27 Powers and functions of Ethics and Medical Registration Board.Read
28 Permission for establishment of new medical college.Read
29 Criteria for approving or disapproving scheme.Read
30 State Medical Councils.Read
31 National Register and State Register.Read
32 Community Health Provider.Read
33 Rights of persons to have licence to practice and to be enrolled in National Register or State Register and their obligations thereto.Read
34 Bar to practice.Read
35 Recognition of medical qualifications granted by Universities or medical institutions in India.Read
36 Recognition of medical qualifications granted by medical institutions outside India.Read
37 Recognition of medical qualifications granted by statutory or other body in India.Read
38 Withdrawal of recognition granted to medical qualification granted by medical institutions in India.Read
39 Derecognition of medical qualifications granted by medical institutions outside India.Read
40 Special provision in certain cases for recognition of medical qualifications.Read
41 Grants by Central Government.Read
42 National Medical Commission Fund.Read
43 Audit and accounts.Read
44 Furnishing of returns and reports to Central Government.Read
45 Power of Central Government to give directions to Commission and Autonomous Boards.Read
46 Power of Central Government to give directions to State Governments.Read
47 Information to be furnished by Commission and publication thereof.Read
48 Obligation of universities and medical institutions.Read
49 Completion of courses of studies in medical institutions.Read
50 Joint sittings of Commission, Central Councils of Homoeopathy and Indian medicine to enhance interface between their respective systems of medicine.Read
51 State Government to promote primary healthcare in rural areas.Read
52 Chairperson, Members, officers of Commission and of Autonomous Boards to be public servants.Read
53 Protection of action taken in good faith.Read
54 Cognizance of offences.Read
55 Power of Central Government to supersede Commission.Read
56 Power to make rules.Read
57 Power to make regulations.Read
58 Rules and regulations to be laid before Parliament.Read
59 Power to remove difficulties.Read
60 Repeal and saving.Read
61 Transitory provisions.Read
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