Section 16

Constitution of Autonomous Boards.

The National Medical Commission Act, 2019

Act 30 of 2019
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Department of Health and Family Welfare

About this Act

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.

All sections

    (1) The Central Government shall, by notification, constitute the following Autonomous Boards, under the overall supervision of the Commission, to perform the functions assigned to such Boards under this Act, namely:--
         (a) the Under-Graduate Medical Education Board;
         (b) the Post-Graduate Medical Education Board;
         (c) the Medical Assessment and Rating Board; and
         (d) the Ethics and Medical Registration Board.
     (2) Each Board referred to in sub-section (1) shall be an autonomous body which shall carry out its functions under this Act subject to the regulations made by the Commission.