Section 14
Special provision in certain cases for recognition of medical qualifications granted medical institutions countries with which there is no scheme of reciprocity.
The Indian Medical Council Act, 1956
About this Act
An Act to provide for the reconstitution of the Medical Council of India, and the maintenance of a Medical Register for India and for matters connected therewith.
—(1) The Central Government
after consultation with the Council may, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct that medical
qualifications granted by medical institutions in any State or country outside India in respect of which a
scheme of reciprocity for the recognition of medical qualifications is not in force, shall be
recognisedmedical qualifications for the purposes of this Act or shall be so only when granted after a
specified date:
Provided that medical practice by the doctors possessing such qualifications shall be limited to the institution to which they are attached for the time being for purposes of teaching, research or charitable work and shall be limited to the period specified in this behalf by the Central Government by general or special order.
(2) In respect of any such medical qualification, the Central Government, after consultation with the Council, may, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct that it shall be a recognised medical qualification only when granted before a specified date.
Provided that medical practice by the doctors possessing such qualifications shall be limited to the institution to which they are attached for the time being for purposes of teaching, research or charitable work and shall be limited to the period specified in this behalf by the Central Government by general or special order.
(2) In respect of any such medical qualification, the Central Government, after consultation with the Council, may, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct that it shall be a recognised medical qualification only when granted before a specified date.