Act Number: 14

Act Name: The National Commission for Indian System of Medicine Act, 2020

Year: 2020

Enactment Date: 2020-09-20

Long Title: 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 of Indian System of Medicine in all parts of the country; that promotes equitable and universal healthcare that encourages community health perspective and makes services of such medical professionals accessible and affordable to all the citizens; that promotes national health goals; that encourages such 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 of Indian System of Medicine for India and enforces high ethical standards in all aspects of medical services; that is flexible to adapt to the changing needs and has an effective grievance redressal mechanism and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Ayush

Department:

Section 14: National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test.
    (1) There shall be a uniform National Eligibilitycum-Entrance Test for admission to the undergraduate courses in each of the disciplines of the Indian System of Medicine in all medical institutions governed under this Act:
     Provided that National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test shall be exempted for students who have taken admission in--
         (i) Pre-tib for Bachelor of Unani Medicine and Surgery; and
         (ii) Pre-Ayurveda for Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery.
     (2) The Commission shall conduct the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test in English and in such other languages, through such designated authority and in such manner, as may be specified by regulations.
     (3) The Commission shall specify by regulations the manner of conducting common counselling by the designated authority for admission to all the medical institutions governed under this Act:
     Provided that the common counselling shall be conducted by the designated authority of--
         (i) the Central Government, for All India seats; and
         (ii) the State Government, for the remaining seats at the State level.
     (4) The Commission shall specify by regulations the manner of admission of students to undergraduate courses who are exempted under sub-section (1).
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