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Source: The post is based on the article “National Medical Commission (NMC) clarifies norms for foreign medical graduates” published in “The Hindu” on 23rd November 2023
Why in the News?
The National Medical Commission (NMC) has clarified the rules under which foreign medical graduates, especially students from Ukraine and the Philippines, can register, work and study in India.
What are the rules released by the National Medical Commission (NMC) for foreign medical graduates?
1)Graduates from foreign medical institutes who completed their courses offline need to obtain provisional registration from the State Medical Council and must undergo a compulsory one-year rotating medical internship.Such students are eligible to work in India.
2) NMC has extended the Academic Mobility Programme started in 2022.Under this programme, medical graduates from Ukraine can continue their study from a different country (except India).
– The degree will be awarded by the university to which they migrate.This migration option must be utilized within three months from the date of the public notice’s issue.
3)The time limit for appearing in Foreign Medical Graduates Examination (FMGE) or the NExT will be 10 years from the completion of their course overseas.At present, there is no such time limit for appearing in FMGE.
What is the National Medical Commission(NMC)?
| Specifications | Details |
| Type | Statutory Body |
| Created under | National Medical Commission Act, 2019 |
| Replaced | Medical Council of India(MCI) |
| Functions | 1)Framing policies for regulating medical institutions and medical professionals 2)Assessing the requirements of healthcare related human resources and infrastructure 3)Ensuring compliance by the State Medical Councils of the regulations made under the act. 4)Frame guidelines for determining fees for up to 50% of seats in private medical institutions and deemed universities governed by the act. |
| Composition | 25 members appointed by the central government. |
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