Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill 2019 03/07/2019 – Posted in: Daily News

INDIAN MEDICAL COUNCIL (AMENDMENT) BILL 2019

 

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Topics covered: About the Medical Council Bill

 

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Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill 2019, was passed by a voice vote in the Lok Sabha.

  • The Bill provides for supersession of the Medical Council of India.
  • The government will soon come out with a National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill.

 

The need of the Hour

  • The Board of Governors, which had replaced the Medical Council of India, has worked well and taken a series of steps to improve medical education.
  • It has granted accreditation to more number of medical colleges, an increased number of seats and reduced procedural hurdles.

 

Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill 2019

The bill amends the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956. It also replaces the Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Second Ordinance, 2019.

  • The Act sets up the Medical Council of India (MCI).
  • MCI regulates medical education and practice.
  • Provisions of this Bill will be effective from September 26, 2018.

 

Suppression of the MCI

  • The 1956 Act provides for supersession of the MCI and its reconstitution within a period of three years.
  • In the interim period, the Act requires the central government to constitute a Board of Governors.
  • The Board of Governors will exercise the powers of the MCI.
  • The Bill amends the Act to reduce the time period for the supersession of the MCI from three years to two years.

Other Changes

  • The Act provides for the Board of Governors to consist of up to seven members.
  • The Board includes persons of eminence in medical education, appointed by the central government.
  • The Bill amends this provision to increase the strength of seven members to 12 members.
  • Bill provides for the Board of Governors to be assisted by a Secretary General.
  • Secretary-General to be appointed by the central government.

 

Medical Council of India

  • The Medical Council of India was established in 1934.
  • Its main function is to establish uniform standards of higher qualifications in medicine.
  • It also assigned work for the recognition of medical qualifications in India and abroad.

Objectives of the MCI

  1. Maintenance of uniform standards of medical education, both undergraduate and postgraduate.
  2. Recommendation for recognition/de-recognition of medical qualifications of medical institutions of India or foreign countries.
  3. Permanent registration/provisional registration of doctors with recognized medical qualifications.
  4. Reciprocity with foreign countries in the matter of mutual recognition of medical qualifications.

 

 

Source: The Hindu

 

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