NMC releases Maintenance of Standards of Medical Education Regulations 2023; INR 1 crore penalty for violation

If the medical college or medical institution is found to be successfully meeting requirements as prescribed in the maintenance of standards of medical education Regulations 2023 for the UGMEB or PGMEB as the case may be, the concerned Board shall provide a renewal certificate for continuation of the course/s and admission of students thereof for the next/ coming Academic Year.

These Regulations may be called the “Maintenance of Standards of Medical Education Regulations, 2023”. In short, these regulations will be called MSMER-2023.

Where the respective Board has reason to believe that a medical institution has failed to comply with any statutory provision, regulations framed thereunder or has not complied with the Minimum Standards of Requirements as prescribed by their respective Boards, or has conducted themselves in any manner which is not in accordance with the goals of medical education and practice, the Board shall either penalize the medical college or medical institution and /or conduct further enquiry into such act and wherever needed provide an opportunity to rectify the same, stated NMC. Monetary penalty not exceeding INR one crore per violation or act of omission by the medical institution, said NMC.

Monetary penalty not exceeding Rupees five lakh for the faculty/Head of the Department (HoD)/ Dean/Director/doctor submitting false declaration/documents/records (including patients’ records). Further, they can also be charged or penalized for misconduct under the Registered Medical Practitioner (Professional Conduct) Regulations in vogue.

Keeping in mind the overall objectives of the Act, the respective Board (PGMEB or UGMEB) may undertake the evaluation of the Annual Disclosure Report for verifying whether the medical college or

medical institution fulfils the required conditions prescribed by way of MSRs or NMC Regulations as the case may be, which shall include –

i. verification of physical infrastructure;

ii. availability of required number of qualified faculty for actual teaching and research and to undertake necessary student learning activities on a regular and continued basis;

iii. availability of adequate clinical material in terms of number of patients of different specialties, variety of patients to fulfil all round training of students, number of variety of procedures, surgeries, laboratory investigations, radiological investigations and other relevant investigations;

iv. assessment of the teaching methodology adopted;

v. the methods and modes of assessment, grading of the students;

vi. review of feedback from students;

vii. other parameters related to standards of medical education that may be added from time to time by the respective boards or NMC.

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