INDIAN MEDICAL COUNCIL ACT, 1956
(1)This Act may be called The Indian Medical Council Act, 1956.
(2)It extends to the whole of India 1 [***].
(3)It shall come into force on such date 2 as the Central Government may, by notification in the OfficialGazette, appoint.
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1.The words"except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 24 of 1964.
2.Theappointed date is 01.11.1958 vide Notification No. S.O.2254, dated 28.10.1958.
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,--
(a) "approved institution" means a hospital, health centre or other such institution recognised by a University as an institution in which a person may undergo the training, if any, required by his course of study before the award of any medical qualification to him;
(b) "Council" means the Medical Council of India constituted under this Act;
(c) 1 [***];
(d) "Indian Medical Register" means the medical register maintained by the Council;
(e) "medical institution" means any institution, within or without India, which grants degrees, diplomas or licences in medicine;
(f) "medicine" means modern scientifi
(1) The Central Government shall cause to be constituted a Council consisting of the following members namely:
(a) one member from each State other than a Union Territory, to be nominated by the Central Government in consultation with the State Government concerned;
(b) one member from each University, to be elected from amongst the members of the medical faculty of the University by members of the Senate of the University or in case the University has no senate, by members of the Court;
(c) one member from each State in which a State Medical Register is maintained, to be elected from amongst themselves by persons enrolled on such Register who possess the medical qualifications included in the First or the Second Schedule or in Part II of the Third Schedule;
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1[(1) On and from the date of commencement of the Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Act, 2010, the Council shall stand superseded and the President, Vice-President and other members of the Council shall vacate their offices and shall have no claim for any compensation, whatsoever.
(2) The Council shall be reconstituted in accordance with the provisions of section 3 within a period of one year from the date of supersession of the Council under sub-section (1).
(3) Upon the supersession of the Council under sub-section (1) and until a new Council is constituted in accordance with section 3, the Board of Governors constituted under sub-section (4) shall exercise the powers and perform the functions of the Council under this Act.
(4) The Central Government shall, by notification in the Official G
1[During the period when the Council stands superseded,--
(a) the provisions of this Act shall be construed as if for the word "Council", the words "Board of Governors" were substituted;
(b) the Board of Governors shall--
(i) exercise the powers and discharge the functions of the Council under this Act and for this purpose, the provisions of this Act shall have effect subject to the modification that references therein to the Council shall be construed as references to the Board of Governors;
(ii) grant independently permission for establishment of new medical colleges or opening a new or higher course of study or training or increase in admission capacity in any course of study or training referred to in section 10A or giving the person or college
Power of Central Government to give directions
1[(1) Without prejudice to the provisions of this Act, the Board of Governors or the Council after its reconstitution shall, in exercise of its powers and in the performance of its functions under this Act, be bound by such directions on questions of policy, other than those relating to technical and administrative matters, as the Central Government may give in writing to it from time to time:
(2) The decision of the Central Government whether a question is a matter of policy or not shall be final.]
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1. Inserted by the Indian Medical
(1) An election under clause (b), clause (c) or clause (d) of sub-section (1) of section 3 shall be conducted by the Central Government in accordance with such rules as may be made by it in this behalf, and any rules so made may provide that pending the preparation of the Indian Medical Register in accordance with the provisions of this Act, the members referred to in clause (d) of sub-section (l) of section 3 may be nominated by the Central Government instead of being elected as provided therein.
(2) Where any dispute arises regarding any election to the Council, it shall be referred to the Central Government whose decision shall be final.
(1) No person shall be eligible for nomination under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 3 unless he possesses any of the medical qualifications included in the First and Second Schedules, resides in the State concerned, and, where a State Medical Register is maintained in that State, is enrolled on that register.
(2) No person may at the same time serve as a member in more than one capacity.
The Council so constituted shall be a body corporate by the name of the Medical Council of India, having perpetual succession and a common seal, with power to acquire and hold property, both movable and immovable, and to contract, and shall by the said name sue and be sued.
(1) The President or Vice-President of the Council shall hold office for a term not exceeding beyond the expiry of his term as member of the Council.
(2) Subject to the provisions of this section, a member shall hold office for a term of five years from the date of his nomination or election or until his successor shall have been duly nominated or elected, whichever is longer.
(3) An elected or nominated member shall be deemed to have vacated his seat if he is absent without excuse, sufficient in the opinion of the Council, from three consecutive ordinary meetings of the Council or, in the case of a member elected under cl. (b) of sub-section (1) of section 3, if he ceases to be a member of the medical faculty of the University concerned, or in the case of a member elected under clause (c) or clause (d) of that sub-section, if he cease
(1) The Council shall meet at least once in each year at such time and place as may be appointed by the Council.
(2) Unless otherwise provided by regulations, fifteen members of the Council shall form a quorum, and all the acts of the Council shall be decided by a majority of the members present and voting.
(1) constitute from amongst its members an Executive Committee and such other Committees for general or special purposes as the Council deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act;
(2) appoint a Registrar who shall act as Secretary and who may also, if deemed expedient, act as Treasurer;
(3) employ such other persons as the Council deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act;
(4) require and take from the Registrar, or from any other employee, such security for the due performance of his duties as the Council deems necessary; and
(5) with the previous sanction of the Central Government, fix the remuneration and allowances to be paid to the President, Vice-President and members of the Council and determine the conditions of se
(1) The Executive Committee, hereinafter referred to as the Committee, shall consist of the President and Vice-President, who shall be members ex office, and not less than seven and not more than ten other members who shall be elected by the Council from amongst its members.
(2) The President and Vice-President shall be the President and Vice-President respectively of the Committee.
(3) In addition to the powers and duties conferred and imposed upon it by this Act, the Committee shall exercise and discharge such powers and duties as the Council may confer or impose upon it by any regulations which may be made in this behalf.
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or any other law for the time being in force-
(a) no person shall establish a medical college; or
(b) no medical college shall-
(i) open a new or higher course of study or training (Including a post-graduate course of study or training) which would enable a student of such course or training to qualify himself for the award of any recognised medical qualification; or
(ii) increase its admission capacity in any course of study or training (including a post-graduate course of study or training) except with the previous permission of the Central Government obtained in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(2) (a) Every person or medical colleg
(1) Where any medical college is established except with the previous permission of the Central Government in accordance with the provisions of section 10A, no medical qualification granted to any student of such medical college shall be recognised medical qualification for the purpose of this Act.
(2) Where any medical college opens a new or higher course of study or training (including a post-graduate course of study or training) except with the previous permission of the Central Government in accordance with the provisions of section 10A, no medical qualification granted to any student of such medical college on the basis of such study or training shall be a recognised medical qualification for the purposes of this Act.
(3) Where any medical college increases its admission capacity in any course of study or training except with the
(1) If, after the 1st day of June, 1992 and on and before the commencement of the Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Act, 1993 any person has established a medical college or any medical college has opened a new or higher course of study or training or increase the admission capacity, such person or medical college, as the case may be, shall seek, within a period of one year from the commencement of the Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Act, 1993, the permission of the Central Government in accordance with the provisions of section 10A.
(2) If any person or medical college, as the case may be, fails to seek the permission under sub-section (1), the provisions of section 10B shall apply, so far as may be, as if, permission of the Central Government under section 10A has been refused.
(1) The medical qualifications granted by any University or medical institution in India which are included in the First Schedule shall be recognised medical qualifications for the purposes of this Act.
(2) Any University or medical institution in India which grants a medical qualification not included in the First Schedule may apply to the Central Government to have such qualification recognised, and the Central Government, after consulting the Council, may, by notification in the Official Gazette, amend the First Schedule so as to include such qualification therein, and any such notification may also direct that an entry shall be made in the last column of the First Schedule against such medical qualification declaring that it shall be a recognised medical qualification only when granted after a specified date.
(1) The medical qualifications granted by medical institutions outside India which are included in the Second Schedule shall be recognised medical qualifications for the purposes of this Act.
(2) The Council may enter into negotiations with the Authority in any country outside India which by the law of such country is entrusted with the maintenance of a register of medical practitioners, for the settling of a scheme of reciprocity for the recognition of medical qualifications and in pursuance of any such scheme, the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette amend the Second Schedule so as to include therein the medical qualification which the Council has decided should be recognised, and any such notification may also direct that an entry shall be made in the last column of the Second Schedule against such medical qualification declaring that it shall be a re
(1) The medical qualifications granted by medical institutions in India which are not included in the First Schedule and which are included in Part I of the Third Schedule shall also be recognised medical qualifications for the purposes of this Act.
(2) The medical qualifications granted to a citizen of India-
(a) before the 15th day of August, 1947, by medical institutions in the territories now forming part of Pakistan, and
(b) before the first day of April, 1937 by medical institutions in the territories now forming part of Burma, which are included in Part I of the Third Schedule shall also be recognised medical qualifications for the purposes of this Act.
(3) The medical qualifications granted by medical institutions outside India1[before s
(1)The Central Government after consultation withthe Council may, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct that medicalqualifications granted by medical institutions in any 1 [***] country outside India in respect of which a scheme ofreciprocity for the recognition of medical qualifications is not in force, shallbe recognised medical qualifications for the purposes of this Act or shall besoonly when granted after a specified date:
2 [Providedthat medical practice by persons possessing such qualifications-
(a)shall be permitted only if such persons are enrolled as medical practitioners inaccordance with the law regulating the registration of medical practitionersfor. the time being in force in that country;
(b)shall be limited to the institution to which they are attached for the timebe
1[(1)] Subject to the other provisions contained in this Act, the medical qualifications included in the Schedule shall be sufficient qualification for enrolment on any State Medical Register.
1[(2) Save as provided in section 25, no person other than a medical practitioner enrolled on a State Medical Register,--
(a) shall hold office as physician or surgeon or any other office (by whatever designation called) in Government or in any institution maintained by a local or other authority.
(b) shall practice medicine in any State;
(c) shall be entitled to sign or authenticate a medical or fitness certificate or any other certificate required by any law to be signed or authenticated by a duly qualified medical practitioner.
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The Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 was enacted to provide for the constitution of a Medical Council of India and the maintenance of a medical register for medical practitioners. Section 15 of this Act deals with the right of persons possessing qualifications in the Schedules to be enrolled in the Indian Medical Register, and importantly, imposes restrictions on who can practice medicine and hold medical offices in India.
Section 15 of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956, as per the statutory text, covers:
Based on the available sources, the essential ingredients of Section 15(3) of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 are:
Section 15 has a dual scope:
Enrollment and Recognition: It provides for the right of qualified medical practitioners to be enrolled in the Indian Medical Register based on their qualifications listed in the Schedules.
Prohibition and Regulation: It prohibits unqualified persons from practicing medicine, holding medical offices, or representing themselves as medical practitioners.
Section 15(3) provides that any person who acts in contravention of sub-section (2) shall be punished with:
Note: Subsequent amendments have increased the punishment from one year to three years with higher fines.
Quackery - A person who has no education in medicine dispensing medicines and administering injections constitutes gross negligence and deficiency in service. - [Mohar Singh VS Rajendra @ Raju - Consumer (2015)]
Transgression into Other Systems - A person authorized to practice under the Indian Medicine Central Council Act, 1970 cannot prescribe medicines under the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956. Transgression into other branches of medicine amounts to quackery. - [Harishbhai Shamjibhai VS D. C. Gohil - Consumer (2014)]
Punishment Enhanced - Section 15 of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 was amended, increasing punishment for the offence from one year to three years imprisonment. - [medical+council+act+section+15 | Indian Case Law - CaseMine]
Attracting the Offence - To attract the offence under Section 15(3)(2) of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956, it must be shown that a person is practicing medicine without proper authorization. - [PDF THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE N.SATHISH KUMAR CRL.O.P.No]
Reimbursement for Unauthorized Practice - When a person not studied medicine and not authorized to practice represents as a doctor and treats patients, they are liable to pay compensation (e.g., Rs.2,00,000 with interest). - [Mohar Singh VS Rajendra @ Raju - Consumer (2015)]
Interference in Concurrent Findings - In exercise of revisional jurisdiction, interference in concurrent findings of fact is not justified unless shown to be perverse. - [Mohar Singh VS Rajendra @ Raju - Consumer (2015)]
Forgery and Cheating Distinction - The offence under Section 15(3) Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 is distinct from forgery or cheating. - [eLegalix - Allahabad High Court Judgment Information System]
National Exit Test - Any person who qualifies the National Exit Test held under Section 15 shall be granted a license to practice medicine. - [State Acts - India Code: Section Details]
Maintenance of Register - The Council shall maintain a register of medical practitioners known as the Indian Medical Register. - [indian medical council act, 1956 [repealed] (amended upto 2020)]
Registration of Additional Qualifications - If any person whose name is entered in the Indian Medical Register obtains additional qualifications, such qualifications may be entered in the register. - [PDF 1 THE INDIAN MEDICAL COUNCIL ACT, 1956 - NMC]
Right to be Enrolled - Section 15 grants the right of persons possessing qualifications in the Schedules to be enrolled in the Indian Medical Register. - [Section 15 in The Indian Medical Council Act, 1956]
Prohibition on Unauthorized Practice - No person other than a medical practitioner enrolled on a State Medical Register shall hold office as physician or surgeon. - [Section 15(2) in The Indian Medical Council Act, 1956]
Original Punishment Provision - Originally, contravention was punishable with imprisonment up to one year or fine up to one thousand rupees, or both. - [Section 15(3) in The Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 - Draft Bot Pro]
Special Provisions for Foreign Qualifications - The Act contains special provisions for recognition of medical qualifications granted by institutions in countries with no scheme of reciprocity. - [The Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 - India. Ministry of Law]
Consumer Protection Application - Cases under Section 15 of the Indian Medical Council Act often arise in consumer protection proceedings, with complainants seeking compensation for medical negligence by unauthorized practitioners. - [Mohar Singh VS Rajendra @ Raju - Consumer (2015)]
Public Health Protection - The section serves as a crucial legal mechanism to protect public health by ensuring only qualified medical practitioners can practice medicine. - [Inference from statutory scheme]
Distinction from Other Systems - A practitioner qualified in one system of medicine (e.g., Ayurveda) cannot claim complete knowledge about drugs of other systems (e.g., allopathy). - [Harishbhai Shamjibhai VS D. C. Gohil - Consumer (2014)]
Every University or medical institution in India which grants a recognised medical qualification shall furnish such information as the Council may, from time to time, require as to the courses of study and examinations to be undergone in order to obtain such qualification, as to the ages at which such courses of study and examinations are required to be undergone and such qualification is conferred and generally as to the requisites for obtaining such qualification.
1[(1) The Committee shall appoint such number of medical inspectors as it may deem requisite to inspect any medical institution, college, hospital or other institution, where medical education is given, or to attend any examination held by any University or medical institution for the purpose of recommending to the Central Government recognition of medical qualifications granted by that University of medical institution.
(2) The medical inspectors shall not interfere with the conduct of any training or examination, but shall report to the Committee on the adequacy of the standards of medical education including staff, equipment, accommodation, training and other facilities prescribed for giving medical education or on the efficiency of every examination which they attend.]
(3) The Committee shall forward a copy of any such report lo th
1[(1) The Council may appoint such number of visitors as it may deem requisite to inspect any medical institution, college, hospital or other institution where medical education is given or to attend any examination held by any University or medical institution for the purpose of granting recognised medical qualifications.]
(2) Any person, whether he is a member of the Council or not, may be appointed as a visitor under this section but a person who is appointed as an inspector under Section 17-for any2[inspection or examination] shall not be appointed as a visitor for the same2[inspection or examination.]
2[(3) The visitors shall not interfere with the conduct of any training or examination, but shall report to the President of the Council on the adequacy of the standards of medical education including staff, equipment, accommodation, t
1[(1) When upon resort by the Committee or the visitor, it appears to the Council -
(a) that the course of study and examination to be undergone in, or the proficiency required from candidates at any examination held by, any University or medical institution, or
(b) that the-staff, equipment, accommodation, training and other facilities for instruction and training provided in such University or medical institution or in any College or other institution affiliated to that University, do not conform to the standards prescribed by the Council the Council shall make a representation to that effect to the Central Government.]
(2) After considering such representation, the Central Government may send it to the State Government of the State in which the University or medical institution is situat
1[SECTION 19A - Minimum standards of medical education
(1) The Council may prescribe the minimum standards of medical education required for granting recognised medical qualifications (other than post-graduate medical qualifications) by Universities or medical institutions in India.
(2) Copies of the draft regulations and of all subsequent amendments thereof shall be furnished by the Council to all State Governments and the Council shall, before submitting the regulations or amendment thereof, as the case may be, to the Central Government for sanction, take into consideration the comments of any State Government received within three months from the furnishing of copies aforesaid.
(3) The Committee shall from time to time report to the Council on the efficacy of the regulations and may recomme
(1) The Council may prescribe standards of post-graduate medical education for the guidance of Universities, and may advise Universities-in the matter of securing uniform standards for post-graduate medical education throughout India, and for this purpose the Central Government may constitute from among the members of the Council a Post-graduate. Medical Education Committee (hereinafter referred to as the Post-graduate Committee)
(2) The Post-graduate Committee shall consist of nine members all of whom shall be. persons possessing post-graduate medical qualifications and experience of teaching or examining post-graduate students of medicine.
(3) Six of the members of the Post-graduate Committee shall be nominated by the Central Government and the remaining three members shall be elected by the Council from amongst its members.
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1[SECTION 20A - Professional conduct
(1) The Council may prescribe the standards of professional conduct and etiquette and a code of ethics for medical practitioners.
(2) Regulations made by Council under sub-section (1) may specify which violations thereof shall constitute infamous conduct in any professional respect, that is no say, professional misconduct, and such provision shall have effect notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force.]
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1. Inserted by the Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Act, 1964 (Act 24 of 1964), w.e.f 16.06.1964.
(1) The Council shall cause to be maintained in the prescribed manner a register of medical practitioner to be known as the Indian Medical Register, which shall contain the names of all persons who are for any time being enrolled on any State Medical Register and who possess any of the recognised medical qualifications.
(2) It shall be the duty of the Registrar of the Council to keep the Indian Medical Register in accordance with the provisions of this Act and of any orders made by the Council, and from time to time to revise the register and publish it in the Gazette of India and in such other manner as may be prescribed.
(3) Such register shall be deemed to be a public document within the meaning of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, and may be proved by a copy published in the Gazette of India.
Each State Medical Council shall supply to the Council 1 [six] printed copies of the State Medical Register as soon as maybe after the commencement of this Act and subsequently after the first day of April of each year, and each Registrar of a State Medical Council shall inform the Council without delay of all additions to and other amendments in the State Medical Register made from time to time.
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1.Substitutedby the Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Act, 1964 (Act 24 of 1964), w.e.f16.06.1964.
The Registrar of the Council may, on receipt of the report of registration of a person in a State Medical Register or on application made in the prescribed manner by any such person, enter his name in the Indian Medical Register.
Provided that the Registrar is satisfied that the person concerned possesses a recognised medical qualification.
(1)If the name of any person enrolled on a State Medical Register is removed there from in pursuance of any power conferred by or under any law relating to registration of medical practitioner for the time being in force in any State, the Council shall direct the removal of the name of such person from the Indian Medical Register.
(2)Where the name of any person has been removed from a State Medical Register 1 [on the ground of professional misconduct or any other ground except that he is not possessed of the requisite medical qualifications] or where any application made by the said person for restoration of his name to the State Medical Register has been rejected, he may appeal in the prescribed manner and subject to such conditions including conditions as to the payment of a fee as may be laid down in rules made by the Central Government in this behalf to the Central Government,
1[(1) A citizen of India possessing a medical qualification granted by a medical institution outside India included in Part II of the Third Schedule, who is required to undergo practical training as prescribed under sub-section (3) of Section 13, shall, on production of proper evidence that he has selected for such practical training in an approved institution, be entitled to be registered provisionally in a State Medical Register and shall be entitled to practice medicine in the approved institution for the purposes of such training and for no other purpose.
(2) A person who has passed the qualifying examination of any University or medical institution in India for the grant of a recognised medical qualification shall be entitled to be registered provisionally in a State Medical Register for the purpose of enabling him to be engaged in employment in a resident medical capacity in
(1) If any person whose name is entered in the Indian Medical Register obtains any title, diploma or other qualification for proficiency in sanitary science, public health or medicine which is a recognised medical qualification, he shall, on application made in this behalf in the prescribed manner, be entitled to have an entry staling such other title, diploma or other qualification made against his name in the Indian Medical Register either in substitution for or in addition to any entry previously made.
(2) The entries in respect of any such person in a State Medical Register shall be altered in accordance with the alterations made in the Indian Medical Register.
Subject to the conditions and restrictions laid down in this Act regarding medical practice by persons possessing certain recognised medical qualifications, every person whose name is for the time being borne on the Indian Medical Register shall be entitled according to his qualifications to practice as a medical practitioner in any part of India and to recover in due course of law in respect of such practice any expenses, charges in respect of medicaments or other appliances, or any fees to which he may be entitled.
Every person registered in the Indian Medical Register shall notify any transfer of the place of his residence or practice to the Council and to the State Medical Council concerned, within thirty days of such transfer, failing which his right to participate in the election of members to the Council or a State Medical Council shall be liable to be forfeited by order of the Central Government either permanently or for such period as may be specified therein.
(1) The Council shall furnish such reports, copies of its minutes, abstracts of its accounts, and other information to the Central Government as that Government may require.
(2) The Central Government may publish in such manner as it may think fit, any report, copy, abstract or other information furnished to it under this section or under Sections 17 and 18.
(1) Whenever it is made to appear to the Central Government that the Council is not complying with any of the provisions of this Act, the Central Government may refer the particulars of the complaint to a Commission of inquiry consisting of three persons, two of whom shall be appointed by the Central Government, one being a Judge of a High Court, and one by the Council, and such Commission shall proceed to inquire in a summary manner and to report to the Central Government as to the truth of the matters charged in the complaint, and in case of any charge of default or of improper action being found by the Commission to have been established, the Commission shall recommend the remedies, if any, which are in its opinion necessary.
(2) The Central Government may require the Council to adopt the remedies so recommended within such time as, having regard to the report of the Commission
No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against the Government, the Council or a State Medical Council or any Committee thereof, or any officer or servant of the Government or Councils aforesaid for anything which is in good faith .dope or intended to be done under this Act.
(1)The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules to carry out the purposes of this Act.
(2)All rules made under this section shall be laid for not less than thirty days before both Houses of Parliament as soon as possible after they are made, and shall be subject to such modifications as Parliament may make during the session in which they are so laid or the session immediately following.
The Council may, with the previous sanction of the Central Government, make regulations generally to carry out the purposes of this Act, and without prejudice to the generality of this power, such regulations may provide for-
(a) the management of the property of the Council and the maintenance and audit of its accounts;
(b) the summoning and holding of meetings of the Council, the times and places where such meetings are to be held, the conduct of business there at and the number of members necessary to constitute a quorum;
(c) the resignation of members of the Council;
(d) the powers and duties of the President and Vice-President;
(e) the mode of appointment of the Executive Committee and other Com
"As soon as the new Act [that is, the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 is brought into force, the existing Council will cease to function as there is no provision for continuing the existing Council, and some time will necessary have to elapse before a new Council can be constituted under the 1956 Act. As it is desirable that there should be continuity in the existence of the Medical Council, it is proposed to provide for the continuance of the existing Council after the commencement of the new Act until the new Council is constituted." This section gives effect to this object.
THE FIRST SCHEDULE
(See section 11)
Recognised Medical Qualifications granted by the Universities or Medical Institutions in India.
Recognised Medical Qualification Abbreviation for Registration
UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery M.B.B.S.
Doctor of Medicine (General Medicine) M.D. (Genl. Med.)
Doctor of Medicine (Social and Preventive Medicine) M.D. (Soc. & Prev. Med.)
Master of Surgery (Ophthalmology) M.S. (Ophth.)
Master of Surgery (General Surgery) M.S. (Genl. Surg.)
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THE SECOND SCHEDULE
(See section 12)
RECOGNISED MEDICAL QUALIFICATIONS GRANTED BY MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS OUTSIDE INDIA.
Country Title Nature of qualifications as stated in diploma Abbreviation
UNITED KINGDOM
University of Birmingham M.B.Ch.B. Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery U.Birm.
M.D. Doctor of Medicine
Ch.M. Master of Surgery
University of Bristol M.B.Ch.B. Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery U. Brist.
M.D. Doctor of Medicine
Ch.M. Master of
THE THIRD SCHEDULE
(See section 13)
PART I
RECOGNISED MEDICAL QUALIFICATIONS GRANTED BY MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS NOT INCLUDED IN THE FIRST SCHEDULE
Name of Medical Institution or Licensing Authority Recognised Medical Qualification Abbreviation
College of Physicians and Surgeons, Bombay 2[***]
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