NATIONAL MEDICAL COMMISSION NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 19th September, 2023 MAINTENANCE OF STANDARDS OF MEDICAL EDUCATION REGULATIONS, 2023 F. No. N-P016/1/2023-PGMEB-NMC.-- exercise of overall powers conferred by the National Medical Commission Act, 2019 and particularly by sections 10, 24, 25 and 57 of the said Act, National Medical Commission makes the following Regulations to ensure smooth compliance with its functions in general and particularly to maintain a high quality and high standards in medical education.

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S.Regulation 1 Short Title.--

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

S.Regulation 2 Commencement.--

These Regulations shall come into force from the date of their publication in the official gazette.

S.Regulation 3 Definitions.--

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires the terms defined herein shall bear the meaning assigned to them below and their cognate expressions and variations shall be construed accordingly --

a. "Act" shall mean National Medical Commission Act, 2019 [Act No. 30 of 2019].

b. "Commission" shall mean the National Medical Commission duly established under Section 3 of the National Medical Commission Act, 2019.

c. "Evaluation" shall mean the expression or activity of 'Evaluation/inspection' which shall include virtual and/or physical inspection.

d. "MARB" shall mean the Medical Assessment and Rating Board constituted under Section 16 of the National Medical Commission Act, 2019.

e. "Medical College or Medical Institution"-- unless the context otherwise requires, shall mean any college or by whatever name called, in which a person may undergo a course of study or training which will qualify him for

S.Regulation 4 Mandate of Annual Disclosure.--

1) After its establishment, the medical college or medical institution is obligated to furnish an Annual Disclosure Report to the corresponding Board, satisfying such conditions provided under the notified MSRs by UGMEB or PGMEB and regulations of NMC, as the case may be.

2) Without prejudice to anything stated above, the concerned Board may seek such additional information with regard to the Annual Disclosure Report, as and when deemed necessary for their assessment and otherwise from the concerned medical institution or concerned agencies having or exercising control over that medical college or medical institution.

3) It shall be the duty of the medical college or medical institution or the concerned agency or agencies exercising control over such medical college or medical institution to furnish the information (including additional information) to the concerned Board in the prescribed mode.

S.Regulation 5 Evaluation of Report.--

1) 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 o

S.Regulation 6 Joint or Independent Evaluation.--

1) Notwithstanding anything stated elsewhere in these Regulations, any of the Board (other than corresponding Board) individually or collectively, may cause to evaluate the accuracy and/or truth and/or veracity of the averments made out in the Annual Disclosure Report from the medical college or medical institution.

2) When such evaluation as enumerated under sub-section (1) is undertaken, it shall be the duty of the concerned medical college or medical institution to provide all necessary support to the concerned Board or Boards as the case may be, in their course of evaluation, which shall also include disclosure of documents, providing additional evidence as the case may be, providing oral statements etc.

3) Without prejudice to anything stated above, the concerned Board or Boards conducting evaluation under this provision, shall mandatorily share such conduct of an evaluation and its outcome to other Boards and NMC at the earliest but not exceeding seven da

S.Regulation 7 Consequence of Compliance.--

1) If the medical college or medical institution is found to be successfully meeting requirements as prescribed 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.

2) Any deficiency noted will attract penalties with or without the decision above.

S.Regulation 8 Penalties.--

1) 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.

2) Without prejudice to anything stated at Section 8.1 above, the imposition of the penalty may include one/more/ all of the following --

a. Issuance of warning with direction to rectify/comply, as the case may be, by the medical institution;

b. Monetary penalty not exceeding INR one crore per violation or act of omission by the medical institution;

c. Monetary penalty not exceeding Rupees

S.Regulation 9 Appeal to NMC.--

A medical college or medical institution or any such aggrieved person may file an appeal before the Commission with an appropriate fee as specified against any order.

Provided, such an appeal is filed within sixty days of passing of such an order or lapse of time, as the case may be.

S.Regulation 10 Appeal to the Central Government.--

Where an applicant/ medical college or medical institution is aggrieved by the decision of the Commission or where the Commission fails to give its decision within forty-five days from the date of receipt of such an appeal, a second appeal may be filed before the Central Government within thirty days from the date of such order or lapse of time, as the case may be.

The decision of the Central Government in this regard shall be final.