MEDICAL COUNCIL OF INPIA

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 13th February, 2002

No. MCI-203(9)/2001/Regn.—In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 33 of the Indian Medi-

cal Council Act, 1956 (102 of 1956), the Medical Council of India, with the previous sanction of the Central

Government, hereby makes the following regulations, namely :—

Short title and commencement - (1) These regulations may be called the Screening

Test Regulations, 2002.

(2)

They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official

Gazette.

Definitions:- In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,-

(a)

"Act" means the Indian Medical Council Act,1956 (102 of 1956):

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(b!

"Council- means the Medical Council of India constituted under section 3 of the Act,

"Permanent Registration- means registration for the purpose of enrolment on.ny

State Medical Register or Indian Medical Register after obtaining the^{p r i}» ^ Nedtajl

qualification followed by completion of such practical training as prescribed flther in

India or abroad as per the provisions of the Act;

(d)

"Prescribed" means prescribed by regulations made under this Act;

"Prescribed Authority" means a medical Institution orjin>f * w

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authorized by the Central Government/Medical Council of India to conduct Screening

"Primary Medical qualification" means a medical qualification awarded by any medical

institution outside

India which is a recognized qualification for « n n * M n t »

medical practitioner In the country In which the Institution awarding the satd

qualification is situated and which is equivalent to MBBS in India;

(g)

"Provisional Registration" means provisional registration In

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or Indian Medical Register for the purpose of undergoing practical training In India as

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prescribed and for no other purpose by an Indian citizen possessing any primary

medical qualification but has not undergone such practical training after obtaining that

qualification as may be required by the rules or regulations in force In the country

granting the qualification;

(h)

"qualifying examination" means the examination to be qualified to become eligible for

admission to MBBS course in India as prescribed In the Graduate Medical Education

Regulations, 1997.

"registration" means either Provisional Registration or Permanent Registration.

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An Indian citizen possessing a primary medical qualification awarded by any medical

institution outside India who is desirous of getting provisional or permanent

registration with the Medical Council of India or any State Medical Council on or

after 15.03.2002 shall have to qualify a screening test conducted by the prescribed

authority for that purpose as per the provisions of section 13 of the Act:

Provided that a person seeking permanent registration shall not have to qualify

the screening test if he/she had already qualified the same before getting his/her

provisional registration.

Eligibility Criteria: No person shall be allowed to appear in the screening

test

unless:

(1) he/she is a citizen of India and possesses any primary medical

qualification, either whose name and the institution awarding it are included in the

World Directory of Medical Schools, published by the World Health Organisation; or

which is confirmed by the Indian Embassy concerned to be a recognised qualification

for enrolment as medical practitioner in the country in which the institution awarding

the said qualification is situated;

(2)

he/she had obtained 'Eligibility Certificate' from the Medical Council of

India as per the 'Eligibility Requirement for taking admission in an undergraduate

medical course in a Foreign Medical Institution Regulations, 2002'. This requirement

shall not be necessary in respect of Indian citizens who have acquired the medical

qualifications from foreign medical institutions or have obtained admission in foreign

medical institution before 15^th March, 2002.

5. The purpose of conducting the screening test shall be only to determine the eligibility or

otherwise of a candidate for his or her registration with the Medical Council of India or

any State Medical Council and qualifying the same shall not confer any other right,

•whatsoever, on a candidate.

1 he details regarding the Scheme for conducting the screening test and the syllabus of the

test shall be announced by the Medical Council of India from time to time for the

information of the candidates.

7. The screening test shall be conducted twice every year as per the Schedule of examination

announced by the Prescribed Authority. The procedure of conducting the test shall be in

accordance with the Scheme announced by the Medical Council of India in this regard.

8. There shall be three papers of multiple choice questions in Pre-CHnical, Para-Clinical and

Clinical Medicine and its allied subjects including Obstetrics and Gynaecology. The

language of the test shall be English. The test for each paper will be of three hours

duration.

9. A candidate shall be declared as having passed only if he/she obtains a minimum of 50%

(fifty percent) marks in each paper separately. The minimum qualifying marks shall apply

to all categories of candidates without exception.

10. A candidate may avail of maximum three chances to appear and pass the test. Actual

appearance at the test will constitute an attempt. If he/she does not qualify even in his/her

3 appearance in the test, the candidate will not be eligible for registration by the Council

or by any State Medical Council in India.

11. The Prescribed Authority shall intimate the result of the Screening Test to the candidates

as well as to the Secretary, Medical Council of India and the State Medical Councils. The

unsuccessful candidates shall also be appropriately informed. The candidates who qualify

the Screening Test may apply to the Secretary, Medical Council of India, New Delhi or to

any State Medical Council for provisional registration/permanent registration alongwith

the requisite registration fee in favour of Secretary, Medical Council of India or the State

Medical Council. The Medical Council of India or the State Medical Councils shall issue

provisional registration to such successful candidates, who are yet to undergo one year

internship in an approved institution and issue permanent registration to such eligible

candidates who have already undergone one year internship, as the case may be.

Dr. M SACHDEVA, Secy.

[ADVT m/rv/ioo/2001/Exiy.]

DRAFT NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the DthFebruary, 2002

No. MCI-203(9)/2001/Regn.—In exercise ofthe powers conferred by Section33 of the Indian Medi-

cal Council Act, 1956 (102 of 1956), the Medical Council of India, with the previous sanction ofthe Central

Government, hereby makes the following regulations, namely :—

1. Short title and commencement - (1) These regulations may be called the Eligibility

Requirement for taking admission in an undergraduate medical course in a Foreign

Medical Institution Regulations, 2002

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Definitions:-

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, -

(a) "Act" means the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 (102 of 1956);

(b) "Council" means the Medical Council of India constituted under section 3 ofthe

Act;

,(c) "Permanent Registration" means registration for the purpose of enrolment on any

State Medical Register or Indian Medical Register after obtaining the Primary

Medical qualification followed by completion of such practical training as

prescribed either in India or abroad as per the provisions ofthe Act;

(d) "Primary Medical qualification" means a medical qualification awarded by any

medical

institution outside India which is a recognized qualification for

enrolment as medical practitioner in the country in which the institution awarding

the said qualification is situated and which is equivalent to MBBS in India;

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(e) "Provisional Registration" means provisional registration in a State Medical

training in India as prescribed and for no other purpose by an Indian citizen

possessing any primary medical qualification but has not undergone such practical

training after obtaining that qualification as may be required by the rules or

regulations in force in the country granting the qualification;

(f) "qualifying examination" means the examination to be qualified to become

eligible for admission to MBBS course in India as prescribed in the Graduate

Medical Education Regulations, 1997.

3. An Indian citizen, who has passed the qualifying examination either from India or an

equivalent examination from abroad and is desirous of joining an undergraduate medical

course in any foreign medical institution on or after 15 March, 2002 shall approach the

Council for issue of an Eligibility Certificate for that purpose.

4. The request for issue of Eligibility Certificate shall be made by the candidate in the

profonna prescribed by the Council and shall be accompanied by the original

certificate/mark-sheet (alongwith Photostat copy) of the qualifying examination. The

original certificate shall be returned to the candidate after verifying the same with the

photostat copy which shall be retained by the Council.

Request shall also be

accompanied by a Demand Draft for the specified sum in favour of Secretary, Medical

Council of India, New Delhi. The fee shall be fixed by the Council.

5. The Council shall be free to investigate on its own into the correctness of information

furnished by the candidate in his/her application and/or call for any further information in

this regard from the candidate and in the event of any information furnished by the

candidate being found to be incorrect or false during such investigation or at any

subsequent stage, the Council may refuse to issue the eligibility certificate or if already

issued may cancel the same and he/she shall stand debarred from appearing in the

screening test prescribed in sub-section (4A) of section 13 of the Indian Medical Council

Act, 1956 without any notice. The decision of the Council in this regard shall be final.

6. The candidate shall also produce a certificate of his/her date of birth if it is not recorded

in the certificate of the qualifying examination.

7. A candidate belonging to Scheduled Caste/Schedule Tribe/Other Backward Class shall

produce a caste certificate issued by Competent Authority.

8. The Council shall consider the application for Eligibility Certificate and verify the

following details as per the Regulations of the Council -

(i)

Whether the candidate fulfills the age criterion prescribed by the Council?

(u)

\#hether the candidate fulfills the eligibility criteria for admission to MBBS course in

India as prescribed in the Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 1997, i.e.,

minimum qualifying marks criteria in Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English,

including relaxed criteria in case the candidate belongs to a reserved category?

(iii)

If the candidate belongs to SC/ST/OBC, whether he/she has produced a caste

certificate from a Competent Authority?

9. After verification, as required, if the candidate is found to fulfill the eligibility criteria, the

Council shall issue an Eligibility Certificate in the prescribed format to the candidate

certifying that he/she is eligible to join a medical institution outside India to obtain a

primary medical qualification. The certificate shall indicate that on return after obtaining

the foreign primary medical qualification, the candidate shall have to undergo a screening

test, subject to fulfillment of the conditions prescribed in the Screening Test Regulations,

2002, and that passing this test shall only entitle him to provisional/permanent registration

by the Medical Council of India or the State Medical Councils.

10. In case the candidate does not fulfill any of the qualifying criteria the Council may reject

his application for issue of Eligibility Certificate giving the reasons therefor.

11. The issue of a eligibility certificate to a candidate shall not entitle him to any right,

whatsoever, other than to take admission in an undergraduate medical course in a foreign

medical institute.

Dr,MSACHDEVA,Secy.

[ADVT nWV/lOO/2001/Exty.]

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