6. Eligibility for Licence to Practice Medicine is obtained through two pathways

6.1 Licence to Practice Medicine for those who have obtained their Primary
Medical Qualification in India: applicable to Indian Medical Graduates
The eligibility requirements for Licence to Practice Medicine is subject to
fulfilment of any of the following set of requirements [(a) or (b) or (c)] by an Indian
Medical Graduatea. To be eligible for Licence to Practice Medicine all of the following
conditions and sub-sections thereof must be fulfilled after the National Exit Test
(NExT) held under Section 15 of the NMC Act becomes operational

(i) The person should have obtained the graduate medical qualification in
modern scientific system of medicine/ allopathy, MBBS, in India, duly recognized
by the National Medical Commission as regulated by the “Graduate Medical
Education Regulation, 1997” and “Regulations on Graduate Medical Education
(Amendment), 2019”with subsequent amendments, if any, duly recognized by the
National Medical Commission under Section 61(2) of the NMC Act, 2019;

(ii) Completed one year / 12 months of Compulsory Rotating Medical
Internship as regulated by the “Graduate Medical Education Regulation, 1997” and
subsequent amendments duly recognized by the National Medical Commission
under Section 61(2) of the NMC Act.

(iii) In accordance with Section 33(1) of the National Medical Commission
Act 2019, qualifies the National Exit Test (NexT) held under Section 15 of this act,
after this becomes operational.

b. Before, the National Exit Test (NExT) held under section 15 of the
NMC Act, 2019 comes into force the existing system of the registration of medical
practitioners shall continue.

c. In accordance with Section 33 of the NMC Act, an Indian Medical
Graduate who has been registered in the Indian Medical Register maintained under
the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 and / or registered by a State Medical
Council prior to the coming into force of this Act and before the National Exit Test
becomes operational under sub-section (3) of Section 15, shall be deemed to have
enrolled in the National Register maintained under this Act and hence obtained
license to practice Medicine.

6.2 Licence to Practice Medicine for those who have obtained their Primary
Medical Qualification in any country other than India: applicable to Foreign
Medical Graduates
The eligibility requirements for Licence to Practice Medicine is subject to
fulfilment of any of the following set of requirements [(a) or (b) or (c) or (d)] by a
Foreign Medical Graduate

5(a) As stipulated in the foreign medical graduate licentiate regulations 2021
National Medical Commission Act 2019, Section 33 (2), for a Foreign
medical Graduate to be eligible for Licence to Practice Medicine, all of
the following conditions and sub-sections thereof must be fulfilled after
the National Exit Test (NexT) held under Section 15 of the NMC Act
becomes operational

(i) The person should have obtained a medical qualification in modern
scientific system of medicine/ allopathy from a medical institution
established in any country outside India and recognized and listed in
the Schedule maintained by NMC;

(ii) Is recognized and Registrable as medical practitioner in that
country;

(iii) In accordance with Section 33(1) of the National Medical
Commission Act 2019, qualifies the National Exit Test (NexT) held
under Section 15 of this act, after this becomes operational;

(iv) He does compulsory rotating Houseman ship (medical Internship)
in an NMC recognised College/Hospital before taking further step
of NexT-Test;

(v) Any other requirement as may be specified / notified including but
not limited to the Screening Test Regulations, 2002; and the
Eligibility Requirement for taking admission in an undergraduate
medical course in a Foreign Medical Institution Regulations, 2002
of the erstwhile Medical Council of India with amendments duly
recognized by the NMC under Section 61(2) of the NMC Act and
the Foreign Medical Graduates Licentiate Regulations 2021 of the
NMC Act, 2019.

(b) Before, the National Exit Test (NExT) held under section 15 of the NMC
Act, 2019 comes into force the existing system of the registration of the
foreign medical graduates shall continue.

(c) In accordance with Section 33 of the NMC Act, a Foreign Medical
Graduate who has been registered in the Indian Medical Register
maintained under the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 and / or registered
by a State Medical Council prior to the coming into force of this Act and
before the National Exit Test becomes operational under sub-section (3)
of Section 15, shall be deemed to have obtained Licence to Practice
Medicine under this Act and be enrolled in the National Register
maintained under this Act.

(d) Unless otherwise notified, the provisions of Section 40 of the NMC Act
2019 shall apply after the National Exit Test (NExT) becomes
operational.
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6 Draft regulation for Registration of Additional Qualifications 2022
In pursuance of the provisions of Section 33 (3) of the National Medical
Commission Act, 2019; when a person whose name entered in the State Medical
Register and National Medical Register as the case may be, obtained any title,
diploma or any other qualification for proficiency in sciences or public health which
is a recognized medical qualification under section 35 or section 36, as the case may
be, shall be entitled to have such qualification entered against the person’s name in
the National Register / State Register as specified by the regulations.
Preliminary

1. Short title, and commencement:

a. These Regulations may be referred as “Registration of Additional Qualifications
Regulation 2022”.
b. These regulations shall come into force on such date as the National Medical
Commission may, by notification in the Official Gazette

2. Definitions
“Additional Qualifications” are those qualifications other than the Primary Medical
Qualifications duly recognized under Chapter VI of the NMC Act and obtained by
Registered Medical Practitioner or a person who has a Licence to Practice Medicine.
These are typically postgraduate qualifications such as Postgraduate Degrees, Diplomas,
Super-specialisation Degrees, and Doctoral degrees as may be approved and notified by
the NMC.

3. The following Additional Qualifications are eligible for registration provided these
are duly recognized by the National Medical Commission.
a. Degrees, Diplomas and other qualifications recognized by the National Medical
Commission under various sections in Chapter VI of the NMC Act;
b. Degrees and Diplomas and other qualifications recognized by the National Board
of Examinations and deemed recognized by the National Medical Commission
under Section 37 (2) of the NMC Act;
c. Degrees and Diplomas and other qualifications awarded by the Institutions of
National Importance and other Statutory Bodies mentioned under the Schedule
and recognized under Section 37 of the NMC Act;
d. All medical qualifications which have been recognised before the date of
commencement of this Act and are included in the Second Schedule and Part II of
the Third Schedule to the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956, as required under
Section 36 (4) of the National Medical Commission Act, 2019;
e. Post Graduate medical qualifications obtained from any of the following
Countries: Australia, Canada, New Zealand United Kingdom, United States of
America as added in Clause (4)(4) of the Screening Test Regulations, 2002 and
duly published in the Gazette on 28/11/2011 of the erstwhile Medical Council of
India with amendments thereof duly recognized by the NMC under Section 61(2)
of the NMC Act-2019;

7f. Before, the National Register comes into force the existing system of the
registration of the additional qualification shall continue;
g. Registration of Additional Qualifications shall be deemed to be valid till such time
that Licence to Practice Medicine is valid.
4. A licenced Practitioner with registered Additional Qualifications shall be allowed
to practice in the field of specialization/super specialization commensurate with
additional knowledge and skill obtained, as applicable to the additional qualification
anywhere in India with all its privileges as the case may be.
5. All licenced medical practitioners are required to follow the regulations mandated
under the Regulations of Ethics and Medical Registration Board, NMC