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NMC proposes mandatory re-registration for 11 lakh doctors
The National Medical Commission has proposed making it mandatory for an estimated 11 lakh doctors in India to re-register through its web portal, 14 years after the first attempt to update the…
The National Medical Commission has proposed making it mandatory for an estimated 11 lakh doctors in India to re-register through its web portal, 14 years after the first attempt to update the national registry. The proposal comes through amendments to the Registration of Medical Practitioners and Licence to Practice Medicine Regulations 2023. The last attempt in August 2024 saw only 32,000 doctors apply and just 1,800 approved for registration.
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The NMC is attempting what the MCI failed to do since 2012: create a single, live national register of doctors. Section 30(7) of the NMC Act 2019 mandates electronic synchronisation between state and national registers, but this has never been implemented. The commission's approach forces all 11 lakh doctors to prove they are active, rather than using state council data and deduplication software to identify only the non-practising fraction. With over 13.8 lakh doctors on paper but likely only 11 lakh active, the real stakes are patient safety and preventing unqualified practitioners from holding valid licences. Watch for the stipulated re-registration timeline in the final amendment.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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