CONSULATE GENERAL OF INDIA
SAN FRANCISCO

May 1, 2002

PRESS RELEASE

Intimation regarding holding of Screening Test for Indian Citizens holding Foreign Medical Qualifications and issue of Eligibility Certificate to Indian candidates going abroad for joining undergraduate medical course in a foreign medical institution – Reg.

The Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 has been amended by the Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Act, 2001 under which Regulations have been approved by the Central Govt. and notified in the Gazette of India which provide broadly for the following:

     

  1. No new primary medical qualification (equivalent to MBBS in India) granted by any medical institution outside India shall be included in the Schedules to the Indian Medical Council Act after coming into force of the Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Act, 2001 i.e. 3rd September, 2001.

     

  2. A citizen of India possessing a primary medical qualification as defined in the Screening Test Regulations, 2002 granted by any medical institution in any country outside India and who is desirous of getting provisional or permanent registration with the Medical Council of India or any State Medical Council on or after the 15th March, 2002 shall have to qualify a screening test conducted by the prescribed authority.

     

  3. An Indian citizen seeking admission in a foreign medical institution for obtaining a primary medical qualification as defined in the Screening Test Regulations, 2002 [para 2(f)] on or after the 15th March, 2002 shall be eligible to appear in the Screening Test only if he possesses the eligibility qualification as per the regulations framed by the MCI (for admission to MBBS) course in India).

     

  4. Any person who is desirous of joining an undergraduate medical course in any foreign medical institution on or after 15th March 2002 should approach the Medical Council of India, New Delhi for issue of Eligibility Certificate for that purpose as per the Eligibility Requirement for Taking Admission in an Undergraduate Medical Course in a Foreign Medical Institution Regulations, 2002. All such candidates will be allowed to appear in the screening test only if they produce the eligibility certificate, after completion of the medical course abroad and if they are eligible to sit for the screening test as prescribed in the Screening Test Regulations, 2002.


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