35. Recognition of medical qualifications granted by Universities or medical institutions in
India.—(1) The medical qualification granted by any University or medical institution in India shall be
listed and maintained by the Under-Graduate Medical Education Board or the Post-Graduate Medical
Education Board, as the case may be, in such manner as may be specified by the regulations and such
medical qualification shall be a recognised medical qualification for the purposes of this Act.
(2) Any University or medical institution in India which grants an undergraduate or postgraduate or
super-speciality medical qualification not included in the list maintained by the Under-Graduate Medical
Education Board or the Post-Graduate Medical Education Board, as the case may be, may apply to that
Board for granting recognition to such qualification.
(3) The Under-Graduate Medical Education Board or the Post-Graduate Medical Education Board, as
the case may be, shall examine the application for grant of recognition to a medical qualification within a
period of six months in such manner as may be specified by the regulations.
(4) Where the Under-Graduate Medical Education Board or the Post-Graduate Medical Education
Board, as the case may be, decides to grant recognition to a medical qualification, it shall include such
medical qualification in the list maintained by it and also specify the date of effect of such recognition.
(5) Where the Under-Graduate Medical Education Board or the Post-Graduate Medical Education
Board, as the case may be, decides not to grant recognition to a medical qualification, the University or
the medical institution concerned may prefer an appeal to the Commission for grant of recognition within
sixty days of the communication of such decision, in such manner as may be specified by the regulations.
(6) The Commission shall examine the appeal received under sub-section (5) within a period of two
months and if it decides that recognition may be granted to such medical qualification, it may direct the
Under-Graduate Medical Education Board or the Post-Graduate Medical Education Board, as the case
may be, to include such medical qualification in the list maintained by that Board, in such manner as may
be specified by the regulations.
(7) Where the Commission decides not to grant recognition to the medical qualification, or fails to
take a decision within the specified period, the University or the medical institution concerned may prefer
a second appeal to the Central Government within thirty days of the communication of such decision or
lapse of specified period, as the case may be.
(8) All medical qualifications which have been recognised before the date of commencement of this
Act and are included in the First Schedule and Part I of the Third Schedule to the Indian Medical Council
Act, 1956 (102 of 1956), shall also be recognised medical qualifications for the purposes of this Act, and
shall be listed and maintained by the Under-Graduate Medical Education Board or the Post-Graduate
Medical Education Board, as the case may be, in such manner as may be specified by the regulations.
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36. Recognition of medical qualifications granted by medical institutions outside India.—(1)
Where an authority in any country outside India, which by the law of that country is entrusted with the
recognition of medical qualifications in that country, makes an application to the Commission for
granting recognition to such medical qualification in India, the Commission may, subject to such
verification as it may deem necessary, either grant or refuse to grant recognition to that medical
qualification:
Provided that the Commission shall give a reasonable opportunity of being heard to such authority
before refusing to grant such recognition.
(2) A medical qualification which is granted recognition by the Commission under sub-section (1)
shall be a recognised medical qualification for the purposes of this Act, and such qualification shall be
listed and maintained by the Commission in such manner as may be specified by the regulations.
(3) Where the Commission refuses to grant recognition to the medical qualification under
sub-section (1), the authority concerned may prefer an appeal to the Central Government against such
decision within thirty days of communication thereof.
(4) 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 (102 of 1956), shall also be recognised medical qualifications for the purposes of this
Act, and shall be listed and maintained by the Commission in such manner as may be specified by the
regulations.
37. Recognition of medical qualifications granted by statutory or other body in India.—(1) The
medical qualifications granted by any statutory or other body in India which are covered by the categories
listed in the Schedule shall be recognised medical qualifications for the purposes of this Act.
(2) The Diplomate of National Board in broad-speciality qualifications and superspeciality
qualifications when granted in a medical institution with attached hospital or in a hospital with the
strength of five hundred or more beds, by the National Board of Examinations, shall be equivalent in all
respects to the corresponding postgraduate qualification and the super-speciality qualification granted
under this Act, but in all other cases, senior residency in a medical college for an additional period of one
year shall be required for such qualification to be equivalent for the purposes of teaching also.
(3) The Central Government may, on the recommendation of the Commission, and having regard to
the objects of this Act, by notification, add to, or, as the case may be, omit from, the Schedule any
categories of medical qualifications granted by a statutory or other body in India and on such addition, or
as the case may be, omission, the medical qualifications granted by such statutory or other body in India
shall be, or shall cease to be, recognised medical qualifications for the purposes of this Act.
38. Withdrawal of recognition granted to medical qualification granted by medical institutions
in India.—(1) Where, upon receiving a report from the Medical Assessment and Rating Board under
section 26, or otherwise, if the Commission is of the opinion that—
(a) the courses of study and examination to be undergone in, or the proficiency required from
candidates at any examination held by, a University or medical institution do not conform to the
standards specified by the Under-Graduate Medical Education Board or the Post-Graduate Medical
Education Board, as the case may be; or
(b) the standards and norms for infrastructure, faculty and quality of education in medical
institution as determined by the Under-Graduate Medical Education Board or the Post-Graduate
Medical Education Board, as the case may be, are not adhered to by any University or medical
institution, and such University or medical institution has failed to take necessary corrective action to
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maintain specified minimum standards, the Commission may initiate action in accordance with the
provisions of sub-section (2):
Provided that the Commission shall, before taking any action for suo motu withdrawal of recognition
granted to the medical qualification awarded by a University or medical institution, impose penalty in
accordance with the provisions of clause (f) of sub-section (1) of section 26.
(2) The Commission shall, after making such further inquiry as it deems fit, and after holding
consultations with the concerned State Government and the authority of the concerned University or
medical institution, comes to the conclusion that the recognition granted to a medical qualification ought
to be withdrawn, it may, by order, withdraw recognition granted to such medical qualification and direct
the Under-Graduate Medical Education Board or the Post-Graduate Medical Education Board, as the case
may be, to amend the entries against the University or medical institution concerned in the list maintained
by that Board to the effect that the recognition granted to such medical qualification is withdrawn with
effect from the date specified in that order.
39. Derecognition of medical qualifications granted by medical institutions outside India.—
Where, after verification with the authority in any country outside India, the Commission is of the opinion
that a recognised medical qualification which is included in the list maintained by it is to be derecognised,
it may, by order, derecognise such medical qualification and remove it from the list maintained by the
Commission with effect from the date of such order.
40. Special provision in certain cases for recognition of medical qualifications.—Where the
Commission deems it necessary, it may, by an order published in the Official Gazette, direct that any
medical qualification granted by a medical institution in a country outside India, after such date as may be
specified in that notification, shall be a recognised medical qualification for the purposes of this Act:
Provided that medical practice by a person possessing such qualification shall be permitted only if
such person qualifies National Exit Test.