Functions Of Indian And State Medical Councils
Schedules of MCI Act
- MCI was established in 1934 and MCI act was revised in 1956, 1964, 1993, 1999, and 2002. The schedules of MCI includes list of medical degrees recognized by MCI:-
- Schedule 1 :- Includes list of recognised degrees awarded by Indian universities(‘ “) and also DNB awarded by National Board of Examination, New Delhi.
- Schedule 2 :- Includes list of recognized medical degrees awarded by foreign universities rob’.
- Schedule 3 :- Includes list of medical qualifications awarded by Indian or foreign boards or societies, but are not included in schedule 1 or 2. It has two parts:?
- Part I : Includes list of recognized degrees other than MBBS awarded by Indian Societies and Boards, e.g LMP and diploma of CPS.
- Part II: Includes list of recognized degrees other than MBBS awarded by Foreign Societies and Boards
State medical council
- They are autonomous bodies established under the State Medical Council Act.
- Each of these Medical Councils consists of members elected by the registered medical practitioners and those nominated by the State Government.
- Functions of State medical council:
Medical Register:
- The Council appoints a Registrar, who keeps a Register of medical practitioners
Disciplinary Control:
- State medical council have the disciplinary control over the medical practitioners.
- They have the power to remove the names of medical practitioners permanently or for a specific period from their Registers when after due enquiry they are found to have been guilty of serious professional misconduct.
- They are also authorised to direct the restoration of name so removed.
- Deletion from the register shall be widely published in local press as well as in the publications of different Medical Associations/Societies, Bodies.
Erasure of Name: The name of the doctor is removed from the medical register:
- After the death of the registered practitioner.
- Entries which are made in error or as a result of fraud.
- Penal erasure: The main cause for erasure is serious professional misconduct, and this is known as penal erasure. It is sometimes termed “the professional death sentence”. It deprives the practitioner of all the privileges of a registered practitioner
- State medical council can issue warning notice similar to that of the Indian Medical Council. Professional death sentence.
Exam Question
- According to MCI act, medical education granted by Indian universities comes under Schedule I of MCI act
- Medical qualifications awarded by institutions outside India and recognized by MCI are registered in Second schedule of Indian Medical Council Act 1956
- Disciplinary control over Registered Medical Practitioners is under State Medical Council
- Indian council of medical research is presided over by Union health minister
- Professional death sentence is given by State Medical Council
- As per MCI, minimum period for which a doctor should preserve his patient’s record 3 years
- Schedule-3 of MCI includes Diploma of CPS
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