220-bedded Govt hospitals can now be designated as teaching institutes under new NMC rules

New Delhi: Non-teaching government hospitals with 220+ beds can now be designated as teaching institutions, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has confirmed in the newly released Medical Institutions (Qualifications of Faculty) Regulations, 2025.

Earlier, only a 330-bedded government hospital could be considered as a teaching hospital under the Teachers Eligibility Qualifications (TEQ) Regulations, 2022. 

Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that the Commission published the final Medical Institutions (Qualifications of Faculty) Regulations, 2025 in the official Gazette on June 30, 2025. These regulations laid down the eligibility qualifications for medical teachers at medical institutes.

As per the new regulations, Government hospitals having a capacity of more than 220 beds can now be treated as teaching hospitals. The Commission mentioned that a non-teaching Consultant or Specialist or Medical Officer, possessing postgraduate medical degree with at least two years of experience in a Government hospital having at least 220 beds shall be eligible to become an Assistant Professor of that broad specialty without the requirement of experience as Senior Resident and shall complete the Basic Course in Biomedical Research within two years of appointment.

Also Read: NMC releases Medical Faculty regulations- 6 KEY TAKEAWAYS

Similarly, addressing the eligibility to be appointed as Associate Professor in a broad speciality, the Commission clarified that a non-teaching consultant or specialist or Medical Officer, possessing a postgraduate medical degree with ten years of experience in at least a 220-bedded Government hospital, shall be eligible to become Associate Professor of that broad speciality. NMC added that on such appointment, the faculty shall be required to undergo the Basic Course in Medical Education and Basic Course in Biomedical Research within two years of the appointment.

TEQ 2022 Regulations: 

In the TEQ 2022 Regulations, NMC specified the norms for the determination of teaching designations for consultants/specialists employed by Central Government or State Governments or Local Self-Government or Public Funded Institutions for establishing a Medical College/starting a Postgraduate course.

The Commission had mentioned that a non-teaching Consultant or Specialist, possessing postgraduate medical degree, working for at least two years in the concerned specialty in a minimum 330 bedded non-teaching Government Hospital shall be eligible to be designated as Assistant Professor and be absorbed permanently, if that Hospital is being converted into a Government Medical College for imparting undergraduate medical education.

Also Read: Teachers Eligibility Qualifications In Medical Institutions Regulations, 2022