972 Students went to study MBBS abroad sans eligibility certificate, NMC gives deadline for applications, warns of rejection

New Delhi: Through a recent notification, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has given a deadline to 972 students who proceeded to study MBBS abroad without an eligibility certificate. Warning against rejection of applications, the apex medical commission has provided 10-days time for such students to submit their applications for obtaining the certificate.

In its notice, the NMC has issued a list of candidates with pending applications including their names, father’s names, and application numbers and stated that if such candidates do not fulfil the deficiency within the given deadline, their applications will be rejected by the commission. 

It is observed that applicants whose name is mentioned in Annexure-I have proceeded abroad without obtaining an Eligibility Certificate. Therefore, it has been decided by the Board to give 10 days’ time to all such applicants (Annexure-I) to submit their applications in the eligibility portal of NMC. In case, the applicants whose name is mentioned in Annexure-I do not fulfill the deficiency or do not submit the applications within 10 days from the date of publication of this notice the applications will be summarily rejected- the NMC stated.

"It is notified about the recent scrutiny process of applications received for eligibility certificates (Annexure-I for issuance of eligibility certificates has been pending with the applicants). EMRB, NMC has diligently reviewed the applications submitted by various applicants. After careful evaluation, we have identified some deficiencies in above mentioned in applications at Annexure-I," the NMC mentioned in its notice.

In this Connection, the NMC referred to to section 13(4B) Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 which states that:

“(4B) A person who is a citizen of India shall not, after such date as may be specified by the Central Government under sub-section (3), be eligible to get admission to obtain medical qualification granted by any medical institution in any foreign country without obtaining an eligibility certificate issued to him by the Council and in case any such person obtains such qualification without obtaining such eligibility certificate, he shall not be eligible to appear in the screening test referred to in sub-section (4A): Provided that an Indian citizen who has acquired the medical qualification from foreign medical institution or has obtained admission in foreign medical institution before the commencement of the Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Act, 2001 shall not be required to obtain eligibility certificate under this sub-section but, if he is qualified for admission to any medical course for recognized medical qualification in any medical institution in India, he shall be required to qualify only the screening test prescribed”

"The requirement of taking an Eligibility Certificate before proceeding abroad has been dispensed w.e.f the declaration of result of NEET-UG 2019 vide public notice dated 05.04.2019 and accordingly after 05 June 2019, qualifying NEET-UG Exam has been made mandatory and shall be deemed to be treated as an Eligibility Certificate for Indian/OCI citizen intending to take admission in MBBS or equivalent Medical Course in any Foreign Medical Institution," the NMC added.

In October this year, the Ethics and Medical Registration Board (EMRB) of the National Medical Commission (NMC) invited applications for eligibility certificates. Later, it released a list of students and asked them to submit deficient documents.

To view the NMC notification, click on the link below -

https://medicaldialogues.in/pdf_upload/public-notice-dated-26122023-228805.pdf