MBBS Students Admitted after August 30 will not get recognition, Medical Colleges will Face Action: NMC

New Delhi: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has now clarified that, from the next academic year, there shall be no admission of MBBS students in respect of any academic session beyond 30th August.

In fact, the Apex medical education regulatory body has also made it clear that any student who gets admitted after the last date for closure of admission shall be discharged from the course and NMC shall not recognize any medical qualification granted to such a student.

The Commission has also warned the medical colleges that any institute which grants admission to any student after the last date, shall be liable to face NMC action.

These directions have been issued by the NMC in the recently released final Competency-Based Medical Education Regulations 2023, which came into effect on August 01, 2023.

The draft CBME Regulations 2023 were published on June 23, 2023 and NMC UG Board had invited comments regarding the same as well. "After consideration of comments received, in exercise of powers conferred by the National Medical Commission Act, 2019 and particularly by sections 10, 24, 25, and 57 of the said Act, Under Graduate Medical Education Board publishes the Competency Based Medical Education Regulation 2023," mentioned the recent notice issued by the Director of UGMEB, Shambhu Sharan Kumar.

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While discussing the phase-wise training and time distribution for professional development along with the training period and time distribution, NMC also specified that the first Professional year of the MBBS course starts with induction through the Foundation Course by the 1st of August of each year from academic year 2024-25.

"Universities shall organize admission timing and admission process in such a way that teaching in the first Professional year commences with induction through the Foundation Course by the 1st of August of each year from academic year 2024-25," stated the regulations.

Specifying August 30 of each year as the last date of MBBS admission, NMC further mentioned in the regulations, "There shall be no admission of students in respect of any academic session beyond 30th August from academic year 2024-25. The Universities shall not register any student admitted beyond the said date."

The Commission further warned to take action against such students admitted after the last date of admission and also warned the medical colleges of possible action for admitting student after the deadline.

In this regard, the regulations mentioned, "The National Medical Commission may direct, that any student identified as having Obtained admission after the last date for closure of admission be discharged from the Course of study, or any medical qualification granted to such a student shall not be a recognized qualification by National Medical Commission."

"The institution which grants admission to any student after the last date specified from the same shall also be liable to face such action as may be prescribed by National Medical Commission," it further mentioned.

Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that similar directions were previously issued by NMC when it released the CBME curriculum for the MBBS course through a circular dated June 12, 2023. NMC had further confirmed that these new guidelines shall be applicable to all the admission made in the MBBS course in a medical college in the academic year 2023-2024.

However, later NMC withdrew and cancelled the circular dated 12.06.2023 altogether and along with it the CBME curriculum, guidelines for Manpower requirement for research facilities in a medical college, Admission of students under "Disability Category" in MBBS course, Format for submission of information regarding admission of in a medical college were all cancelled.

Later, NMC released a draft version of the curriculum and after inviting comments regarding the draft, it implemented the final version on August 01, 2023.

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