NMR Registration: NMC tells State Medical Councils to Verify FMGs Medical Degrees from Foreign Institutes

Now, the Apex Medical Commission has asked the State Medical Councils to verify the medical degrees of both the Indian and Foreign Medical Graduates to rule out the registration of fake medical degrees.

"As you are aware. the process of granting of unique National Medical Register (NMR) IDs to the Registered Medical Practitioners (RMPs) has started recently. The NMR ID is being given by the National Medical Commission, solely based on the verification done by the concerned State Medical Council (SMC)," NMC Secretary Dr. Srinivas mentioned in its advisory issued to the State Medical Councils.

"In this connection, I would like to mention that one of the purposes of launching NMR was to rule out registration of fake medical degree holders. To this effect. thorough verification is supposed to be done by the SMCs in respect of RMPs. who has obtained their medical degrees in India. however, it should be felt that same exercise should also be undertaken in respect of RMPs who obtained their medical degree from outside India," the Commission further mentioned.

Accordingly, NMC advised that "...the SMCs should invariably seek confirmation of medical degrees from the concerned foreign medical college/university through concerned Indian Embassy/High Commission either before granting Permanent Registration or before recommending them for registration in NMR." The Commission requested the full cooperation and support from the SMCs in this regard.

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