Registration of additional qualifications with State Medical Councils: NMC uploading details of NEET PG admitted students

New Delhi: Through a recent notice, the Postgraduate Medical Education Board (PGMEB) of the National Medical Commission (NMC) has informed that the details of the candidates, who were admitted through the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test Postgraduate (NEET-PG) examination 2022, are being uploaded on the NMC website.

The PG board of the apex medical education regulatory body has taken this decision to facilitate the aspiring medical students seeking admission in Postgraduate medical courses and State Medical Councils for the purpose of registration of additional qualifications.

Issuing a Public Notice in this regard on June 14, 2023, the Deputy Secretary of PGMEB, Aujender Singh mentioned, "To facilitate the aspiring medical students seeking admission in PG Medical courses and State Medical Councils for registration of additional qualification, the details of candidates admitted through NEET PG 2022 examination are being uploaded on the NMC website."

"The details may be seen on the NMC website -> Information Desk -> Circulars/Public Notice," further mentioned NMC.

Already the details of the candidates admitted through NEET PG 2022 have been uploaded on the NMC website. The details uploaded on the website include the name of the State, name of the college, name of the course, name of the student, gender, date of birth, if admitted by state or all India quota, sub-category, if the candidate is physically handicapped, details about exam name and roll number, exam rank, marks obtained in the examination, PG teacher under whom the candidate admitted, stipend amount, student registration number, registered council name, and date of admission. 

Coming Soon- National Medical Register:

Along with the announcement for a National Medical Register, NMC also mentioned in the guidelines about the generation of Unique Identification (UID) number for every doctor.

The NMC guidelines titled "Registration of Medical Practitioners and Licence to Practice Medicine Regulations, 2023" mentioned that when a registered medical practitioner obtains additional medical qualifications, he/she needs to apply to the concerned State Medical Council for entering additional medical qualifications against his/her name in the State Register/National Register.

NMC has specified in the guidelines that on registration of additional medical qualification in the State Register, the entry regarding the same shall automatically be made against the name of the medical practitioner in the National Register and the UID shall remain the same.

To view the notice, click on the link below –

https://medicaldialogues.in/pdf_upload/student-211843.pdf

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