Eligibility certificate: NMC Gives Deadline to 1060 students for rectifying deficiencies in applications

Delhi: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has given a deadline to all students, who have proceeded abroad without obtaining an Eligibility Certificate, for submitting their deficiencies through the eligibility portal of NMC. 1060 applicants are mentioned in the list released the NMC.

The NMC notified on the recent scrutiny process of applications received for eligibility certificates. EMRB, NMC has diligently reviewed the applications submitted by various applicants. After careful evaluation, NMC has identified deficiencies in applications at Annexure-I in the notice below.

In this connection, attention is invited to section 13(4B) of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956it is stated 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.”