NBE invites applications from hospitals seeking accreditation for Post MBBS 2-year Diploma courses January, February Cycle 2024, know eligibility criteria, fee details here

Delhi: The National Board of Examinations (NBE) has released the information bulletin and application form for Post MBBS Diploma courses (January / February 2024 Cycle- For Admission session 2025).

The last date for online submission of the application form is 15-03-2024. The last date for receipt of the hard copy of the application form at the NBEMS Office is 29-03-2024. Applications are invited from the hospitals for seeking accreditation with NBEMS for Post MBBS two-year Diploma courses in the above 09 Broad Specialty programs. The hospitals/institutions willing to run these courses can apply for Accreditation with NBEMS.

The hospitals running three years of DNB courses in any of the nine specialties can also apply for Diploma Courses with the same infrastructure. However, the faculty which has been considered for the DNB course will not be considered for the Diploma course i.e. the applicant hospital shall be required to have separate faculty for the Diploma courses.

MCI/NMC courses and NBEMS Diploma courses cannot run concurrently in the same specialty in the same hospital as they share the same beds, resources, and faculty.

The application forms have to be submitted only online through the Online Accreditation Application Portal (OAAP) which can be accessed through the NBEMS website.

NBEMS has launched Post MBBS two-year Diploma courses in the following Broad specialties –

1. Anesthesiology

2. Obstetrics & Gynaecology

3. Paediatrics

4. Family Medicine

5. Ophthalmology

6. Otorhinolaryngology (ENT)

7. Radio Diagnosis

8. Tuberculosis & Chest Disease

9. Emergency Medicine

The grant of accreditation is solely at the discretion of NBEMS and subject to the fulfillment of the minimum Accreditation criteria prescribed by NBEMS. Mere online registration of the applicant hospital/ online submission of the application form/ payment of accreditation fee/fulfillment of the prescribed accreditation criteria do not render an applicant hospital/institute eligible for the grant of accreditation or imply that NBEMS must accredit the applicant hospital/institute.

Applications of applicant hospitals/institutes seeking accreditation with NBEMS that do not fulfill the minimum criteria prescribed may be summarily rejected by NBEMS at the pre-assessment stage. The grant of accreditation by NBEMS is purely provisional and is governed by the terms and conditions as stated in the accreditation agreement. A copy of the same will be sent across to the hospital after it has been accredited by NBEMS.

Applicant hospital/institute may kindly note that the use of any agent or agency or any party who is not an employee or office bearer of the applicant hospital/institute to prepare, draft, submit, and/or represent the applicant hospital/institute is strictly prohibited. In the event of such an instance being brought to the notice of NBEMS, NBEMS reserves its absolute right to summarily reject the application besides further action as may be deemed appropriate including but not limited to debarment from filing an application seeking accreditation in the future.

Statements made by the applicant hospital shall be certified by the Head of the Institute at the appropriate place and the claims made in the application shall be supported by relevant document(s).

The applications for accreditation of a hospital/institute for NBEMS Diploma courses shall be invited twice a year as per the following schedule –

1. January/February Application Cycle

2. July/August Application Cycle

Applicant hospitals/institutes shall be required to submit the application form online through the Online Accreditation Application Portal (OAAP) as per the steps indicated below –

1. Create a User – Online

2. Create a profile of the applicant hospital – Online. The hospital profile will be verified by NBEMS. The applicant hospital cannot submit the application unless the profile is verified by NBEMS.

3. Fill out the online application form.

4. Complete the application form and upload Annexure - Online

5. Fee payment through online payment portal – Online

6. Print and submit the hard copy of the Application form – Offline

The application submission is a two-step process comprising of –

1. Online submission of the application form

2. Submission of a hard copy of the application form

Upon successful online submission of the application form, the hospital shall be able to take printouts of the application form and the annexures that have been uploaded. The applicant hospital shall be required to submit the duly signed & stamped hard copy print-outs of the application form along with the necessary annexures, covering letter, and payment receipt. Mere online submission of the application form without submission of the hard copy shall render the application as non-submitted.

Accreditation Fee –

Applicant hospitals/institutes seeking fresh accreditation or renewal of accreditation in any specialty are required to pay an accreditation fee of Rs. 2,00,000/- Plus GST @18% for each specialty. The online application form fee for each specialty is Rs. 3,000/- Plus GST @5%

The application fee to be paid for each application form is –

1. Accreditation Fee for each Specialty - Rs 2,00,000/

2. GST @ 18% on Accreditation fee - Rs. 36,000/-

3. Application Form Fee - Rs. 3,000/-

4. GST @ 5% on Accreditation fee - Rs. 150/-

5. Total fee to be paid per specialty - Rs. 2,39,150/-

Defence Institutions are exempted from submitting Accreditation Fees of Rs. 2,00,000/-. However, the Application Form Fees of Rs. 3,000/- + GST @ 5% shall be required to be paid.

The applicant hospital/institute shall be able to pay the above-mentioned fee only through the NBEMS Online Payment Portal. Payment made through any other portal shall not be accepted. The application form shall only be considered as successfully submitted if the accreditation fees have been paid successfully to NBEMS. NBEMS shall not be responsible for any transaction failure or delay in processing of the transaction.

A partial refund of the Accreditation Fee is admissible under the following conditions –

Minimum Accreditation Criteria –

The Applicant Hospital –

Clinical establishment –

The applicant hospital/institute should be a clinical establishment with the requisite infrastructure of minimum prescribed beds providing comprehensive OPD and IPD-based medical services in a single campus. Any clubbing of infrastructure, facilities, and faculty of multiple hospitals/units of the applicant hospital is not permitted for seeking accreditation in the name of the applicant hospital.

The applicant hospital should have a minimum of 02 years of standing in the clinical establishment before it can be considered for commencement of NBEMS Diploma courses. However, the hospital can apply for seeking accreditation with NBEMS after completing 01 years in clinical operations. Years in clinical operation should be substantiated with supportive documents such as a certificate of registration of the applicant hospital under applicable acts & rules. Failure to substantiate the minimum required period in clinical operations (i.e. at least 01 year by the last date of application submission) with supportive documents shall invite closure of the application.

Mandatory regulatory / licensing approvals and all statutory requirements/clearances should have been obtained from appropriate administrative authorities / State Government / Central Government / Pollution Control Board Certificate / Municipal corporations and various councils.

Beds & other Infrastructural requirement for NBEMS Diploma courses –

Obstetrics & Gynaecology - 20 Beds

Tuberculosis & Chest Disease - 20 Beds

Pediatrics - 20 beds

Family Medicine –

40 Beds

10 beds each in General Medicine, General Surgery, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, and Paediatrics.

Beds for Family Medicine Diploma courses may overlap with other specialties. For example, 150-bed hospitals with 20 beds each in General Medicine, General Surgery, Paediatrics, and Obstetrics & Gynaecology may seek accreditation for diploma courses in all the respective specialties and also in Family Medicine.

The Paediatrics or General Medicine Department shall be the nodal department for Family Medicine.

Reference is made to optimal caseload in clinical disciplines and associated labs and facilities.

Essential equipment and specialty-specific modalities required should be available. Access to IPD services and operative infrastructure in certain disciplines shall be assessed.

Anaesthesiology, Radio Diagnosis -

For NBEMS Diploma in Radio Diagnosis, the Department of Radio Diagnosis should be an integral part of the hospital and must have the following imaging modalities:

1. CR/DR

2. Ultrasound including color Doppler

3. Spiral / multi-slice CT

The Department of Radio Diagnosis should be in possession of all regulatory clearances namely AERB / Bio-medical radioactive waste management/radiation physics and radiology workstation.

Ophthalmology - 10 beds

Otorhinolaryngology (ENT) - 10 beds

Emergency Medicine –

1. Minimum bed requirement in the emergency department should be 11 beds of which, there should be 1 triage bed, 3 beds with all resuscitative facilities (including ventilators) for the red category, 5 beds for the yellow category, and 2 beds for ‘green’ category patients.

2. All 11 beds should have bedside monitoring facilities.

3. At least 10 ICU beds in the hospital of which a minimum of 3 should be ventilated beds.

4. Round-the-clock availability of cardiac biomarkers (troponin, D-dimer, BNP/NT-ProBNP), arterial blood gas, and hemogram within the hospital, preferably in the ED.

5. At least one ultrasound machine with linear, curvilinear, and echo probes is to be available in the ED round-the-clock.

Minimum Eligible Qualification & Experience of Faculty for Diploma Courses –

The following documents have to be submitted by the applicant hospital in support of the proposed faculty being working full-time at the applicant hospital –

1. Form-16/16A of the proposed faculty downloaded from the TRACES website or provided by the employer – Mandatory to be submitted

2. Form-26AS of the proposed faculty downloaded from the TRACES website – Optional

3. Bipartite Agreement and affidavits – In case the proposed faculty is not willing to submit Form-26AS, the applicant hospital will be required to submit to NBEMS a Bipartite Agreement and affidavits as proof of working of the proposed faculty on a full-time basis in the applicant hospital. A separate Bipartite Agreement and affidavits have to be submitted for each proposed faculty. The Bipartite Agreement and the affidavits can be seen at the website mentioned in the notice below under the link Downloads.

4. Tripartite Agreement and affidavits - In case the applicant hospital has faculty members who are getting their Form-16/16A from the parent office of the applicant hospital/ outsourcing agency (engaged by the applicant hospital), the applicant hospital will be required to submit to NBEMS a Tripartite Agreement and affidavits as a proof of working of the proposed faculty on a full-time basis in the applicant hospital. The Tripartite Agreement and the affidavits can be seen on the website mentioned in the notice below under the link Downloads.

Grant of Diploma Seats: Subject to fulfillment of the minimum accreditation criteria, the maximum number of seats that can be granted to the applicant hospital in the concerned specialty is –