Introduction: The National Medical Commission has issued a notification suspending the “National Medical Commission Registered Medical Practitioner (Professional Conduct) Regulations, 2023” with immediate effect. Instead, the “Indian Medical Council (Professional Conduct, Etiquette, and Ethics) Regulations, 2002” will be adopted and enforced. This decision is in accordance with the powers vested under the National Medical Commission Act, 2019.
Detailed Analysis:
1. Regulation Amendment:
- The National Medical Commission has introduced the “National Medical Commission Registered Medical Practitioners (Professional Conduct) (Amendment) Regulations, 2023.”
- These amended regulations will be effective from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. Suspension of 2023 Regulations:
- The existing “National Medical Commission Registered Medical Practitioner (Professional Conduct) Regulations, 2023” are held in abeyance with immediate effect.
- The suspension clarifies that these regulations will not be operative or effective until a further Gazette Notification is issued by the National Medical Commission on the subject.
3. Adoption of 2002 Regulations:
- The National Medical Commission has adopted and implemented the “Indian Medical Council (Professional Conduct, Etiquette and Ethics) Regulations, 2002” with immediate effect.
- This adoption is in line with the Commission’s powers under the National Medical Commission Act, 2019.
Conclusion: The National Medical Commission’s decision to suspend the “National Medical Commission Registered Medical Practitioner (Professional Conduct) Regulations, 2023,” and adopt the “Indian Medical Council (Professional Conduct, Etiquette, and Ethics) Regulations, 2002,” showcases its commitment to ensuring ethical and professional conduct among medical practitioners.
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NATIONAL MEDICAL COMMISSION
(Ethics and Medical Registration Board)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 23rd August, 2023
No. R-12013/01/2022/Ethics.— In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 27(1)(b), read with Sections 10(1)(b) & (f), 16(2), 57(2) (zd), (zh), (zi) and (zl), of the National Medical Commission Act, 2019, (Act No. 30 of 2019), the National Medical Commission hereby makes the following Regulations to further amend the “National Medical Commission Registered Medical Practitioner (Professional Conduct) Regulations, 2023” namely:
1. These Regulations may be called the “National Medical Commission Registered Medical Practitioners (Professional Conduct) (Amendment) Regulations, 2023”.
2. These Regulations shall come into force from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
3. That National Medical Commission Registered Medical Practitioner (Professional Conduct) Regulations, 2023, are hereby held in abeyance with immediate effect.
4. That for removal of doubts, it is clarified that the National Medical Commission Registered Medical Practitioner (Professional Conduct) Regulations, 2023, shall not be operative and effective till further Gazette Notification on the subject by the National Medical Commission.
5. That the National Medical Commission hereby adopts and makes effective with immediate effect the “Indian Medical Council (Professional Conduct, Etiquette and Ethics) Regulations, 2002”, as if the same have been made by the Commission by virtue of the powers vested under the National Medical Commission Act, 2019 (Act No. 30 of 2019).
6. That for removal of doubts, it is clarified that Indian Medical Council (Professional Conduct, Etiquette and Ethics) Regulations, 2002, shall come into force with immediate effect.
Dr. VIPUL AGGARWAL, Secy.
[ADVT.-III/4/Exty./378/2023-24]
Note: These Regulations are being published in English and Hindi, the English version shall prevail in case of any doubt about the interpretation of these Regulations
