Post Graduate Medical Education Regulations 2000

(AMENDED UPTO 10th AUGUST 2016)

  1. SHORT TITLE AND COMMENCEMENT:
    1. These regulations may be called “The Postgraduate Medical Education Regulations 2000.
    2. They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the official Gazette.
  1. GENERAL CONDITIONS TO BE OBSERVED BY POSTGRADUATE TEACHING INSTITUTIONS:

    1. Postgraduate Medical Education in broad specialities shall be of three years duration in the case of degree course and two years in the case of Diploma course after MBBS and in the case of super specialities the duration shall be of three years after MD/MS with the exceptions wherever indicated.
    2. Postgraduate curriculum shall be competency based.
    3. Learning in postgraduate programme shall be essentially autonomous and self directed.
    4. A combination of both formative and summative assessment is vital for the successful completion of the PG programme.
    5. A modular approach to the course curriculum is essential for achieving a systematic exposure to the various sub-specialities concerned with a discipline.
    6. The training of PG students shall involve learning experience ‘derived from’ or ‘targeted to’ the needs of the community. It shall, therefore, be necessary to expose the students to community based activities.

Medical Council of India Regulations, 2000

MCI No. 2(1) 2000 Med. – In exercise of the powers conferred by section 33 of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 (102 of 1956) the Medical Council of India, with the previous sanction of the Central Government, hereby makes the following regulations, namely :-

 

 
1. Short title and commencement –

(1) These Regulations may be called the Medical Council of India Regulations, 2000.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the official Gazette.

2 Definitions:

In these Regulation, unless the context otherwise requires,-

    1. “Act” means the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 (102 of 1956)
    2. “Council” means the Medical Council of India constituted under section 3 of the Act:
    3. “employee” means an employee of the Council, other than an officer of the Council.
    4. “Executive Committee” means the Executive Committee constituted under clause (1) of section 9;
    5. “Inspector” means a medical inspector appointed under sub-section (1) of the section 17;
    6. “officers of the Council” means Additional Secretary, Joint Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Assistant Secretary or any other officer appointed as such by the Council.
    7. “Registrar” means the Registrar of the Council who shall be the ex-officio Secretary and who may also, if deemed expedient, act as Treasurer.
    8. “Section” means a section of the Act;
    9. “visitor” means a visitor appointed under sub-section (1) of section 18;
    10. “Whole-time Inspector” means the whole-time Inspector appointed by the Council.

3. Office of the Council:

The Office of the Council shall be situated in Delhi.