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A Journal of Healthcare Ethics & Humanities. Published since 1993 by Forum for Medical Ethics Society.
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ISSN: 0975-5691 (Online); 0974-8466 (Print) RNI Reg No. MAHENG/2016/67188
 
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1. Title Title of document The National Medical Commission: More of the same
 
2. Creator Author's name, affiliation, country George Thomas; St Isabel’s Hospital, Mylapore, Chennai 600 004, India
 
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The Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister has accepted six amendments to the National Medical Commission Bill suggested by the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee (1). These amendments are:

  • the proposed National Licentiate Examination has been replaced by a countrywide final MBBS examination called the National Exit Test (NEXT);
  • the bridge course to train practitioners from AYUSH (Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy) in modern medicine has been removed, and it has been left to individual states to take a decision about this;
  • the percentage of seats in private medical training institutions under fee regulation has been increased from 40% to 50%;
  • the number of nominees from the states and Union territories who are members of the Commission has been increased from three to six; the penalties for non-compliance with educational norms for colleges has been modified;
  • and the punishment for practising modern medicine without qualification has been made imprisonment up to one year and a fine of Rs 5 lakh.
 
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7. Date (YYYY-MM-DD) 2018-04-16
 
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11. Source Title; vol., no. (year) Indian Journal of Medical Ethics;: Making research ethical: Challenges old and new
 
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