Date: 2016-01-14Category: Extra OrdinaryState: Union GovernmentCountry: India
In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 10A read with 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
Executive Summary:
This notification announces amendments to the Establishment of Medical College Regulations, 1999, as sanctioned by the Central Government and issued by the Medical Council of India. These amendments, referred to as the "Establishment of Medical College Regulations, Amendment, 2015," introduce additional qualifying criteria for establishing medical colleges, particularly concerning the utilization and transfer of government-owned hospitals for development into teaching institutions. The regulations came into force on the date of publication in the Official Gazette: January 14, 2016.
Key Points / Main Content:
Qualifying Criteria Additions:
* A government-owned and managed hospital with a minimum of 300 beds and necessary infrastructure should be situated on a plot of land as prescribed under the Regulations.
* Medical colleges must provide free transportation for students and staff.
* The hospital should ideally be on one piece of land, and the college building, including library and hostel, may be on one of two pieces of land.
Hospital Transfer and Agreements:
* A minimum 300-bed hospital must be transferred by the government to the applicant trust/society/company via a Memorandum of Understanding for a maximum of 33 years or a lease of up to 99 years.
* The State Government should safeguard its interests during the transfer, especially regarding student admissions under the government quota and patient care in affiliated hospitals.
Hospital Modifications and Upgrades:
* Hospitals must be modified into teaching hospitals, with a specific bed distribution of 120 for Surgical Specialities, 120 for Medical Specialities, and 60 for Obstetrics and Gynecology.
* Clinical units of 30 beds each should be formed with required ward sizes and training spaces.
* Hospitals should have the feasibility for periodic upgrades, including increasing the number of beds and teaching units.
Personnel and Administrative Control:
* Hospital personnel (technicians, nurses, menial staff) transferred to the medical college will be under the administrative control of the Dean of the Medical College, ensuring no duplication of administrative control.
* Administrative control includes academic, clinical, and financial aspects.
Faculty and Teaching Standards:
* Clinical staff not meeting Teachers Eligibility Qualification Regulations must be replaced by qualified, full-time medical teachers, excluding non-teaching positions.
* Teaching physicians must also be the treating physicians.
Impact Analysis:
Medical Council of India:
Impact: Responsible for implementing and enforcing the amended regulations.
Action Required: Update guidelines and procedures to reflect the new criteria.
Central Government:
Impact: Plays a role in sanctioning the regulations.
Action Required: Support the implementation of the regulations at the state level.
State Governments:
Impact: Involved in the transfer of government-owned hospitals and safeguarding state interests.
Action Required: Establish procedures for transferring hospitals via MoUs or leases, ensuring continued patient care and government quota admissions.
Applicant Trusts/Societies/Companies:
Impact: Must meet the new qualifying criteria to establish medical colleges using government-owned hospitals.
Action Required: Ensure hospitals meet the minimum bed requirements, infrastructure standards, and teaching facility specifications before applying to start a new medical college.
Medical College Staff and Students:
Impact: Students and staff will benefit from free transportation and a structured learning environment.
Action Required: Adapt to the new administrative controls and ensure adherence to the teaching standards.
Key Entities Referenced
Medical Council of India: A statutory body responsible for maintaining standards of medical education and regulating the medical profession in India. The council is making amendments to regulations regarding the establishment of medical colleges.
Indian Medical Council Act, 1956: An act of the Parliament of India that established the Medical Council of India and provides for the regulation of medical education and the medical profession.
Establishment of Medical College Regulations, 1999: The principal regulations being amended by the notification. These regulations govern the establishment of medical colleges in India.
Central Government: The Union Government of India, which provides previous sanction to the Medical Council of India for making amendments to the regulations.
Memorandum of Understanding: A formal agreement between the government and applicant trustsocietycompany outlining the terms and conditions for transferring a government-owned hospital to be developed into a teaching institution.
State Government: The government of a state in India, involved in transferring government hospital facilities and safeguarding its interests, particularly regarding admissions and patient care.
Teachers Eligibility Qualification Regulations: Regulations that prescribe the eligibility criteria for individuals to be appointed as medical teachers (Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor) in medical colleges.
Official Gazette: A periodical publication of the government where important statutory information is published.
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MEDICAL COUNCIL OF INDIA
AMENDMENT NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 29th December, 2015
No. MCI-34(41)/2015-Med./157986.—In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 10(A)
read with 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 to further amend the “Establishment of Medical College Regulations, 1999” namely: -
1. (i) These Regulations may be called the “Establishment of Medical College Regulations,
(Amendment), 2015”.
(ii) They shall come into force from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In Clause 2(5) under the heading “QUALIFYING CRITERIA”, after the last para the
following shall be added:-¹Hkkx IIIµ[k.M 4º Hkkjr dk jkti=k % vlk/kj.k 3
“Further provided that the following conditions as set out below are fulfilled and form
part and parcel of the Memorandum of Understanding:
(1) That the hospital owned and managed by the appropriate Government should be
minimum 300 bedded hospital with necessary infrastructural facilities capable of being
developed into a teaching institution situated on a plot of land having an area not less
than prescribed under the Regulations. The medical college shall provide free
transportation facilities for students and staff. The said hospital would be on one piece of
the land and the building of the college including library and hostel for the
students/interns, PGs/Residents, nurses may be housed on any of the two pieces of
land.
(2) The minimum 300 bedded hospital has to be transferred by the Government to the
applicant trust/society/company through an appropriate Memorandum of
Understanding for a maximum period of 33 years or by way of lease upto 99 years.
While transferring the Government Hospital facility, the State Government may
safeguard the interest of State particularly in respect of admission of students under
Government Quota in the medical college and patient care in affiliated Hospital(s) of the
Medical College.
(3) The hospital must be suitably altered through appropriate modifications into a teaching
hospital specially with reference to the break up of the 300 beds into 120 beds for
Surgical Specialities, 120 for Medical Specialities and 60 for Obst. & Gynae. and also
capable of forming clinical units of 30 beds each with required ward size, teaching and
training space and other prescribed requirements as per the governing regulations
before the application is made by the applicant for starting the new medical college.
(4) The hospital should have all the feasibility for it being periodically upgraded including
the augmentation of the number of beds and commensurate teaching units and teaching
compliment as prescribed by the Governing Regulations with respect to the permitted
annual intake for the college of 50/100/150/200/250 as the case may be.
(5) The personnel working in the said hospital, technicians, para clinical staff including
nurses and the menial staff, if transferred to medical college, upon their transfer shall be
under the administrative control of the Dean of the Medical College ensuring that there
is no “duality” of administrative control of any type.4 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART III —SEC. 4
(6) The administrative control so envisaged would include “Academic”, “Clinical” and
“Financial” aspects as well.
(7) The clinical staff working at the said hospital other than those who conform to the
prescribed eligibility for being designated as Assistant Professor, Associate Professor,
Professor of the concerned subject, as the case may be prescribed by the Teachers’
Eligibility Qualification Regulations will have to be replaced by the full time
appointment of the requisite number of duly qualified full time medical teachers, such
replacement will not apply to non-teaching position like Casualty Medical Officer,
Hospital Administrators, etc. in accordance with the prescribed requirements under the
governing Regulations. In order to ensure that the binding operational dictum that
“teaching physician has to be the treating physician” meaning thereby that the “treating”
personnel would be the one who would be the “teaching” personnel.”
Dr. REENA NAYYAR, Secy. I/c
[ADVT. III/4/Exty./320]
Foot Note: The Principal Regulations namely, “Establishment of Medical College Regulations, 1999”
were published in Part – III, Section (4) of the Gazette of India on the 28th August, 1999,
vide Medical Council of India notification No.34(41)/98-Med. and amended vide
notification dated 22/10/1999, 01/08//2008, 26/08/2009, 22/10/2009, 13/11/2009,
02/02/2010, 26/2/2010, 16/4/2010, 14/10/2011, 4/6/2012, 1/10/2012, 19/3/2014 ,
22/8/14 & 19/10/2015.
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