Executive Summary & Key Takeaways
**Executive Summary**
This document is the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, Part VI-Section 1, published on October 10, 2018. It includes notifications of interest to the general public issued by heads of departments, including variations to master plans for Thoothukudi and Coimbatore Local Planning Areas, conferment of powers under the Criminal Procedure Code, and resolutions from the Tamil Nadu Medical Council’s special business meeting held on April 11, 2018, which includes information on CME Credit Registrations.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Master Plan Variations:**
* **Thoothukudi Local Planning Area:** Changes to land use schedule were made based on G.O.2D No.102, Housing and Urban Development [UD4(1)] Department, dated 05-07-2018.
* **Coimbatore Local Planning Area:** Various modifications were made to land use schedules based on G.O.(2D) No.80, Housing and Urban Development Department [UD 4(1)], dated 30th May 2018 and [G.O.(2D) No.117, Housing and Urban Development Department [UD 4(1)], dated 10th August 2018].
* **Judicial Notifications:**
* Eight Tahsildars in Chennai District and five Deputy Tahsildars in Kanniyakumari District are appointed for Magisterial Training for 120 days and conferred with powers under the Criminal Procedure Code.
* **Tamil Nadu Medical Council Resolutions (April 11, 2018):**
* **CME Credit Registration:**
* "CME Credit Registration" should be done by all Medical graduates who have registered before 2013 (once in 5 years from the date of their M.B.B.S. individual registration.) and for all Registered Medical Practitioners.
* Fees will be fixed and collected by TNMC.
* The process will start in November-December 2018.
* The TNMC plans to offer retrospective approval for crediting CME held by approved organizations during 2012-2017 after verifying records.
* Practitioners lacking 30 credit hours since 2012 can pay a fee to carry over the shortage to the next 5-year block (Rs.50 per credit hour).
* Failure to register by the deadline incurs a late fee of 5-fold.
* **CME Accreditation:**
* Medical Councils to consider accreditation applications from recognized medical colleges, Indian Medical Association chapters, National Academy of Medical Sciences, Specialists Associations, and other institutions.
* Accreditation is for 5 years, subject to renewal and review.
* **Credit Hours for CME/ State/ District / Tehsil / National / International Conference/ Workshop Organized may be follows:**
* Each CME/State /District/Tehsil/National/International Conference/ Workshop of two days (5-6 hours daily) shall be eligible for following Credits. Super Speciality-8. for Speciality-6, for Graduates doctors-4
* **Unrecognized Degrees:**
* The Council approved to levy a penalty of Rs. 10,000/- for the first offence and Rs. 25,000/- for the second offence of using unrecognized degrees/titles.
**Impact Analysis**
**Thoothukudi and Coimbatore Local Planning Authorities:**
* **Impact:** Required to implement the master plan variations as per the notifications.
* **Action Required:** Update planning documents and processes to reflect the changes.
**Judicial Magistrates:**
* **Impact:** The newly appointed Tahsildars and Deputy Tahsildars will now be able to assist in magisterial duties.
* **Action Required:** Provide support and delegate necessary activities.
**Medical Graduates Registered Before 2013 and All Registered Medical Practitioners:**
* **Impact:** Need to register for CME credit.
* **Action Required:** Register for the "CME Credit Registration" program and fulfill the CME requirements.
**Medical Institutions/Organizations Holding CME Programmes:**
* **Impact:** Must seek accreditation for holding TNMC-approved CME programs.
* **Action Required:** Apply for accreditation if they wish to continue holding TNMC-approved CME programmes.
**Medical Practitioners Using Unrecognized Degrees:**
* **Impact:** Risk penalties.
* **Action Required:** Cease the use of unrecognized degrees or titles.
Key Entities Referenced
Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning Act, 1971 : Act regulating town and country planning in Tamil Nadu, cited in notifications related to master plan variations.
Tamil Nadu Medical Council : The primary regulatory body for medical practitioners in Tamil Nadu, responsible for CME accreditation and ethical standards.
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 : Referred in conferment of powers to Tahsildars in Chennai District, and Deputy Tahsildars in Kanniyakumari District.
Master Plan : General term of urban plan referred in notifications. Specifically Master Plans for Thoothukudi and Coimbatore.
Chennai : One of the districts, referenced in the court notification related to conferment of powers.
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© [Regd. No. TN/ccN/467/2012-14.
GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU [R. Dis. No. 197/2009.
2018 [Price : Rs. 3.20 Paise.
TAMIL NADU
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 41] chENNAI, wEDNEsDAy, OcTObER 10, 2018
Purattasi 24, Vilambi, Thiruvalluvar Aandu – 2049
Part VI—Section 1
Notifications of interest to the General Public
issued by Heads of Departments, Etc.
NOTIfIcATIONS BY HEADS Of DEPARTMENTS, ETc.
cONTENTS
Pages.
GENERAL NOTIFIcATIONs
Variation to the consented Master Plan for the Thoothukudi Local Planning Area. .. .. .. .. 334
Variations to the Approved Master Plan for the coimbatore Local Planning Area. .. .. .. .. 334-335
Variation to the Approved Master Plan for the coimbatore Local Planning Area. .. .. .. .. 335
jUDIcIAL NOTIFIcATIONs
code of criminal Procedure-conferment of Powers. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
335-336
TAMIL NADU MEDIcAL cOUNcIL, chENNAI.
Tamil Nadu Medical council at its special business Meeting held on 11th April, 2018. .. .. ..
336-339
[333]
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NOTIfIcATIONS BY HEADS Of DEPARTMENTS, ETc.
GENERAL NOTIFIcATIONs
Variation to the consented Master Plan for the Thoothukudi Local Planning Area.
(Roc. No. 288/2017/TULPA)
No. VI(1)/367/2018.
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 24 of the Tamil Nadu Town and country Planning
Act, 1971 (Tamil Nadu Act 35 of 1972) the Government in their G.O.2D No.102, housing and Urban Development
[UD4(1)] Department, dated 05-07-2018 has been permitted change of land use of certain survey numbers making
the following variation to the consented Master Plan for the Thoothukudi Local Planning Area under the said Act vide
G.O.Ms.No.71, housing and Urban Development [UD4(2)] Department dated 10-02-2000 and published in the Tamil Nadu
Government Gazette No.35, Part VI — Section 1 page No.383 Notifications No.VI(1)/487/2000, dated 6th September 2000.
Variations
In the said consented Tuticorin Masterplan in the Annexure-IV Land use schedule sl.No.23, Village No.45, Mel
Arasadi Village under the heading MIXED REsIDENTIAL UsE ZONE, (MR) survey No.303 to 310 replaced by 303
to 305, 306pt (Except 306/7b, 8b, 9b, 10b) 307, 308, 309, 310pt (Except 310/1A2, 1b, 2A, 2b, 3A, 3b1, 3b2,
4A, 4b1, 4b2, 5b, 6b1, 6b2 & 6F2.)
In the Land use schedule sl.No.23, Village No.45, Mel Arasadi Village. Newly Inserted III (b) General Industrial
use zone under the above heading survey Nos. 306/7b, 8b, 9b, 10b, 310/1A2, 1b, 2A, 2b, 3A, 3b1, 3b2, 4A,
4b1, 4b2, 5b, 6b1, 6b2 & 6F2. shall be inserted.
Thoothukudi, Þó£. ªð£¡Âó£x,
4th October 2018. Member Secretary (In-charge),
Thoothukudi Local Planning Authority.
Variations to the Approved Master Plan for the coimbatore Local Planning Area.
(Roc.No. 583/2018/LPA- 3)
[G.O.(2D) No.80, Housing and Urban Development Department [UD 4(1)], dated 30th May 2018.]
No.VI(1)/368/2018.
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (4) of section 32 of the Tamil Nadu Town and country
Planning Act 1971 (Tamil Nadu Act 35 of 1972) and in exercise of powers conferred by the G.O.Ms.No.94 housing
and Urban Development [UD4(1)] Department dated 12-06-2009 which has been published in the Tamil Nadu
Government Gazette No.27 Part II—section 2, page No. 228, dated 15-07-2009 the following variations are made to
the Master Plan for the coimbatore Local Planning Area approved under the said Act and published in the housing
and Urban Development Department Notification No.II(2)/ Housing / 4377 /94 at page 1078 of Part II—section 2 of the
Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, dated the 9th November 1994.
Variations
In the said Master Plan, in the “LAND UsE schEDULE” under the heading “cOIMbATORE LOcAL PLANNING
AREA (OTHER THAN COIMBATORE CORPORATION AREA) under the Sub heading (b) Notified Detailed Development
Plan Area in Kallipalayam Village.
(i) Against the entry “MIssED IN APPROVED MAsTER PLAN schEDULE” for the expression “829, 830,
831, 833” the following entry “829, 830, 831, 833 (Except 829, 830, 831/3, 5, 833) shall be substituted.
(ii) Against the entry “AGRIcULTURAL” for the expression “827 to 835” the following entry “827 to 834” 835
(except 835/1) shall be substituted.
(iii) Against the entry “EDUcATIONAL” for the expression 829, 830, 831/3, 5, 833, 835/1 shall be added after
the entry 107 to 114.Oct. 10, 2018] TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE 335
G.O. (2D) No.80 Housing and Urban Development [UD4(1)] Department dated 30th May 2018 the following condition
that
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coimbatore-12, s. DhANARAsU,
5th October 2018. Member Secretary (In-charge)
Coimbatore Local Planning Authority.
Variations to the Approved Master Plan for the coimbatore Local Planning Area.
(Roc.No.10901/2017/LPA- 3)
[G.O.(2D) No.117, Housing and Urban Development Department [UD 4(1)], dated 10th August 2018]
No. VI(1)/369/2018.
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (4) of section 32 of the Tamil Nadu Town and country
Planning Act, 1971 (Tamil Nadu Act 35 of 1972) and in exercise of powers conferred by the G.O. Ms. No. 94
housing and Urban Development [UD4(1)] Department dated 12-06-2009 which has been published in the Tamil Nadu
Government Gazette No.27 Part II—section 2, page No. 228, dated 15-07-2009 the following variations are made to
the master plan for the coimbatore Local Planning Area approved under the said Act and published in the housing and
Urban Development Department Notification No. II(2)/ Housing / 4377 /94 at page 1078 of Part II—Section 2 of the
Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, dated the 9th November 1994.
Variations
In the said Master Plan, in the “LAND UsE schEDULE” under the heading “cOIMbATORE LOcAL PLANNING AREA
(OTHER THAN COIMBATORE CORPORATION AREA) under the Sub heading (B) Non-Notified Detailed Development
Plan Area in Kondayampalayam Village.
(i) Against the entry “AGRIcULTURAL” for the expression “62 to 64” the following entry “62, 63”, (Except 64)
shall be substituted.
(ii) Against the entry “INDUsTRIAL” for the expression 64 shall be added before the entry “311”.
coimbatore-12, s. DhANARAsU,
5th October 2018. Member Secretary (In-charge),
Coimbatore Local Planning Authority.
jUDIcIAL NOTIFIcATIONs
conferment of Powers.
(Roc. No. 67640/2018-B6)
No.VI(1)/370/2018.
No.176/2018.—In exercise of the powers conferred under section 13 of the criminal Procedure code 1973 (central
Act 2 of 1974), the high court hereby appoints the following 8 Tahsildars in chennai District, and 5 Deputy Tahsildars
in Kanniyakumari District, to undergo Magisterial Training for a period of 120 days, from the date of assumption of
charge and confers upon them the ordinary powers conferrable under this code on a judicial Magistrate to try such
cases which were earlier triable and dealt with by an erstwhile judicial second class Magistrate.
Sl.No. Name Designation District Days
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
Tvl./Tmt./Selvi
1. T. chandrasekharan Tahsildar chennai 120 days
2. selvi. R. Gnanaselvi Do. Do. Do.336 tamil nadu government gazette [Part VI—sec.1
Sl.No. Name Designation District Days
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
Tvl./Tmt./Selvi
3. T. Mohanapriya Tahsildar chennai 120 days
4. M. senthil Do. Do. Do.
5. s. hemalatha Do. Do. Do.
6. c.K. saravanan Do. Do. Do.
7. A. Prabakaran Do. Do. Do.
8. c.P. Vidya Do. Do. Do.
9. A. Nageswari Deputy Tahsildar Kanniyakumari Do.
10. K. Annabai Do. Do. Do.
11. V. Vijayakumari Do. Do. Do.
12. s. Mathew jeya jose Do. Do. Do.
13. N. saraswathi Do. Do. Do.
high court, Madras, c. KUMARAPPAN,
3rd October 2018. Registrar General.
TAMIL NADU MEDIcAL cOUNcIL, chENNAI.
Tamil Nadu Medical council at its Special Business Meeting held on 11th April, 2018.
(Ref. No. TNMC/G 502/2018)
No.VI(1)/371/2018.
The Tamil Nadu Medical council at its Special Business Meeting held on 11th April,2018 has passed the
following Resolutions.
3) “THE cME cREDIT REGISTRATION”:
3.1Brief: As per the code of Medical Ethics Regulations 2002 (amended upto 8th October 2016) and
published in Part Ill, section 4 of the Gazette of India dated 6th April 2002. section 1 and clause 1.2.3 and vide
the directions of the Medical council of India in their letter No. McI-7(9) /2011 Med./58885 dt 24.01.2012 to do
crediting of the hours of participation in the cME programmes once in 5 years. The cME crediting process was
announced by Medical council of India (McI) by incorporating the mandatory 30 hours of cME every 5 years in the
code of Medical Ethics Regulations in 2012. subsequently the Tamil Nadu Medical council in its resolution dated
21.03.2012 have started the process.
3.2The TNMC has been carrying out the certification of CMEs held by various organizations in the state complying
with the directions of the Medical council of India.
3.3 The council discussed the same elaborately and resolved to start the “cME credit Registration” for the period
2012-2017 as per the following guidelines.
3.3.1. The “cME credit Registration” should be done by all Medical graduates who have registered before 2013.
(once in 5 years from the date of their M.b.b.s. individual registration.)
3.3.2. The “cME credit Registration” will be done for all Registered Medical Practitioners.
3.3.3. The fees for “CME Credit Registration” will be fixed and collected by TNMC
3.3.4. The process will be started shortly after completing the preparatory work, tentatively in November-December,2018.
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3.3.5. Registration / accreditation of reputed professional academic bodies and organizations for holding TNMc
approved CME will be updated first.
3.3.6. subsequently, these organizations / institutions will be allowed to get a one-time retrospective approval for
crediting of CME held by these organizations during the period 2012-2017. (after verification of the records produced)
3.3.7. For those who have not acquired 30 credit hours since 2012, s/he will have to pay a Fees based on the
shortage of credit hours. The practitioners will be permitted to carry-over the credit hours short this term to the next
block-5 years.
3.3.8. The “carry-Over Fees” will be Rs.50/- for carrying over the shortage of one credit hour. The fees has been
fixed leniently as the “CME Crediting Process” is being done for the first time.
3.3.9. For defaulters, not doing the ‘cME credit Registration” before the stipulated time the late fee will be 5 fold
and further they shall be considered to have violated the code of Medical Ethics Regulations section / clause 1.2.3.
3.3.10. The “cME credit Registration” will be intimated to all practitioners through a paper advertisement and
communication letter to heads of Directorates and all Medical colleges, I.M.A, all specialty Associations, TNGDA.
3.3.11. A letter will written to MCI seeking clarifications on CME hours for crediting on the discrepancy in
their letter with that of the code para 1.2.3 on the calculation of cME hours. The further decision will be taken
based on the reply from McI and legal opinions on the calculation of cME hours and after publishing the same in
Tamil Nadu Government Gazette.
3.3.12. A committee comprising Dr.R.V.s.surendran, Dr.T.sadagopan, Dr.R.Thiagarajan and Dr.P.Ramakrishnan have
formulated the following Procedures for cME Accreditation.
PROcEDURES fOR cME AccREDITATION:-
1. Medical councils shall consider the applications for accreditation of following organization for holding cME
Programmes and convey their approval if the organization fulfills all requirements.
(a) All recognised Medical colleges.
(b) Indian Medical Association or the state/District/Tehsil/city chapters of the Indian Medical Association.
(c) National Academy of Medical sciences.
(d) specialists Associations (only National level Associations or their state chapters)
(e) All Recognised Postgraduate Medical Institutions.
(f) Central Govt. and State Govt. Hospitals(including Districts Hospitals) and training centers in health field
including Ministry of health and family welfare, Defence, Railways.
(g) International conference of Professional bodies
(h) National conference of Professional bodies
(i) state level conference of National Organizations.
(j) Professional bodies of repute functional at District, city, state level ego Physician Forum / surgeons forum /
Doctors Forum etc. in their areas I specialities and super specialties.
(k) Educational Foundations setup for specific super speciality subjects
(l) Private Medical Institutions with multi specialty Departments.
(m) Private Medical Institutions registered with the state authorities as trusts.
(2) Any professional organization or body or institution which wants to hold cME should apply for accreditation to
the state Medical Council. The Council on verifying the credentials of the organization will give certificate of accreditations
to those bodies to hold cMEs.
(3) Accreditation will be for the period of 5 years subject to renewal on review.
(4) (A) In case of accredited institutions/associations / bodies, every cME will not require separate permission.
however state Medical council should reserve the right of periodic surprise checks / inspection to assess the functioning
of cME system. The state Medical council will have right to revoke accreditation of any institution/association/body
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(b) Those Institutions/associations / bodies which are not accredited must apply for cME with names of the
speakers, program, duration etc. for permission to state Medical councils.
(c) If foreign /NRI faculty members are involved in any teaching activity then accredited as well as non
accredited organizations will need to take separate advance permission from Medical council of India after applying
in the prescribed format.
(5) Accreditation/credit hours to be awarded will be based on type of cME (i.e. for Family Physicians, for specialty
Practitioners / national conference etc.) Duration (whether ½ day, 1day / 2days / 3days etc) and subject.
(6) Association / Organization should strictly issue the Attendance certificate to the delegate who has
attended the CME.No Certificate should be distributed on the first day at the time of Registration of the
C.M.E./Conference. This Practice should be taken care of. The Certificates be distributed /awarded only on the last
day.
(7) Association /Organization will be duty bound to send the feedback of the delegates and the list of the delegates
who have attended the cME conference. The details should include registration number, name of the state council
and degree/qualification.
(8) In case it is found that the certificate is false the issuing Association/Organization will be debarred for future
accreditation.
(9) state Medical council should maintain database of all cMEs and individual doctors credit hours either in
computerized format or as paper records.
(10) All accredited organizations must have at least two cMEs in a year on subject of Medical Ethics and National
health Policy.
credit Hours to the cME/ State/ District / Tehsil / National / International conference/ Workshop Organized may be
follows;
1. Each cME/state /District/Tehsil/National/International conference/ workshop of two days(5-6 hours daily) shall
be eligible for following credits. super speciality-8. for speciality-6, for Graduates doctors-4
2. The doctors may attend the International cMEs/ conferences held overseas as delegates. On the production
of the certificates of attendance. CME Credit hours will be given.
3. Doctors doing Post graduate courses e.g. Diploma, M.D., M.s., D.N.b., M.ch., D.M.(Abroad) etc., from
recognised /reputed Institutions in India will get 6 credit hours per year for the duration of the courses. eg. First year
6 credit hours, second year 6 credit hours, Third year 6 credit hours.
4. speakers at any conference /cME/workshop /Training Programme will be given one credit hour per talk in
addition to the credit hours allotted for that particular academic activity.
5. Doctors working as Medical teachers can claim 6 Credit hours per year after producing certificate from their
head of Institution that, they are taking undergraduate / postgraduate classes are engaged in postgraduate, research
work.
Procedures for issuing credit Hours
TEXT BOOK
1) Author/Editor of Published Medical Text book 12 hours.
2) Author of chapter published in Medical Text book 4 hours.
Papers Published in International Index journals credit Hours
1) Original article 8 hours
2) case Report 4 hours
3) Letter to Editor 2 hours
Papers Published in National Index journals credit Hours
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2) case Report 2 hours
3) Letter to Editor 1 hour
Participation in International conferences credit Hours
1) Guest speakers/Resource Person in International conferences 8 hours.
2) Paper Presentation (oral/poster) in International conferences 6 hours.
3) Participation in International conference as delegate 4 hours.
continuing Medical Education (cME) will not be accredited.
1) The cME Organized by a drug/equipment company for promotion of the drug/equipment will not be entertained/
considered.
2) cMEs organized by the Individual nursing homes/hospitals/Persons for marketing purposes shall not be credited.
3) cMEs Organized for self promotion / advertisement will not be credited.
Exemption
A) Medical Practitioners above the age of 65 years may complete only 15 credit hours in 5 years.
b) Medical Practitioners above the age of 70 should be exempted from the preview of sec 1.2.3.
c) Any Medical Practitioner who is unable to attend due reasons of ill health should submit adequate documentation
to avail of exemption. State Medical Council’s decision will be final.
22. PENALTY fOR USING UN-REcOGNISED DEGREES, TITLES BY REGISTERED MEDIcAL PRAcTITIONERS.
According to Regulation 1.4.2 of the Tamil Nadu Medical Council Code of Ethics Regulations 2002,
“Physician shall display as suffix to their names only recognized medical degrees or such certificates/diplomas and
memberships/honours which confer professional knowledge or recognizes any exemplary qualification / achievements”
After discussion, the council opined that there are many violations in the display of unrecognized degrees, false
issuing and using medical titles by Registered Medical Practitioners, and we have to levy the penalty to them.
The Council approved to levy the penalty amount of Rs. 10,000/- for the first offence and Rs. 25,000/ - for the
second offence.
chennai -600 106, Dr. R.s. shANMUGARAjAN,
5th October 2018. Registrar,
Tamil Nadu Medical Council.
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