Het”. ePboin’,. Pe gineylhllme on cin aR National Medical Commission (Undergraduate Medical Education Board) No. U.15024/4/2022-UGMEB/ Date: | PRtareh. 2022 CIRCULAR Subject : Guidelines for registration of Foreign Medical Graduates . It has been brought into the notice of the National Medical Commission that Foreign Medical Graduates are facing hardship in getting themselves registered in some of State Medical Councils afier publication of Foreign Medical Graduates Licentiate Regulations, 2021 and Compulsory Rotatory Medical Interns! Regulations, 2021 by National Medical Commission. 2. ‘The Commission hereby reiterates that the provisions contained in VMGL Regulations, 2021 are not applicable in the following cases: a. Foreign medical graduates who have acquired a foreign medical degree or primary qualification, as the case may be, prior to 18" Nov, 202 b, Candidates who have joined their undergraduate medical education in foreign institutions prior to 18" Nov, 2021; and c. Such foreign medical graduates who are speci Central Government, by notification. ally exempted by the 3. Therefore, the Foreign Medical Graduates(MGs) who have acquired a foreign medical degree or primary qualification, as the case may be, and the candidates who have joined their education in foreign institutions, prior to 18" Nov, 2021, shall be govemed by the provisions contained in previously applicable regulations, namely “The Screening Test Regulations 2002” and “The Eligibility Requirement for ‘Taking Admission in an Undergraduate Medical Course in a Foreign Medical Institution Regulations, 2002” 4. However, the CRMI Regulations have been made effective from the date of publication in Gazette of India i. 18 Nov 2021. As per the provision contained in NMC’s CRMI Regulations, Indian citizens (including overseas Indian citizens) who are Foreign Medical Graduates who do not fall under the purview of the National Medical Commission (Voreign Medical Graduate Licentiate) Regulations, 202Ishall be regulated by the provisions of sub-section (3) of section 13 of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 (102 of 1956) in accordance with the Advisory no MCI-203(1\(Gen)/2020- Regn./118239, dated the 2nd September, 2020 and shall be required to complete CRMI in India if they have not undergone such practical training after obtaining such qualification as may be required by the rules and regulations in force in the country granting such qualification or has not undergone any practical training in that country. Contd........2/situation which is beyond their control, such as Pandemic COVII)-19 and war etc. Considering the agony & stress faced by these foreign medical graduates, their application to complete the remaining part of intemship in India is considered cligible. Accordingly, the same may be processed by State Medical Councils provided that the candidates must have cleared FMGE before applying for completion of internship in India. 6. ‘Taking into the consideration all the relevant provisions of NMC’s Regulations and circumstances, the Commission decided to issue the detailed guidelines/process which is required to be followed by State Medical Councils for grant of registration of FMGs till further instructions from the Commission or implementation of NExT Exam, whichever occurs earlier. State Medical Councils should ensure the following conditions/criteria while processing the case for grant of registration of !MGs: (The medical qualification/degree must be registerable to practice medicine in their respective jurisdiction of the country in which the medical degree is awarded and at par with the license to practi medicine given (o citizen of that country. (i) Documentary evidence certifying successful completion of physical training or internship during the medical qualification equivalent to MBBS, if conducted in foreign institute. (ii) Copy of passport with VISA and immigration details (iv) Foreign Medical Graduate Examination(FMGE) conducted by National Board of Examination(NB should be cleared by the candidates secking registration in India. (v) If the candidate is found fulfilling all the above mentioned criteria, provisional registration may be granted by State Medical Councils for 12 month internship or balance period, as the case may be. (vi) Internship shall be permissible in medical college hospital or hospital attached to medical colleges, permitted by the Commission. (vii), ‘The maximum quota for allocation of internship to FMGs must be restricted to additional 7.5% of total permitted seats in a medical colleg (vii) State Medical Councils should obtain an undertaking from the medical college that no amount/fee is charged by the medical college from the E'MGs for permitting them to do their internship. ‘The stipend & other facilities to FMGs should be extended equivalent 10 Indian Medical Graduates being trained at Government Medical Colleges as fixed by the appropriate authority applicable to the institution/University or State. a (Shambhu Sharan Kukial) Deputy Secretary 3\102-