NMC scraps medical education regulations, drops penalties for fake records

Medical colleges have lost the rulebook that spelled out how they could be penalised when irregularities were found. The National Medical Commission (NMC) has withdrawn the Maintenance of Standards of Medical Education Regulations, 2023 (MSMER-2023), with immediate effect.



Gone with it are the fixed fines, the seat cuts and the personal penalties for doctors who submit false records.

However, a key component of the MSMER 2023, the Annual Disclosure Report (ADR), which every medical institution files, will continue as before.