NMC directs medical colleges to monitor doctors prescriptions

In a significant move to ensure doctors’ prescriptions are legible and are regulated, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has directed the medical colleges to constitute a committee for monitoring.

The special committee in government and private medical colleges will monitor the prescription practices and oversee the inclusion of ‘Importance of Legible and Clear Handwriting in



Medical Prescriptions’ in the MBBS curriculum.

In a letter to State Principal Secretaries (Health), the Post Graduate Medical Education Board (PGMEB) of NMC said, “Every medical college shall establish a dedicated Sub-Committee, under the Drugs and Therapeutics Committee (DTC), for monitoring prescriptions and ensuring compliance with the statutory, regulatory, and ethical standards”.