Foreign Medical Graduate Licentiate Regulations 2021 [ Foreign MBBS Registration in India]

Foreign Medical Graduate Licentiate Regulations 2021 [NMC Act 2019] Foreign MBBS Registration in India

The National Medical Commission (Foreign Medical Graduate Licentiate) Regulations, 2021 (FMGL Regulations 2021) outlines the registration and the criteria to recognise foreign medical graduates. The guiding principle for licensing a foreign medical graduate to practice in India is to ensure that the Foreign Medical Graduate fulfils the requirements of education and training equivalent or commensurate with that of an Indian medical graduate

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The NMC the Commission issued regulation 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. State Medical Councils should ensure the following conditions/criteria while processing the case for grant of registration of FMGs:

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 practice medicine given to citizen of that country.

Documentary evidence certifying success completion of physical training or internship during the medical qualification equivalent to MBBS, if conducted in foreign institute.

Copy of passport with VISA and immigration details


The NMC also has said that the provisions contained in FMGL Regulations, 2021 are not applicable in the following cases:

Foreign medical graduates who have acquired a foreign medical degree or primary qualification, as the case may be, prior to 18th Nov, 2021;

Candidates who have joined their undergraduate medical education in foreign institutions prior to 19 Nov, 2021; and

Such foreign medical graduates who are specifically exempted by the Central Government, by notification.

Therefore, the Foreign Medical Graduates (FMGs) 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 18th Nov, 2021, shall be governed 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

Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE) conducted by National Board of Examination(NBE) should be cleared by the candidates seeking registration in India.

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.

Internship shall be permissible in medical college hospital or hospital attached to medical colleges, permitted by the Commission.

The maximum quota for allocation of internship to FMGs must be restricted to additional 7.5% of total permitted seats in a medical
State Medical Councils should obtain an undertaking from the medical college that no amount/fee is charged by the medical college from the FMGs for permitting them to do their internship.

The stipend & other facilities to FMGs should be extended equivalent to Indian Medical Graduates being trained at Government Medical Colleges as fixed by the appropriate authority applicable to the institution/University or State.

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