Eligibility certificate: NMC Gives Deadline to 1060 students for rectifying deficiencies in applications

Delhi: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has given a deadline to all students, who have proceeded abroad without obtaining an Eligibility Certificate, for submitting their deficiencies through the eligibility portal of NMC. 1060 applicants are mentioned in the list released the NMC.

The NMC notified on the recent scrutiny process of applications received for eligibility certificates. EMRB, NMC has diligently reviewed the applications submitted by various applicants. After careful evaluation, NMC has identified deficiencies in applications at Annexure-I in the notice below.

In this connection, attention is invited to section 13(4B) of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956it is stated that –

“(4B) A person who is a citizen of India shall not, after such date as may be specified by the Central Government under sub-section (3), be eligible to get admission to obtain medical qualification granted by any medical institution in any foreign country without obtaining an eligibility certificate issued to him by the Council and in case any such person obtains such qualification without obtaining such eligibility certificate, he shall not be eligible to appear in the screening test referred to in sub-section (4A): Provided that an Indian citizen who has acquired the medical qualification from foreign medical institution or has obtained admission in foreign medical institution before the commencement of the Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Act, 2001 shall not be required to obtain eligibility certificate under this sub-section but, if he is qualified for admission to any medical course for recognized medical qualification in any medical institution in India, he shall be required to qualify only the screening test prescribed.”

The requirement of taking an Eligibility Certificate before proceeding abroad has been dispensed w.e.f the declaration of result of NEET-UG 2019 vide public notice dated 05.04.2019 and accordingly after 05 June 2019, qualifying NEET-UG Exam has been made mandatory and shall be deemed to be treated as an Eligibility Certificate for Indian/OCI citizen intending to take admission in MBBS or equivalent Medical Course in any Foreign Medical Institution.

It is observed that applicants whose name is mentioned in Annexure-I have proceeded abroad without obtaining an Eligibility Certificate. Therefore, it has been decided by the Board to give 03 days’ time to all such applicants (Annexure-I) to submit their deficiencies through the eligibility portal of NMC. In case, the applicants whose name is mentioned in Annexure-I do not fulfil the deficiency or do not submit the applications within 03 days from the date of publication of this notice the applications will be summarily rejected.

Timely rectification of the deficiencies will expedite the processing of the eligibility certificates otherwise found fit for grant of such Certificates and help the applicants move forward with their respective endeavours.

The detailed list of applicants who must submit their deficiencies is enclosed in the notice below. 1060 applicants are mentioned in the list.

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https://medicaldialogues.in/pdf_upload/public-notice-regarding-pending-with-initiator-dated-07012024-229533.pdf