MCI de-recognizes two M.D courses

With a recent gazette notification, the Apex Medical Council has de-recognized two PG Medical Qualifications by deleting them from the relevant schedule of Postgraduate Medical Education Regulations, 2000. These qualifications are M.D. (Medical Genetics) as well as M.D. (Infectious Diseases).

The deletion comes as a part of amendment to the Postgraduate Medical Education Regulations, 2000, with the new notifications being called Postgraduate Medical Education (Amendment) Regulations, 2017. The amendments have come into force from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette and state the following

In Schedule of the Postgraduate Medical Education Regulations, 2000, Clause "A" under the heading of M.D.(Doctor of Medicine), the following shall be deleted :—

(i) M.D. (Medical Genetics)

(ii) M.D. (Infectious Diseases)

NOTE- The above courses are still being offered through D.M ( Doctorate of Medicine) route. The Eligiblity criteria for DM courses are as follows

Name of Course	Requirement
DM (Infectious Diseases)	M.D. (Medicine)/M.D. (Paediatrics)/M.D. (Tropical Medicine)/M.D. (T.B. & Chest)
DM ( Medical Genetics)	MD/MS/DNB in any subject

Article Sources:-

1. MCI- http://www.mciindia.org/Rules-and-Regulation/Gazette Notifications - Amendments/PGME_31.05.2017.pdf


2. MCI- http://www.mciindia.org/Rules-and-Regulation/Gazette Notifications - Amendments/PGME_31.05.2017.pdf


3. NBE- http://nbe.edu.in/neetss/eligibility-criteria.html