Duties of mci and smc

Duties of mci and smc

1. DUTIES OF MCI AND SMC NUR AINA BINTI AB KADIR

2. CONTENT

3. INTRODUCTION Indian Medical Council (IMC) or Medical Council of India (MCI) : body that is intimately concerned with the medical profession Governed by the India Medical Council Act (1956) Numbers of members- hold office( 5years ), election of a President & a Vice-President Registrar and a Secretary for day-to-day functioning.

4. FUNCTION OF MCI

5. Medical register Maintain register- names, addresses, qualifications of all medical practitioners Registers (fee)  SMC notify MCI  Indian Medical Register Similar with erase

6. Medical education Regulates the standard of medical education Undergraduate and postgraduate INSPECTOR Visit various institutions-facilities, specifications, d uring examinations Report made  recommends Government of India: recognition/de-recognition (temporary) Central Government: institute/degree

7. Recognition of Foreign Medical Qualifications

8. Appellate Tribunal Any registered MP who has been penalised by any SMC  appeal against such punishment representation to the Central Government  consult the IMC IMC will examine the facts of the case furnish recommendations to the Central Government, which will be binding on the appealing party as well as the SMC concerned

9. Disciplinary Prescribes minimum standards of professional conduct, ethics, etiquette Issues a warning notices periodically, which is a list of offences constituting infamous conduct

10. STATE MEDICAL COUNCIL Address: No 70, 2nd Floor Near Post Office, K R Road Basavanagudi 26620292 560004 www.karnatakamedicalcouncil.com

11. INTRODUCTION Location: capital of that state Members: MP elected among themselves, nominated by the State Government President & Vice President

12. FUNCTION OF SMC

13. Medical register Maintains a register: name, address, qualifications, date, name of university  Registrar Inform IMC without delay, all the additions and amendments made from time to time in the State Medical Register

14. Disciplinary control Exercises disciplinary control over RMP Power to delete name (guilty)  permanent/ temporary Appeal is made IMC makes a recommendation name will be restored in the SMR

15. Warning notice Infamous conduct Warning- indulging in unethical practice Advise- conduct themselves- ethical WARNING NOTICE VS WARNING Warning notice : a list of offence(infamous conduct) Warning : cautionary notice given by the SMC after judicial enquiry  doctor guilty

16. Procedure of disciplinary action Initiates action: Complaint is made by a person /person against a RMP A court of law convicts any RMP for an offence involving moral turpitude

17. Punishments Warning: conduct himself according to the expectations of ethical standards prescribed by the council Temporary erasure: name is erased from the register for a specific period after which it is restored Penal erasure: permanently removed, professional death sentence

18. REFERENCES TEXTBOOK OF FORENSIC MEDICINE AND TOXICOLOGY,BY VV PILLAY,15 TH EDITION,PAGE 22-24