1. 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.
2. Eligibility for primary medical qualification in a country outside India:
(i) Duration of course and training in subjects leading to primary medical qualification:
(a) Any person who pursue the foreign medical degree should have undergone a course of theory, practical
and clinical training equivalent to Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) of India; and
(b) Should have been completed internship of twelve months in addition to such course referred to in clause
(a), in the same foreign institution where the primary medical qualification has been obtained, along with hands-on
training in clinical subjects including but not limited to Community Medicine, General Medicine, Psychiatry,
Paediatrics, General Surgery, Anaesthesia, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Orthopaedics, Otorhinolaryngology,
Ophthalmology, Dermatology, Emergency or Casualty services, lab services and their sub-specialties.
(ii) Content of course or Training leading to primary medical qualification
(a) The course and internship or clinical clerkship shall commensurate with the MBBS course of India in
accordance with the Regulations on Graduate Medical Education, 1997and subsequent amendments thereto, and shall
include the subjects mentioned therein as are duly recognised by the Commission under sub- section (2) of section 61
of the Act;
(b) The course curriculum shall be made available for review by appropriate authorities, and if necessary, in
the website of the institution or university where the course is being pursued at the time of joining the course.
(iii) Location of medical college or institution and administration of the course or training:
The entire course, training and internship or clerkship shall be done outside India in the same foreign medical
institution throughout the course of study and no part of medical training and internship shall be done in India or in
any country other than country from where the primary medical qualification is obtained.
(iv) Duration of course:
The total duration of the foreign medical graduation course shall be completed within ten years from the date
of joining the course.
Foreign Medical Graduate Licentiate Regulations 2021 – zeals educational services private limited
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