National Medical Commission Act, 2019

Every May, lakhs of students across India sit one common entrance test for medical seats, and the result decides who studies medicine and where. Behind the test sits a regulator that decides how many seats a college may have, who may teach there, and whether a graduate may practise. Until 2019 that regulator was the Medical Council of India. A new Act removed it and put a Commission in its place. Why was the change made, and how does the new body work?

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The National Medical Commission Act 2019 repealed the Indian Medical Council Act 1956 and created the National Medical Commission, which works through four autonomous boards, a Medical Advisory Council and State Medical Councils, to regulate medical education, colleges, registration and professional conduct.

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