The Indian Medical Council (Professional Conduct, Etiquette and Ethics) Regulation 2002

Your family doctor writes the name of a branded tablet on the prescription and a pharmacy next to the clinic happens to stock only that brand. A friend posts on social media that a surgeon has offered a discount for a package of operations. A patient asks for a copy of her file and is told the file is 'hospital property'. Are these doctors breaking a rule? The answer is found in a set of Regulations made in 2002 that act as the written code of conduct of the profession.

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The Indian Medical Council (Professional Conduct, Etiquette and Ethics) Regulations 2002 are subordinate legislation that set out a doctor's duties to patients, colleagues and society, list professional misconduct, and tell the disciplinary body what to punish.

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