National Medical Register Mandates Unique ID For Doctors: Important Information

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The ethics board of the National Medical Commission will generate the unique ID and grant the practitioner registration and eligibility to practice medicine in India.The National Medical Commission (NMC) announced that in order to practice medicine in the nation, all doctors will need to get a Unique Identity Number (UID). The NMC’s ethics board will create a special ID, register practitioners, and determine their ability to practice medicine in India.  

According to the NMC Guideline, “Regulation of Medical Practitioners and Licence to Practise Medicine Regulations, 2023,” the Ethics and Medical Registration Board of the NMC would maintain a common National Medical Registration (NMR) for all of the country’s registered medical practitioners.

All State registrations maintained by the State Medical Councils will have listings of registered medical practitioners in the National Medical Register (NMR). Additionally, it will include details about the medical professional, such as specialty, year of graduation, university, name of the institution(s) from which the qualification(s) were earned, and location of employment (name of Hospital/Institute). 

Anyone can access the NMR by visiting the NMC’s official website at http://www.nmc.org.in. The NMR will include information like the registration number, name, father’s name, date of registration, place of employment (hospital or institution), medical degree including any additional medical degrees, specialty, year of passing, university, and name of the institution(s)/university(s) from which the degree was obtained.  

The announcement further specifies that the medical license must be renewed every five years. The practitioner is required to apply for this at the State Medical Council. Three months before the license’s validity expires, a request for renewal of the license must be submitted.  

The notification further stated: “For the purpose of updating the license of such medical practitioner, no fee shall be charged by EMRB, NMC”.

Within 30 days of receiving a decision from the State Medical Council rejecting their application for a license to practice or a license renewal, practitioners may also appeal the decision with the Ethics and Medical Regulation Board.  

The original application submitted to the State Medical Council, a copy of the communication received from the State Medical Council, a written application outlining the reasons for rejection, and a processing fee payable to the Secretary, NMC, must be included with this appeal when it is submitted to the National Medical Commission (NMC) Secretary. The EMRB will then review the appeal and reach a decision within 30 days. 

If the EMRB grants the appeal, it might issue a directive instructing the State Medical Council to issue the applicant a license to practice. The State Medical Council is obligated by this order to give the practitioner’s license within 15 days of receiving it from the EMRB.

If the first appeal is denied by the EMRB within 60 days of receiving notification, the practitioner may also file a second appeal with the NMC.

Procedure For Making an Application for a License to Practice Medicine – 

For the purpose of obtaining a license, a doctor may apply through the web portal of the ethics & medical registration board containing such details as specified in the electronic format.
          A. Registration Number

          B. Name

          C. Fathers Name

          D. Date of Registration

          E. Place of working ( Name of the hospital/Institute ) 

          F. Medical Qualification including additional medical qualification

          G. Specialty.

          H. Year of passing.

The eligible person may opt for any state/states to practice medicine and application so made through the portal shall be referred to the concerned state/states medical council.
The State Medical Council can satisfy themselves and consider the application for a grant of a license to practice medicine in that state after charging an appropriate fee within 30 days. 
The certificate of license shall contain a registration number which shall be formed in such a way that a unique identification number shall be suffixed with a code of the concerned state/union territory.
On the approval of the application by the State Medical Council, the same shall be reflected in the national medical register and also in the state medical register
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