How to build up a Medical college as per NMC guidelines?  

Are you planning to build or restructure or venture in any Medical Colleges in India? Looking for information about the guidelines and norms to build up a medical college. In this article Hospaccx Healthcare Consultancy has mapped all on possibilities and eligibilities to start up a medical college in India.
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Indian Medical Education has undergone tremendous changes in the recent years with revamp in curriculum, no of seats, fee structure etc. The number of medical colleges which stood at 381 in 2014 has increased to 596 medical colleges as of 12 January 2022. The number of UG seats have increased from 51,348 before 2014 to 89,875 seats as of March 29, 2022 which is an increase of 75 per cent. The numbers of PG seats have increased by 93 per cent from 31,185 seats before 2014 to 60,202 seats. The Central Government has made huge efforts to upgrade the existing Medical Education System. In 2020 NMC i.e. National Medical Commission replaced the Medical Council of India (MCI) paving the way as a new regulator.   

The Government has also relaxed the norms for setting up of medical colleges in terms of requirement for faculty, staff, bed strength and other infrastructure. In order to tackle the shortage of faculty, Diplomate of National Board (DNB) qualification has been recognized for appointment as faculty members. NMC has made significant efforts in changing the curriculum the previous edition being that of 1997. The new curriculum stresses on the importance of ethics and communication competencies. Also the new standards set by NMC for opening of medical colleges envisages a skill laboratory in every medical institution. It provides a facility where students can practice and improve their skills in a safe environment, mitigating the limitations of learning on live patients. These skill labs will recreate the clinical environment and provide a much greater opportunity for learning through mannequins and computerized simulation.  

Despite the government being successful in increasing the number of medical seats in our country, it is still the shortage of seats and expensive medical education fees that is driving our youth abroad.  

There are 13 lakh one thousand three hundred nineteen allopathic doctors registered with the State Medical Councils and the National Medical Commission (NMC) as on November 2021 with Doctor Population ratio of 1:834. Also there are also two lakh 89 thousand registered dentists, 32 lakh 63 thousand registered nursing personnel and 13 lakh allied and Healthcare professionals in the country.  

Even with the adequate Doctor to Population ratio, India has an overall shortfall of 76.1 per cent specialist doctors at the Community Health Centres (CHCs) in rural areas.  

Eligibility to Start a Medical College  

1. A State Govt./Union Territory;
2. A University;  
3. An autonomous Body promoted by Central or State Government or under a Statute for the purpose of medical qualification;  
4. A society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 for corresponding Acts in States; or  
5. A public Religious or Charitable Trust registered under the Trust act, 1882 or the WAKFS Act, 1954.  
6. Companies registered under The Company Act, 1956

Qualifying criteria i.e. conditions to be fulfilled for starting a medical college  

1. Medical education must be one of the objectives of the applicant in case the applicant is an autonomous body, registered society, charitable trust & companies registered under Companies Act. 
2. The medical college or medical institution shall be housed in a unitary campus of not less than 20 acres of land except in mega cities and ‘A’ class cities 
3. Further provided that, in Metropolitan areas, the medical college should have the total built up area required for adequate infrastructure, including medical college, affiliated teaching hospital, residential quarters and other infrastructure required as per the applicable Minimum Standard Requirement Regulations, in the unitary piece of land owned and possessed by them. 
4. The applicant must submit the Essentiality Certificate from the concerned State Govt./ Union Territory for establishment of the proposed medical college. 
5. The Consent of Affiliation from the concerned University  
6. The hospital owned and managed by the appropriate Government should be minimum 300 bedded hospital with necessary infrastructural facilities capable of being developed into a teaching institution. 
7. The minimum 300 bedded hospital has to be transferred by the Government to the applicant trust/society/company through an appropriate Memorandum of Understanding of minimum of 33 years or by way of lease of 99 years preferably but in any case not less than 33 years. 
8. The hospital should have all the feasibility for it being periodically upgraded including the augmentation of the number of beds and commensurate teaching units and teaching compliment as prescribed by the Governing Regulations with respect to the permitted annual intake for the college of 50/100/150/200/250 as the case may be. 
9. The applicant has not admitted students in the proposed medical college. 
10.  The applicant provides two performances Bank guarantee valid for a period of 5 years in favor of MCI for the prescribed sums varying according to the number of admissions, one for the establishment of the medical college and the other for the teaching hospital. Government Medical Colleges are exempted from submitting performance Bank guarantees. 
11. Hired or rented building shall not be permitted and the college shall be set up only in the plot earmarked for that purpose.

SCHEDULE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW MEDICAL COLLEGES/RENEWAL OF PERMISSION AND PROCESSING OF THE APPLICATIONS BY THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT & MEDICAL COUNCIL OF INDIA  

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