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o Maintaining a national live electronic register of health professionals called the Indian
Human Resources in Health Register, with sub-registers representing the specific
cadres of health professionals.
o Prescribing standards of professional conduct, etiquette and code of professional
ethics to be observed by the practitioners.
o Ensuring a systemof control, monitoring and evaluation to be done regularly whereby
institutions are re-certified and revalidated every 5 years with the aim of protecting
public interest and promoting andmaintaining the health and safety of the public.
o Coordinating and promoting an inter-disciplinary, multi-disciplinary and integrated
approach tomedical and health education.
o Undertaking administrative supervision of each Department and ensuring that they
maintain the standards and quality of education.
o Selecting, appointing and supervising the work of the SecretaryGeneral.
o Constituting committees under the Council.
o Empanelling of the assessment and accreditation bodies and prescribing standards to
be followed by them.
National Level Exit Exam:
Though, all central and state universities shall conduct their own examinations and award degrees
thereon, the National Council shall conduct National Level Exit Examinations to standardise post
graduate and undergraduate medical and allied health courses. The National Board of Examinations
(NBE) shall be archivedwith the coming into existence of the National Council.
Post Graduates:
1) All trainees in medical colleges or health professional training institutions, as well as
professionals who have received medical/health related training from an NCHRH accredited
non academic institutions within the country may appear for post graduate programmes at the
University level and obtainMD/MS degrees.
2) The NCHRH shall conduct a national level exit exam as a standardised post graduation level
exam that may be taken by anyone with a postgraduate degree from any university recognised
by the Council.
3) The national exit exam shall also be open for professionals who have received requisite
medical/health related training from an NCHRH accredited academic or non academic
institution but have not been able to pass a university level exam, as well as for individuals
holding a foreign post graduate degree in medicine or health, where such a degree has been
obtained froman institution not recognised by the Council.
4) The national exit examwill be equivalent to anMD/MS awarded by any recognised university
in the country.
o The exam shall be conducted online through the internet, and will mostly follow a
multiple choice format, whichwill incorporate the clinical aspect of medical practice
o Individuals possessing the requisite criteria, as prescribed by the Council, for
appearing for the national exit examwill be classified as 'board eligible', upon passing
the exam, an individual will be classified as 'board certified'.
NEWS LETTER - INDIAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSIOTHERAPISTS - NOV.. 2010
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