In exercise of the powers conferred vide sub section (2) of Section 57 read with Sections 26, 28 and 29 of the National Medical Commission hereby makes the following draft regulations to further amend the Establishment of New Medical Institutions

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-10072026-274346 EXTRAORDINARY PART III—Section 4 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 442] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2026/ASHADHА 18, 1948 NATIONAL MEDICAL COMMISSION NOTIFICATION New Delhi, 8th July, 2026 No. M-27011/01/2025-MARB(LEGAL)/NMC.—In exercise of the powers conferred vide sub- section (2) of Section 57 read with Sections 26, 28 and 29 of the National Medical Commission hereby makes the following draft regulations to further amend the "Establishment of New Medical Institutions, Starting of New Medical Courses, Increase of Seats for Existing Courses & Assessment & Rating Regulations, 2023" or "Establishment of New Medical Institutions, Assessment & Rating Regulations, 2023" namely 1. (i) These Regulations May Be Called The – “Establishment Of New Medical Institutions, Starting Of New Medical Courses, Increase Of Seats For Existing Courses & Assessment & Rating (Amendment) Regulations, 2026" In Short "Establishment Of New Medical Institutions Assessment & Rating (Amendment) Regulations, 2026". (ii)They shall come into force from the date of publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Establishment of Medical Institutions, Assessment & Rating Regulations,2023 i. Clause 6(a) shall be deleted. ii. Clause 6(g) shall be substituted by “A Company duly incorporated under the Companies Act, 2013 or any other corresponding law in force during its establishment. iii. After Clause 6(g), a new Clause 6(h) shall be inserted as: “A Trust registered under the respective statute meant to establish and regulate trusts in the respective State." iv. Clause 9, “No application submitted by the eligible entity shall be entertained unless it is accompanied with-"shall be substituted by “The following documents shall be submitted by the eligible entity-". v. Clause 9(a) shall be deleted vi. Clause 9(b) shall be substituted as: “A Consent of Affiliation (CoA) letter obtained from a recognized university, issued in the name of the applicant/ the Medical College/ the entity in writing. The CoA shall be valid at the time of submission of the application; and vii. Clause 9(c) shall be deleted. viii. Clause 9(d) shall be amended as: A solvency certificate based on the last completed financial year issued by a Chartered Accountant within ninety days prior to the last date of invitation of the application. ix. Clause 9 (k) shall be inserted as:" Infrastructure and other statutory requirements as per the regulations shall be complete at the time of application. Temporary arrangement for the Hospital and college building shall not be permitted. A work-in-progress status of the applicant institute shall not be considered for further processing of the application." X. Explanation 1 Of Clause 9 Shall Be Deleted xi. The first proviso after Explanation 3, under clause 9, shall be amended as: "Provided any incomplete applications received, meaning applications without the mandated documents specified in the present Regulation or any such other documents as notified from time to time by the MARB or at time of notification of inviting the application by MARB, shall not constitute a valid/eligible scheme as per Section 28(2) of the National Medical Commission Act, 2019, and the same shall be rejected by the MARB without any opportunity as mandated under Section 28(3) of the NMC Act and clause 13 of this regulation." xii. A "new para" shall be inserted after "first para" and before "the first proviso" of clause 15 as: "The applicant/entity shall submit an undertaking at the time of submission of the application for earmarking a corpus fund dedicatedly applicable to the functioning of the new medical institution. Further, all Medical Colleges already running will also have to maintain a corpus fund dedicatedly applicable to the functioning of the medical college. The amount of such Corpus fund shall be determined by the Medical Assessment & Rating Board and shall be communicated through Notice. The amount of the corpus fund shall be subject to revision from time to time. The College will have to submit the documentary proof whenever directed by the MARB." xiii. The clause 31(c) shall be amended as: Withholding processing or rejection of application(s) for any new scheme/s or for an increase in seats for that academic year or for such number of years. xiv. The clause 31(h) shall be amended as: "Any attempt to pressurize MARB or NMC through individuals or agency(ies) will lead to immediate halt of the processing or rejection of the application(s)/request(s) by the medical Institution." Dr. RAGHAV LANGER, Secy. [ADVT.-III/4/Exty./211/2026-27] Note:-The principal regulation was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part III, Section 4, vide CG-DL-E-0262023-246253 dated 2nd June, 2023 vide NMC Notification No. M-27011/01/2023-MARB. The National Medical Commission proposes certain amendments to “Establishment of New Medical Institutions, Assessment & Rating Regulations, 2023".The draft Regulation amending the Regulation in Clause 6, 9, 15 and 31 have been prepared and approved by the competent authority following due procedures is hereby published for information of all stakeholders likely to be affected thereby and notice is hereby given that the said draft Regulation (amendment) shall be taken into consideration on or after the expiry of a period of thirty (30) days from the date on which the copies of the Gazette of India containing these draft Regulation (amendment) are made available to public. Objections and suggestions which may be received from any person within the period specified above will be considered by the National Medical Commission. Objections and suggestions, if any, may be addressed to the Director (MARB), NMC, Room No.003, Guest House, Ground Floor, National Medical Commission, Pocket -14, Sector-8, Dwarka, Phase-1, New Delhi-77 and sent by e-mail at ([email protected]) in the prescribed format attached below: The objections and suggestion be sent only on the above e-mail ID, and objections/suggestions received in any other means, i.e. physical or through other modes, will not be entertained. 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