NMC begins process to provide doctors unique IDs

The National Medical Commission (NMC) has initiated the process of registration of all MBBS doctors eligible to practice in India on a recently launched portal, as a part of which all medical practitioners will have a unique ID.

The National Medical Register (NMR) is a dynamic database and will be a central repository of all registered doctors, in which their authenticity is verified by Aadhaar IDs. “The NMR is ready for the registration of registered medical practitioners (RMPs) with immediate effect,” said Dr B Srinivas, Secretary of the NMC.

All MBBS doctors, who are registered on Indian Medical Register (IMR), have to register again on the NMR, the Commission said in a public notice recently, and added that all medical colleges/institutions and state medical councils (SMCs) are inter-linked on the portal. Some data will be visible to the public and others will only be visible to the Ethics & Medical Registration Board (EMRB) of the NMC, SMC, National Board of Examinations (NBE) and medical institutions and RMPs as per requirements, the notice said.

To start the registration process, doctors would need their Aadhaar IDs, a digital copy of their MBBS degree certificate and the registration certificate of the State Medical Council/Medical Council of India where they got registered the first time. Additional details such as registration and qualification credentials can be manually entered and submitted through the portal. The National Medical Register portal was inaugurated by Health Minister JP Nadda on August 23.