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It was at the
time of the First All Nepal Medical
Conference in 1963 that the Nepal
Medical Association (NMA) requested
by way of a resolution to HMG/N
that a Nepal Medical Council Act
and a Drug Control Act be passed.
The Nepal Medical Council Act
was ultimately passed in February,
1964. A notification which appeared
in the Nepal Gazette of Bhadra
28th, 2022 BS stated:
Under the powers delegated by
Subclause (3) of Clause (1) of
the Nepal Medical Council Act,
2020 BS, His Majesty's Government
has enforced the following Clauses
2,3,4,5,6,7,8, 10,11,12, 31,32
and 33.
The Council consisted initially
of nine members viz. four elected
by the NMA, and three nominated.
The President of NMA was ex-officio
member and the Director of Health
Services was the first Chairman.
The same notification went on
to state that Mr. Bimal Raj Basnyat,
then a section officer in the
Health Services was the Registrar
of the Council.
The first amendment to the Act
was in 2044 BS when the composition
was enlarged to 17 members with
Dean of the IOM being ex-officio
member. It also had more elected
members than nominated, with a
nominated lay person as a member
too. A second amendment to the
Act was in 2047 BS. The Nepal
Medical Council has passed a Code
of Ethics which all doctors who
register are required to sign
and then subsequently keep as
guidance for behaviour in their
future practices. Proposal for
further amendments to the Act
in view of the increased number
of medical schools and also because
of the starting of post graduate
education is in process. Guidelines
regarding the establishment of
medical and dental colleges, forms
if internship, have been laid
down.
In celebrating the thirty years
of its establishment, the NMC
together with the NMA held on
13th & 14th Sept. '95, a two
day seminar with the theme "Medical
Education for the coming Century"
On the subsequent two days a workshop
on "Policy and the Development
of Medical Education" was
also conducted. A book entitled
“Medical Education in Nepal”
was brought out on the occasion.
A third amendment of the Act increased
the membership to twenty five.
A subsequent change in the act
has made it 19.
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