Practising in India

Registration, renewal, additional qualifications, practising in another state and certificates of good standing — the national rules as published, and each state council's own process.

NMC has issued guidelines on ethical advertising and public communication

On 6 October 2026 the National Medical Commission’s Ethics and Medical Registration Board issued a public notice, framed in view of a writ petition before the Supreme Court of India and the Indian Medical Council (Professional Conduct, Etiquette and Ethics) Regulations, 2002, informing registered medical practitioners and other stakeholders of Guidelines on Ethical Advertising and Public Communication by Hospitals, Medical Institutions and Registered Medical Practitioners. The notice states that the guidelines come into force with immediate effect. A page compiled from the guidelines has not been written yet; the notice is linked below.

Source: NMC public notice on ethical advertising, 6 October 2026

Registration to practise modern medicine in India is run by the state medical councils, inside a national framework set by the National Medical Commission Act, 2019 and the Commission’s regulations. The pages below record that national framework from the Gazette text itself, clause by clause, with the date each document was read. What a particular council currently requires — its forms, fees and timelines — belongs on that council’s own page, and those are being compiled next.

Start with how medical registration works if the difference between the State Register, the National Medical Register and the Indian Medical Register is not already clear.

How medical registration works in IndiaThe NMC Act, the State and National Registers, the NMR ID, and which registration and conduct rules are in force — the framework every council's process sits inside.Verified September 2026
Permanent registration and the NMR IDWhat the NMC Act and the 2023 Regulations say about registering to practise, the National Medical Register and its UID number, re-registering on the NMR portal, and appealing a refusal.Verified September 2026
Renewal of registration and CME requirementsThe five-year licence in the 2023 Regulations, when a registration turns inactive, and the 30-hour CME rule in the Ethics Regulations that are now in force.Verified September 2026
Registering an additional qualificationHow to get a postgraduate or super-specialty qualification entered against your name in the State Medical Register and on the NMC's National Medical Register (NMR) portal.Verified September 2026
Practising in another stateTransfer of a licence to practise under the 2023 Regulations, the 30-day deemed approval, and the 2026 proposal that one registration would cover every state.Verified September 2026
Certificate of good standingHow the National Medical Commission's certificate of good standing is applied for through your state council, the fees printed on NMC's form, and how long the certificate is valid.Verified September 2026

State medical councils

On the National Medical Commission's list 3 of 29 published

JK PB HP UK RJ HR DL UP BR SK AR GJ MP CG JH WB AS NL MH TG OD MN GA KA AP TR MZ KL TN

published being compiled

Councils as listed on State Medical Councils, read 22 September 2026. NMC's list is undated. A state or union territory missing from it is not shown until its council is confirmed from that council's own documents.