Overview
- The National Medical Commission published draft amendments in the Gazette on July 9, opening a 30-day electronic consultation for feedback before the rules can be finalised.
- The draft bars 'work-in-progress' campuses and temporary hospital or college arrangements by requiring all prescribed infrastructure and statutory conditions to be complete and functional at the time of application.
- Applicants must now submit stricter financial and documentary evidence, including a dedicated corpus fund undertaking, a solvency certificate issued within 90 days, and a valid Consent of Affiliation in the applicant's name.
- The rules expand eligible promoters to explicitly include trusts registered under state laws alongside companies under the Companies Act, 2013, and give MARB power to suspend, withhold or reject approvals or seat increases for attempts to influence the assessment process.
- Because submissions are allowed only electronically in a prescribed format, the short consultation window will determine whether these stricter norms become binding and could slow new approvals or prompt existing colleges to strengthen finances and documentation if the draft is finalised.