Overview

• Hospitals and event organisers must obtain prior clearances from the National Medical Commission, the Ethics and Medical Registration Board and relevant state medical councils before live broadcasts.
• Patients are required to give explicit informed consent for live transmissions, retain the right to withdraw consent and cannot receive financial incentives for participation.
• Live broadcasts may not feature branding, sponsorships or financial interests of surgeons in the equipment used, ensuring all demonstrations serve purely educational objectives.
• The rules bar high-risk procedures, cases with incomplete investigations or unusual anatomy from live transmission and require free management of any complications.
• Pre-recorded videos, cadaveric wet labs and simulation-based trainings are promoted as safer, risk-free alternatives to real-time surgical demonstrations.