Doctor registration: NMC, the National Medical Register and state councils
Doctors register with a state medical council and are listed on the National Medical Register kept by the National Medical Commission (NMC).
Not yet verified against the official source. Treat this as a starting point and confirm every detail on the official site below.
Who this is for
MBBS graduates after internship, doctors moving state, and doctors returning from abroad.
Steps
- 1Complete your MBBS and compulsory rotating internship.
- 2Apply to the state medical council for provisional, then permanent, registration as its portal directs.
- 3Check that your details appear on the National Medical Register on the NMC website.
- 4Keep your registration number and certificate ready for every job application and insurance panel.
- 5For a new state, ask that council about its endorsement or transfer procedure.
Keep these ready
- MBBS degree or provisional certificate
- Internship completion certificate
- Identity proof
- Photographs
- NEET score card (where the council asks)
Common mistakes
- Practising on provisional registration beyond what it allows.
- Details that do not match across degree, Aadhaar and council record.