Doctors will soon have to take revalidation exams every 3-5 years.

Doctors with MBBS and MD degrees will undergo a revalidation exercise by way of taking stringent examinations every three to five years. This is part of a slew of health sector reforms that will be implemented by the Union Health Ministry beginning 2017, according to sources close to Health Minister JP Nadda.
The Modi government’s boldest health sector reform in many years- and this is likely to attract strong opposition from the doctor’s community across India – is the revalidation examination of MBBS and specialised degrees such MD and MS. The aim is to weed out ‘fake doctors’ and ‘quacks’ who practice without valid degrees awarded by recognised medical colleges. The government is said to have borrowed the contours of the proposed move from the British National Health Service (NHS). The details of each MBBS graduate will be retained in the medical registry. The aim will be to achieve standards followed and practised in the US and European countries.

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