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To satisfy
itself about the proficiency of the holder
of a foreign degree, the Council will
constitute a National Examination Board
comprising of at least five members of the
council, of which one member shall be a
Dentist. The National Examination Board
shall conduct an examination to determine
the professional competence or otherwise of
a candidate for registration and equivalence
of his or her foreign basic or postgraduate
medical or dental qualification, to enable
the Council to make a decision about the
equivalence to Pakistani basic or
postgraduate medical or dental qualification
of the foreign qualification.
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The National
Examination Board shall conduct examinations
for registration and equivalence of the
following qualifications namely:
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On the
commencement of these regulations, a
Pakistani citizen desirous of joining an
undergraduate or a postgraduate medical or
dental course in any foreign medical or
dental institution shall approach the
National Examination Board of the Council
for issuance of a no objection certificate
and provide detailed documentary information
regarding the qualification and course and
the institution he intends to join. |
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After
verification as required, if the candidate
is found to fulfill criteria for admission
and the course and standard of institution
are acceptable to the Council, the candidate
shall be issued a no objection certificate
on a prescribed format certifying that he or
she is eligible to join a medical
institution outside Pakistan to obtain the
medical or dental qualification. The
certificate shall indicate that on return
after obtaining the foreign medical or
dental qualification, the candidate shall
obtain an eligibility certificate, (by
applying on appendix 8 for basic
qualification) to appear in the registration
and equivalence examination of the Council
conducted by the National Examination Board.
Application for the eligibility certificate
shall be accompanied by the no objection
certificate of the Council to join the
course , the original degree or diploma or
certificate and marks-sheet original
detailed transcript and credit hours of the
qualifying examination and equivalence
certificate of premedical studies from IBCC.
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The original certificates shall be
returned to the candidate after
verifying the same and the copies shall
be retained by the Council. The request
for issuance of eligibility certificate
shall also be accompanied by a Demand
Draft/pay order for the specified sum in
favour of Pakistan Medical and Dental
Council, Islamabad. The fee for the no
objection certificate and eligibility
certificate shall be as fixed and
notified by the Council.
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The candidates who have obtained their
basic medical or dental qualification
from the institutions where medium of
instructions is not English, would be
required to submit original copy of the
IELTS 6.0 score and equivalent in TOFEL
test result for issuance of eligibility.
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The issuance of
a no objection certificate by the Council to
a candidate shall not entitle him to any
right whatsoever, other than to take
admission in an undergraduate or
postgraduate medical course in a foreign
medical institute and after graduation, to
obtain the eligibility certificate from the
registrar to appear in the National
Examination Board Examinations. |
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A Pakistani
citizen desiring to seek registration or
equivalence after achieving graduation or
postgraduation from a foreign institution ,
and who meets the requisite prequalification
for admission as specified by the Council
in its admission criteria and is issued
eligibility to appear in the National
Examination Board examinations , unless
specifically exempted under these
regulations shall be required to pass the
National Examination Board examinations
before the Council grants registration or
equivalence to him. |
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On the
commencement of these regulations, a person
who gets admission in any medical or dental
course in a foreign country without being in
possession of a valid no objection
certificate issued by the Council to him
prior to joining the course abroad shall not
be eligible for processing of registration
of his qualification if it is not included
in the Second, Third, or Fifth Schedule to
the PM&DC Ordinance 1962. No person shall be
allowed to appear in the National
Examination Board examination without the
eligibility certificate issued by the
Council. Persons admitted in medical and
dental courses on or before the approval of
these regulations shall be issued
eligibility without the no objection
certificate by the Council provided they
fulfill all other requirements. |
| 8 |
The Council may
refuse eligibility to appear in the National
Examination Board examination to any
applicant if he or she does not meet the
admission and eligibility criteria of the
Council. |
| 9 |
For issuance of
permission to appear in the National
Examination Board examinations basic
qualification examination the request shall
be made by the candidate each time on the
Performa (APPENDIX NO 11 and 12) and shall
be accompanied by the Council’s no objection
certificate to join the course and the
eligibility certificate and the previous
admit card where applicable. |
| 10 |
The Council
shall be free to investigate on its own, in
the prescribed manner, into the correctness
of information furnished by the candidate in
his application or call for any further
information in this regard from the
candidate and in the event of any
information furnished by the candidate being
found to be incorrect or false during such
investigation or at any subsequent stage,
the registrar may refuse to issue the
eligibility certificate or , if already
issued, may cancel the same. The Council
shall initiate appropriate disciplinary
proceedings against the offender. |
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In case the
candidate does not fulfill criteria, the
registrar may reject his or her application
for issue of eligibility certificate or no
objection certificate as the case may be
.The registrar shall prohibit the applicant
to appear in the National Examination Board
examinations, giving the reasons thereof and
if the candidate is not satisfied, may
appeal against this decision to a committee
comprising of Chairman, National Examination
Board and two members of the National
Examination Board in case of basic
qualification or to a committee comprising
of Chairman, Standing Recognition Committee
and two members of the Standing Recognition
Committee in case of postgraduate
qualification . The Committee shall have the
powers to, hear the appeal, give exemptions
on individual merit and decide the matter on
behalf of the Council, and this decision
shall be final. |
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Admit Card
shall be issued by the National Examination
Board one week before the examination to
every candidate accepted for the
examination. |
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(1) |
During
examination, candidates shall be required to
observe order and discipline at all times in
the examination premises. |
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(2) |
Candidates appearing in the
registration examination of the National
Examination Board are not allowed to take
into the examination hall, mobile phones,
bags, books, notes or manuscripts or audio
visual aid of any kind which can be helpful
in solving any question in the examination. |
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(3) |
Any candidate found to be
involved in any forgery or use of any unfair
means may be expelled from the examination
and the matter shall be reported to the
Chief Coordinator, who may refer his case to
the National Examination Board Disciplinary
Committee. |
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(4) |
Late comers arriving at the
examination hall more than fifteen minutes
after the start of the paper shall not be
allowed to enter the examination hall. |
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(5) |
About offences that occur
in the examination or examination premises ,
the chief coordinator to the National
Examination Board Disciplinary Committee
shall refer the matter to the National
Examination Board Disciplinary Committee and
shall stop the accused to take any further
part in the examination. The Disciplinary
Committee will interview the case and send
its recommendations to the National
Examination Board. |
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(6) |
National Examination Board
Disciplinary Committee shall consist of two
to four Council members and one member shall
be nominated by the Chairman NEB to be the
convener. |
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(7) |
On being found guilty, on
the recommendations of the National
Examination Board Disciplinary Committee,
The National Examination Board shall take
disciplinary action against the accused
which may take one or more of the following
forms depending upon the severity of the
offence:
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The candidate may be asked to tender a
written apology. This shall be placed on
the candidate’s record.
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The candidate may be debarred to appear
in the National Examination Board
examination in future (for one or more
term).
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Disciplinary action against the accused
if not a candidate, shall be recommended
to the appropriate authority.
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(8) |
The decision of the
National Examination Board shall be
communicated to the candidate, and if the
candidate is not satisfied with the penalty
imposed he may appeal to the Council whose
his decision shall be final. |
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Re-checking of
any registration exam to the extent of
totaling and unmarked questions shall be
permitted on application and payment of
prescribed fee within two weeks of
announcement of the result. However
reassessment or re-checking of the answer
books shall not be done under any
circumstances. |
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(1) |
Chief
coordinator: shall be responsible for;
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Over all coordination and conduct of the
examination.
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Conducting the meeting of the examiners
to finalize the theory paper A and B.
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Final approval of the theory papers.
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Supervision of the theory and clinical
examination.
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Compilation and finalization of the
result of the theory and clinical and
oral parts of the examination.
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(2) |
Coordinator shall assist
the Chief Coordinator in conducting the
examination. |
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(3) |
Examiner shall carry out
the duties assigned by the Chief coordinator
and Coordinator and will not leave the
examination premises without permission of
the Chief Coordinator and Coordinator. |
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(4) |
Controller of examination; will be
responsible
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To help conduct the meetings of the
National Examination Board from time to
time.
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To arrange the examination hall for
examination.
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For safe custody of the examination
material.
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For secrecy of the examination results.
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For arranging lodging, boarding of out
station examiners.
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For updating question banks.
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Part A - Basic
Qualification |
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| 16. |
(1) |
No person
shall be allowed to appear in the National
Examination Board basic qualification
examination unless:
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He is a citizen of Pakistan and
possesses any foreign basic medical or
dental qualification, either whose name
or the institute awarding it are
included in the World Directory of
Medical Schools, published by the World
Health Organization, Global directory of
educational institutions for health
professions or International Medical
Education Directory (IMED) processed by
the Foundation for Advancement of
International Medical Education and
Research (FAIMER) or AVECINNA or which
is confirmed by the Pakistan Embassy
concerned to be a recognized
qualification for enrolment as medical
or dental practitioner in the country in
which the institution awarding the said
qualification is situated or as decided
by the National Examination Board of the
Council.
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He has obtained no objection certificate
from the Council before joining the
course.(to apply on Appendix 11-12)
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He had obtained ‘eligibility
certificate’ to appear in the National
Examination Board examination from the
Council. (to apply on Appendix 8)
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| 17 |
(1) |
A person desiring
provisional registration shall not have to
qualify the National Examination Board
examination if he/she has acquired a foreign
basic medical or dental qualification which
for the time being is included in the Second
or Fifth Schedule of the Ordinance, without
any prohibiting period. |
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(2) |
Graduates from such medical
institution as are recognized in the
countries of their respective location shall
be eligible for registration in Pakistan
without National Examination Board
examination subject to the condition that
such candidates have acquired a standard
postgraduate qualification such as MRCP,
FRCS, Diplomat or Fellow of American Board
which is recognized as registerable by the
Council. |
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(3) |
For dental graduates the
dental member of the Standing Recognition
Committee shall be the authority to grant
exemptions in the light of the above. |
| 18. |
A candidate who
acquires admission after the end of the year
of commencement of these regulations into a
foreign medical school with less than 60%
marks in F.Sc premedical or equivalent
qualification shall not be entertained for
NEB Examination under any circumstances. |
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19. |
(1) |
The
registration examination shall be conducted
twice every year as per schedule of
examination announced by the National
Examination Board. |
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(2) |
The schedule of
examination will be notified in the
national press well in advance for the
information of the candidates |
| 20. |
Format of
examination for foreign medical or dental
graduates with basic qualification shall
be decided by the National Examination Board
and shall be communicated to the candidates
at the time of issuance of eligibility
certificate for appearance in the
examination.
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| 21 |
Successful
candidates who are declared pass in the
national examination board examination for
basic qualification shall be provisionally
registered on part b of the register. A
provisionally registered practitioner may
apply for full registration on completion of
one-year prescribed house job from a
hospital approved by the Council by
submitting the following mandatory documents |
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The original PM&DC provisional
registration certificate,
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Three recent passport size
photographs,
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Photocopy of house job (one year)
certificates attested by the
respective medical superintendent
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Photocopy of MBBS/MD/equivalent
degree.
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Proof of clearing National
Examination Board examination.
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Provided no
conversion into full registration shall be
done unless all foreign documents have been
duly verified by the diplomatic channel or
in the prescribed manner. If any of the
above documents are lacking or the
verification has not been received, the
provisional registration shall be extended
but shall not be converted into full
registration. |
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Part B - Post
Graduate Qualification |
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| 22. |
A Pakistani
citizen possessing a postgraduate medical or
dental qualification awarded by any medical
or dental institution outside Pakistan who
is desirous of getting provisional or full
registration with the Council shall have to
qualify a postgraduate registration
examination conducted by the National
Examination Board provided that a person
desiring registration of his qualification
with the Council shall not have to qualify
the postgraduate registration examination if
his or her foreign postgraduate medical or
dental qualification is included in the
Third or fifth Schedule of the Ordinance
without any prohibiting period. He may apply
on appendix 9. |
| 23. |
(1) No person
shall be allowed to appear in the National
Examination Board postgraduate registration
examination unless: |
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The case has been referred by the
Standing recognition Committee.
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And he or she is a citizen of
Pakistan and possesses any foreign
postgraduate medical or dental
qualification, which is confirmed by
the Pakistan Embassy
concerned to be a recognized
qualification for enrolment as a
specialist medical or dental
practitioner in the country in which
the institution awarding the said
qualification is situated; and
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And he or she has obtained ‘No
objection Certificate’ from the
Council before proceeding abroad for
this course and obtained eligibility
certificate on return.( to apply for
eligibility for National Examination
Board Examination appendix 10)
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| 24. |
If the
registrar refuses to grant eligibility to
any foreign postgraduate to appear in the
National Examination Board examination or
any related matter, the Standing Recognition
Committee shall act as appellate authority. |
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(1) |
The
details regarding the scheme for
conducting the postgraduate
registration examination shall be
conveyed to the eligible candidates
by post by the National Examination
Board. It shall also be displayed on
the official PM&DC website. |
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(2) |
The
postgraduate registration
examination shall be conducted twice
every year as per the schedule of
examination announced by the
National Examination Board. |
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(3) |
The
schedule of examination will be
conveyed to the eligible candidates
by post. |
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(4) |
Format
of examination for foreign
postgraduates of each Part shall be
decided by the National Examination
Board and shall be communicated to
the candidates at the time issuance
of eligibility certificate for
appearance in the examination. It
shall also be displayed on the
official PM&DC website. |
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(5) |
The
examination shall consist of Part 1
theory and Part 2 clinical and oral
examination. The candidate shall
have to pass each part separately. |
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(6) |
The
format of Part 1 shall be as decided
by the National Examination Board
and shall have two papers A and B. |
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(7) |
The
result of theory Paper-A &B, shall
be announced within one week after
the Examination and for passing
theory, both papers shall have to be
cleared. The result shall also be
sent through courier or postal
service to all candidates and to
those who have passed the theory
part shall be informed about the
dates of clinical and oral
examination. It shall also be
displayed on the official PM&DC
website. Those students who pass the
theory examination will be eligible
to appear in the Part-2. i.e. Oral
and clinical examination. Theory
once cleared will entitle the
candidate to sit in clinical/oral
examination for a maximum of three
consecutive chances ( availed or
un-availed). |
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(8) |
The
format of the clinical & oral
examination shall be as decided by
the National Examination Board and
shall be communicated to the
candidates at the time issuance of
eligibility certificate for
appearance in the examination. |
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(9) |
Result
shall be compiled and declared after
both parts i.e theory and clinical
and oral have been passed |
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| 26. |
(1) |
The
examination fee is not refundable
and should be submitted along with
the application form through Bank
Draft in favour of Pakistan
Medical and Dental Council,
Islamabad. |
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(2) |
Fee
deposited for a particular
examination shall not be carried
over to the next examination in case
of withdrawal, absence or exclusion. |
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(3) |
Applications shall be entertained
with late fee of Rupees two
thousand, after the closing date but
not latter than seven days before
the date of examination. |
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(1) |
Application forms will be available
on the prescribed fee, which should
be paid through demand draft or pay
order or in cash deposited at the
bank counter in the Council
headquarter Islamabad. Cheques and
postal orders shall be not be
acceptable. |
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(2) |
Application forms complete in all
respect should be sent to |
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Registrar
Pakistan Medical and Dental Council.
Mauve Area, G-I 0/4. Islamabad. |
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(3) |
The
following documents shall be
enclosed with application forms |
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Photocopy of eligibility
certificate issued by the
Council.
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Three passport size photographs
(preferably colored photographs)
at least one should be attested
on front side.
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Declaration.
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An undertaking on plain paper by
the candidate as per specimen
attached to these regulations.
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Details of course work and
credit hours.
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(4) |
Photocopies of all the above
documents are to be attested by any
registered medical/dental
practitioners with valid
registration and all attestation
must be done stamped with the PM&DC
registration number, name and
designation of the attester. |
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(5) |
Documents without proper attestation
will not be processed. |
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