The Medical Council of India (MCI) is all set to come out with guidelines pertaining to peer group evaluation of professional incompetence of a registered medical practitioner as prescribed by section 8.6 of the Code of Medical Ethics Regulation 2002 . As per Rule 8.6, professional incompetence of a professional duly registered with the State Medical Council upon fulfilling the precondition of the eligibility of having acquired recognized medical qualifications from a university and duly incorporated in the concerned schedule appended to the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956, shall be judged by peer group as per guidelines prescribed by MCI. However, these guidelines have never been made.
Taking serious note of this, national president of Indian Medical Association (IMA) had written to MCI to frame the guidelines. A study group led by the chairman of the academic committee, MCI was set…
