DNB

Medical Education - Starting of Diplomate in National Board Courses in Government Medical Colleges and Hospitals under the control of Director of Medical Education and Director of Medical and Rural Health Services - Orders Issued.

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HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (MCA1) DEPARTMENT

GO (D) No: 660 Dated:-19.7.2006.

Read:

(i) From the Director, Government of India, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Department of Health, Letter No. V. 11025 712 / 2004 - ME (P.I), dated, 17.8.2004,19.9.2005.

(ii) From the Director of Medical Education, Letter,No. 101552 / ME I /1 /2002, dated, 22.12.2004 and 24.11,2005.

(iii) From Government of India, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Department of Health, Letter No. V. 11025 /12 72004 - MEE (P.I) (Pt), dated, 4.1.2006.

(iv) From the Executive Director, National Board of Examination 7 DNB 7 MC 7 2006, dated, 16.1.2006.

ORDER:

The Director, Government of India, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Department of Health has informed that it has been decided that Medical Institutions in the Country running Post Graduate / Super Speciality Courses recognized by the Medical Council of India may be permitted to run Diplomate in National Board Programmes, provided they have additional faculty to train Diplomate.in. National Board Candidates in various Post Graduate/Super Speciality Courses.

2. The norms of the above training is 1 : 1 ratio of students and faculty. The other infra structural facilities including Bed Strength, Para Medical Staff, in-patient and out-patient as prescribed are to be fulfilled and that the Diplomate in National .Board jpourses can be 'conducted in all the clinicaf and non-clinical Specialities, where no Post Graduate Courses are available:

3. Accordingly, the Director of Medical Education has sent proposals to start 151 Courses in District Headquarters Hospital under the control-of Director of Medical and Rural Health Services and 208 Courses in Teaching Institutions under the control of Director of Medical Education where additional infrastructure facilities, are available .She has requested to sanction a sum of Rs. 1,43,60,000/- (Rupees one crore forty three Lakhs and sixty thousand only) towards Affiliation and Inspection Fee of Rs, 40.000/-(Rupees forty thousand only) per Course per College payable to National Board of Examinations, New Delhi.

4. The Government after careful examination have decided to accept the proposal of the Director of Medical Education in para 3 above. Accordingly, the Government direct that;

(i) DNB Courses be started in 14 Government Medical Colleges as indicated below

	Number of Courses	Number of Seats
Non-Clinical Specialities	64	128
Clinical Specialities	103	202
Super-specialities (Medicine and Surgical)	41	81
	208	411

(ii) DNB Courses totaling 151 seats be started.in 29 District Headquarters Hospitals under the control of Director of Medical and Rural Health Services.

5. Orders for sanction of expenditure for starting the above Courses from the Personal Deposit Account of the Director of Medical Education will be issued separately,

6. Detailed guidelines for admission of candidates to.Diplomate in National Board Courses will be issued separately.

7. This order issues with the concurrence of Finance Department vide its U.O. No.4447FS(P)/ HH/ 06, dated, 6.2.2006.

(BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR)

K.SUBBURAJ

SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT