05 Jan 2024  |   05:48am IST

Medical practitioners asked to renew registrations within fortnight

Team Herald

MARGAO: Registered medical practitioners whose registrations with Goa Medical Council (GMC) are overdue for renewal as on Dec 31, 2023 have been asked to renew the same within the next fifteen days.

Failure to renew overdue licences by all those practitioners within the stipulated time period will result in removal of their names from the register of members, the Council has warned.

The practitioners will have to fill Form 10 along with proof of having completed required Continuous Medical Education (CME) credits and payment of applicable fees including late fee.

Medical practitioners are bound to renew their GMC registration every five years for which they have to obtain 30 CME credits.

“Failure to renew overdue licences by all those practitioners within time period as stated above will result in removal of their names from register of members by following procedure as laid down u/s 23 read with rule 61 of Goa Medical Council Act, 1991 & Rules, 1995 in terms of resolution passed at ordinary meeting of Council held on 12-12-2023,” warned Registrar, Goa Medical Council, Gajanan Keni, in the notice that was issued.

In all 3,840 medical practitioners were registered with Goa Medical Council in Goa as of October 16, 2023.

 


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