Code of Ethics

Duties & Responsibilities of Medical

Practitioners
1. Character of the physician
2. Maintaining good medical practice
3. Maintenance of medical records
4. Medical degree & registration number
5. Highest quality assurance in medical care
6. Payment of professional service
7. Evasion of legal restrictions
• Indian Medical Council (Professional conduct,
etiquette & ethics) Regulations, 2002.

• MCI with prior approval of the Central Govt., laid

down certain regulations wrt code of ethics for
registered medical practitioners.

• It comprises of 8 chapters
 Chapter 1
 Code of medical ethics
• 1. Character of physician

• 2. Maintaining good medical practice

• 3. Maintenance of medical reports
• 4. Generic names of drugs should be used
• 5. Highest quality assurance in medical care

• 6. Exposure of unethical conduct

• 7. Payment of professional services
• 8. Evasion of legal restrictions
 Chapter 2
 Duties of physicians to their patients

1. Obligations to the sick & injured

2. Patience, delicacy & secrecy

3. Prognosis
4. The patient must not be neglected
 Chapter 3
 Duties of physician in consultation

1. Unnecessary consultations should be avoided

2. Consultation for patient’s benefit

3. Punctuality
4. Treatment after consultation
5. Patients are referred to specialists
 Chapter 4

 Responsibility of physician to each other

1. Dependence on each other

2. Conduct in consultation
3. Consultant shall not take charge of the ongoing
medical case
4. Appointment of substitute
 Chapter 5

 Duty to the public & the paramedical profession

1. Physicians as Citizens
2. Public & Community Health
3. Pharmacy & Nursing
 Chapter 6
 Unethical Acts

1. Advertising
2. Patent & Copyright
3. Running an open shop
4. Secret Remedies
5. Human Rights
6. Euthanasia
 Chapter 7
 Misconduct
1. Violation of the regulations
2. Adultery or improper conduct
3. Sex determination
 Chapter 8
 Punishment & Disciplinary Action
1. Hold enquiry & opportunity to be heard.
2. Removal or de-registered.
3. Decision to be taken - 6 months.
4. During complaint pendency period he/she
cannot practice.
 Indian Medical Council Act, 1956

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• Objectives:-

• Constitution of the MCI and optimum

functioning of the same.
• Effective regulation of the medical sector.
• Development of medical education in India.
 The National Medical
Commission Bill was
The National Medical
re-introduced in
Commission (NMC)
the Lok Sabha on 22
was brought in to
July 2019. The bill
replace Medical
was passed by the Lok
Council of India
Sabha and the Rajya
(MCI).
Sabha  in the same
year.

On 25 September
The National Medical
2020 the MCI was
Commission Act,
dissolved and replaced
2019 came into force
by the National
on 8 August 2019.
Medical Commission.