Nepal Medical Council Issues Regulations to Control Illegal Medical Practice

Kathmandu. Nepal Medical Council has issued the Illegal Medical Practice Control Procedure 2083. The Council's board meeting has issued the procedure with the objective of regulating modern medicine. According to the procedure, non-health workers will not be allowed to practice modern medicine by writing 'Doctor'.

Acting Registrar of the Board, Dr. Dipendra Pandey, said that the procedure has been brought to regulate the entire medical sector. Dr. Pandey said, 'If a doctor violates their code of conduct, action will be taken. This procedure will contribute to further strengthening the medical sector.'

Non-physicians must practice within the scope of their work. According to the procedure, illegal medical practice means practicing or causing to practice medical services or healthcare without being registered with the Nepal Medical Council or other health-related professional councils in accordance with the prevailing law, or practicing or causing to practice medical services or healthcare outside their approved scope of work and the perimeter of existing laws, even if registered.

Illegal medical practice includes practicing modern medicine or health treatment, or using or causing to be used the title 'Doctor', degree, diploma, certificate, or license that has not been obtained or provided by an authorized body with the intention of misleading, performing modern treatment or surgery unscientifically, unproven, false, or misleadingly as a physician or specialist physician, making exaggerated or misleading advertisements related to health, and issuing fake or forged medical certificates, prescriptions, or other official documents.