The Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, 2018 which seeks constitution of a Board of Governors that will exercise the powers of the Medical Council of India (MCI) was passed in the Lok Sabha on Monday.
The Bill was introduced on 14 December in the Lok Sabha by Union Health and Family Welfare Minister JP Nadda which was earlier brought in as an ordinance on 26 September this year when the Parliament was not in session.
Under the new amendment, the Bill provides for the supersession of the MCI for a period of one year.