No. 3-14/2004 Norms - In exercise of the powers conferred by section 36 of the Indian Medicine Central Council Act, 1970 (48 of 1970), the Central Council of Indian Medicine, with the previous sanction of the Central Government, hereby makes the following regulations, namely :-

1. Short title and commencement -

         (1) These regulations may be called the Establishment of New Medical College,               Opening of New or Higher Course of Study or Training and Increase of               Admission  Capacity by a Medical College Regulations, 2003.

         (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official               Gazette.

2. Definition :- In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, -

             (a) "Act" means the Indian Medicine Central Council Act, 1970;

             (b) "Form" means a Form annexed to these regulations;

             (c) "section" means a section of the Act; and
             
             (d) words and expressions used herein and not defined but defined in the Act                   shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Act.

3. The permission for establishment of a medical college, opening of new or higher course of study or training and increase of admission capacity -

     Any person intending to establish a medical college or any medical college intending to open a new or higher course of study or training or intending to increase admission capacity in any course of study or training shall follow the procedure and criteria mentioned in regulations 4 to 6 and submit a scheme to the Central Government along with an application in the form specified in regulation 4.

4. Application Form of scheme -
       
       (1) Any person intending to establish a medical college shall submit the scheme        along with an application in Form - 1.
       
       (2) Any medical college intending to open a new or higher course of study or        training shall submit the scheme along with an application in Form - 2.

       (3) Any medical college intending to increase its admission capacity in any course        of study or training shall submit the scheme along with an application in Form - 3.

5. Authority to whom the scheme and application is to be submitted -

           Applications and schemes under regulation 4 shall be submitted to the Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) as per the schedule annexed to the regulations.

6. Eligibility for making an application -

       (1) For making an application under sub-regulation (1) of regulation 4, a              person or a medical college shall be eligible if, -
           
             (a) his one of the objectives is to impart education about Ayurveda or.                   Siddha or Unani Tibb;

             (b) owns or possesses on lease of ninety nine years, a suitable single plot                   of land, measuring not less than ten acres if the proposal is for admitting                   up to fifty student, and not less than fifteen acres, if the proposal is for                   admitting up to one hundred students, and undertake to establish the                   medical college in the said plot of land;

             (c) has obtained 'No Objection Certificate' in Form- 4 from the concerned                   State Government for establishing a new medical college at the proposed                   site;

             (d) has obtained a 'Consent of Affiliation' in Form- 5 for establishing a new                   medical college from a University established under any Central or State                   statute;

             (e) owns and manages a hospital in Indian medicines containing not less then
                  one hundred beds with necessary facilities and infrastructure;

             (f) has not already admitted students in any class or standard or course or
                 training of the proposed medical college; and

             (g) is in a position to provide two performance bank guarantees from a                   Scheduled Commercial Bank valid for a period of five years in favour of                   the Central Council of Indian Medicine, New Delhi as follows:

                 (i) for the establishment of medical college-
    
                     upto 50 seats - rupees one crore
                     51-100 seats -  rupees twenty lakhs per ten or less seats
 
                 (ii) for the establishment of the teaching hospital and its infrastructure                       facilities-
   
                    upto 150 beds - rupees one and a half crore
                    additional beds - rupees 10 lakhs per 10 or less beds

             Exemption: The above condition shall not apply to the persons who are                              State  Governments/Union Territories if they give an undertaking                              to provide funds in their plan budget regularly till the requisite                              facilities are fully provided as per the time bound programme.

       (2) For making an application under sub-regulation (2) of regulation 4, a medical            college shall be eligible if, -
     
        (a) has obtained the permission of the concerned State Government or the              Union Territory Administration (Form- 4);
        (b) has obtained the concurrence of the University established underany Central              or State Statute (Form- 5);
        (c) is able to produce documentary evidence in support of additional financial              resources, staff, space, equipment and other infrastructure as per Central              Council norms;
        (d) is recognized by the Central Council for running Undergraduate or              Postgraduate course in Ayurveda/Siddha/Unani for at least 5 1/2 and 3 years              respectively;
        (e) is axempted by the Central Government for being owned or managed by the              Central Government/State Government from fulfilling the criteria specified in              sub- clause (d);
        (f) selection of students for post-graduate courses is made strictly on the basis              of academic merit as prescribed by Central Council;
        (g) the nomenclature of post-graduate degree or diploma and superspecialty              courses and teacher-student ratio is as laid down in the concerned              Regulations;
        (h) the Ayurved/Siddha/Unani Tibb College/institution provides a bank guarantee              in favour of the Central Council ofIndian Medicine from a Scheduled              Commercial Bank for providing additional infrastructural facilities for each              discipline as follows:-
    

Post-graduate course	rupees fifty lakhs
Super-specialty course	rupees one crore
Any other recognised course	rupees thirty lakhs

               
          Exemption: The above condition shall not apply to colleges -

         (i) who are governed by the State Governments; provided that they give an           undertaking to providefunds in their Plan Budget regularly till facilities are fully           provided as per the time bound programme indicated by them, and

         (ii) for opening any course in the subject where the Council has already             recognized the post-graduate course on the same subject.
       
         (3) For making application under sub-regulation (3) of regulation 4, a medical             college shall be eligible if,

         (a) has obtained the permission of the concerned State Government or               the UnionTerritory Administration (Form- 4);

         (b) has obtained the concurrence of the University established under any               Central or State Statute (Form-5);

         (c) has produced documentary evidence in support of additional financial               resources, staff, space, equipment and other infrastructure as per Central               Council norms;

         (d) has completed a period of five and a half year in case of Undergraduate               course and three years in case of Postgraduate course(s).

         (e)recognized by the Central Council for running Under- graduate/Post-           graduate/Super-speciality/any otherrecognised course;

         (f) the ratio of teaching staff and students is maintained as laid down in the               regulation on Minimum Standards and requirements for admission in the               medical college;

        (g) the maximum number of admissions in Undergraduate course does not              exceed 100 ;

        (h) provides a bank guarantee in favour of the Central Council of Indian              Medicine, New Delhi from a Scheduled Commercial Bank for providing              additional infrastructural facilities for each course/discipline as follows:-

Under-gradiiate course	Up to 50 seats	rupees twenty five lakhs
	Between 51 to 100 seats	rupees fifty lakhs
Post-graduate degree:	per seat	rupees five lakhs
Super-specialty course:	per seat	rupees ten lakhs
Any other recognized course	per seat	rupees two lakhs

    Exemption: The above condition shall not apply to colleges who are governed by     the State/UT Governments provided that they give an undertaking to provide funds     in their Plan Budget regularly till facilities are fully provided as per the time bound     programme indicated by them;

7. Recommendation of the Central Council -
   
        On receipt a scheme from the Central Government under sub-section (2) of     section 13 A, the Central Council shall submit its recommendations to the Central     Government in Form-6.

8. Fee to be submitted along with application -
        
       An application and scheme to be submitted under regulation 4 shall be     accompanied by the following admission fee by way of a demand draft/pay order     payable to the 'Central Council of Indian Medicine' New Delhi :-

(a)	to establish medical college	rupees three lakhs fifty thousand.
(b)	to open a new or higher course of study or training	rupees two lakhs per course.
(c)	to increase admission capacity	rupees two lakhs.

9. Permission Order-
   
      The order passed by the Central Government under sub-section    (9) of section 13A shall clearly indicate the preliminary requirement about setting up    of buildings, infrastructural facilities, medical and allied equipments, faculty and staff    before admitting the first batch of students.