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THE INDIAN MEDICAL COUNCIL ACT, 1956
THE THIRD SCHEDULE
(See Section 13)

PART-I
Recognised Medical Qualifications granted by 
Medical Institutions not included in the first Schedule

University of Medical Institution or Licensing Authority

Recognised Medical Qualification

Abbreviations

College of Physicians and Surgeons, Bombay

Licentiate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons.

L.C.P.S. (Bom)

Fellowships of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Bombay in Midwifery and Gynaecology

F.C.P.S. (Mid. And Gynae.)

Ophthalmology and Diplomas of the said College in Pathology and Bacteriology

F.C.P.S. (Ophthal.)

D.P.B. (Dip. In Path. and Bact.)

Gynaecology and obstetrics and Child Health

D.G.O. (Dip.in Gyn. & Obst.)

D.C.H. (Dip. In Child Health)

These Qualifications shall be recognised Medical Qualifications only when they are held by persons holding any other medical qualifications specified in this schedule.

State Medical Faculty of Bombay

Licensed Medical Practitioner

L.M.P. (Bom)

State Medical Faculty of Bengal

Licentiate of the Medical Faculty, Bengal

L.M.F. (Bengal)

This qualification shall be recognised medical qualification only when granted before the 15th August, 1947.

State Medical Faculty of West Bengal

Licentiate of the Medical Faculty, West Bengal

L.M.F. (W. Bengal)

Licentiate in Medicine & Surgery (Nat.) (West Bengal)

L.M.S. (Nat.) (W.Bengal)

Certificate of qualification by the State Medical Faculty under Article 6-C of the Statutes of the State Medical Faculty, (West Bengal).

Certificate under Article 6-C (W.B.)

 

Certificate of qualification by the State Medical Faculty under Article 6-D or Article 6-E of the Statutes of the State Medical Faculty, (West Bengal).

Certificate under Article 6-D or 6-E (W.B.)

Government of Bengal

Licensed Medical Practitioner (Campbell Medical School)

L.M.P. (Campbell Medical School)

Diploma of Medical College (Bengal)

Dip.Med.Coll.(Bengal)

Licensed Medical Practitioner (Dacca Medical School)

L.M.P. (Dacca Medical School)

This qualification shall be recognised Medical Qualification only when granted before the 15th August, 1947

Diploma of Medical College, Calcutta

Dip. Med.Coll. Calcutta.

State Medical Faculty of Uttar Pradesh

Fellow of the State Medical Faculty (U.P.)

F.S.M.F., (U.P.)

Member of the State Medical Faculty

M.S.M.F. (UP)

Licentiate of the State Medical Faculty

L.S.M.F. (UP)

State Board of Medical Examination, U.P.

Licensed Medical Practitioner, UP

L.M.P. (U.P.)

East Punjab State Medical Faculty

Licentiate in Medicine and Surgery

L.M.S. (East Punjab)

This qualification shall be recognised one only when granted on or after the 15th August, 1947 to a person other than any person referred to in the entry relating to East Punjab State medical Faculty in the First Schedule, provided he had passed the pre-medical examination.

State Medical Faculty of Punjab

Licentiate in Medicine and Surgery

L.M.S. (Punjab)

This qualification shall be recognised one only when granted to a person referred to in the entry relating to S.M.F. Punjab in the First Schedule, provided he had passed the pre-medical examination.

State Medical Faculty of Punjab

Fellow of the State Medical Faculty (Punjab)

F.S.M.F. (Punjab)

 

Member of the State Medical Faculty (Punjab)

M.S.M.F. (Punjab)

Licentiate of the State Medical Faculty (Punjab)

L.S.M.F. (Punjab)

Govt. of Punjab

Licensed Medical Practitioner (Lahore)

L.M.P. (Lahore)

This qualification shall be a recognised medical qualification only when granted before the 15th August, 1947.

Hyderabad Government

Licentiate in Medicine & Surgery (Osmania)

L.M. & S. (Osmania)

Licensed Medical Practitioner (Hyd.)

L.M.P. (Hyderabad)

Government of Mysore

Licenced Medical Practitioner (Mysore)

L.M.P. (Mysore)

Mysore Medical School

Licenced Medical Practitioner (Mysore Medical School)

L.M.P. (Mysore Medical School)

Andhra University

Licentiate in Medicine & Surgery (Andhra U.)

L.M.& S. (Andhra U.)

Assam Medical Examination Board.

Licenced Medical Practitioner (Assam)

L.M.P. (Assam)

Licenced Medical Practitioner  (B.W. Medical School, Dibrugarh)

L.M.P. (B.W. Medical School, Dibrugarh)

Board of Examiners, Medical College, Madras

Licenced Medical Practitioner (Madras)

L.M.P. (Mad)

Diploma in Medicine & Surgery

D.M.S.(Madras)

Lic. Apoth.(Madras)

(C.P.or M.P.) Medical Examination Board

Licenced Medical Practitioner (C.P. or M.P.)

L.M.P. (C.P. or M.P.)

Orissa Medical Examination Board

Licenced Medical Practitioner (Orissa)

L.M.P. (Orissa)

Bihar & Orissa Medical Examination Board

Licenced Medical Practitioner (Bihar & Orissa)

L.M.P. (Bihar & Orissa)

Licenced Medical Practitioner (Temple Medical School, Patna)

L.M.P. (Temple Medical School, Patna)

King Edward Hospital Medical School, Indore

Diploma or certificate in Medicine and/or Surgery

Diploma or Certificate in Medicine and/or Surgery

Rangoon University

Licentiate in Medicine and Surgery

L.M.& S.( Rangoon U.)

This qualification shall be a recognised medical qualification only when granted before the Ist April, 1937.

Burma Medical Examination Board

Licenced Medical Practitioner

L.M.P. (Burma)

This qualification shall be a recognised medical qualification only when granted before the Ist April, 1937.

Aligarh University

Diploma in Ophthalmology

D.O. (Dip. In Ophthalmology), Aligarh University

This qualification shall be a recognised medical qualification only when held by a person holding any other medical qualification specified in this Schedule.

Punjab University

Diploma in Tuberculosis Diseases

D.T.D. (Punjab)

This qualification shall be a recognised medical qualification only when held by a person holding any other medical qualification specified in this Schedule.

Ecole de Medicine, Pondicherry

Diploma de Ecole Medicine, Pondicherry

D.E.M.P.

Medico-Surgical College, Nova-Goa, Punjim

Diploma of Licentiate of the Medico Surgical College, Nova-Goa

Medico-Surgeon, Goa

Ecole de Medicine de, Pondicherry

Diploma of 'Officer de Sante'

Dip. 'Officer-de-Sante'

Govt. of Madras

Diploma in Medicine and Surgery

D.M.S. (Madras)

This qualification shall be a recognised medical qualification only when granted on or before 31st December, 1970

East Punjab State Medical Faculty

Licentiate of the East Punjab Medical Faculty

L.S.M.F. (East Punjab)

This qualification shall be a recognised medical qualification only when granted on or before 15th August, 1947.

Government of Orissa

Diploma in Modern Medicine and Surgery

D.M.S.M. (Orissa)

Government of Kerala

Diploma in Medicine and Surgery

D.M.S. (Kerala)

State Medical Faculty of Gujarat

Licensed Medical Practitioner

L.M.P. (Gujarat)

Government of Andhra Pradesh

Diploma in Medicine and Surgery

D.M.S. (Andra)

PART II
Recognised Medical Qualifications granted by Medical Institutions  Outside India not included in the Second Schedule 

M.D. (Berlin)

M.D. (Paris)

M.D. (Amsterdam)

M.D. (Freiburg, Germany)

M.D. (Vlenna)

M.D. (Tornoto, Canada)

M.D. (Heidelberg)

M.B.B.S. (Dacca)

M.D. (Bonn)

M.B.B.S. (Celyon)

M.D. (Munich)

M.B.B.S. (Karachi)

M.B.B.S.(Sydney-New South Wales-Australia)

M.D. (Minnesota-U.S.A.)

M.D. (Geneva-Switzerland)

Doctoris in Medicine et Chirurgia (Diploma) (Santo Tomas University Manila, Philippines)

L.M.F. Licentiate of the Medical Faculty East Pakistan) (East Pakistan)

M.D. (Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.)

M.D. (Royal Hungarian University of Sciences of Peter Pazmany, Budapest, Hungary)

M.D. (Semmellweiss Medical University), Budapest, Hungary

L.M.F. (East Bengal) Licentiate of Medical Faculty of East Bengal

M.D. (Duesseldors)

M.D. (Erlangen)

M.D. (Frankfurt am Main)

M.D. (Glessen)

M.D. (Goettingen)

M.D. (Kiel)

M.D. (Koeln)

M.D. (Hamburg)

M.D. (Mainz)

M.D. (Marburg)

M.D. (Muenster)

M.D. (Tuebingen)

M.D. (Wuerzburg)

M.D. (Saarbrucken)

Doctor-en-Medicina Y. Chirurgaia(University of Madrid, Spain)

M.D. (Hahnemanna Medical College and Hospital of Philadelphia), Pennsylvanla, U.S.A.

M.D. (Temple University, Philadelphia, U.S.A.)

M.D. (Padova, Italay)

M.D. (Rome, Italy)

M.D. (Milan, Italy)

M.D. (Parma, Italy)

M.B.B.S. (Institute of Medicine, I, Rangoon)

M.B.B.S. (Institute of Medicine III, Mandalava)

M.B.B.S. (Sind) West Pakistan

M.B.B.S. (Rajshahi) East-Pakistan

M.D. (Genova-Italy)

M.D. (Leipzig)

Diploma ‘Arts’ (Physician) Nijmegen University, (Netherlands)

L.M. & S. (Rangoon University) – This qualification shall be a recognized medical qualification when granted or after 1st April, 1937.

L.M.P. (Burma) (This qualification shall be a recognized medical qualification when granted or after 1st April, 1937)

M.B.B.S. (Mandalaya)

M.D. (University of Innsbruck, Austria)

M.D. (Tulane university) U.S.A.

L.S.M.B. (Burma)

M.D. (University of Catholique de Lifie), France

M.D. (University of Naples, Italy)

M.B., Ch.B. (Markerere University, College of East Africa)

M.B., Ch.B. (University of Alexandrla) U.A.R.

M.D. (University of Graz) Austria

M.D. (Loyola University) Stritch School of Medicine, Chicago U.S.A.

M.B.B.S. (Punjab University) West Pakistan

M.B.B.S.(University of Cattolica) Rame Italy

M.D. (Louvian) Belgium

M.D. (Manila) Philippines

L.M.S. (Licentiate of the State Medical Faculty, Sind) West Pakistan

L.M.S. (Ceylon)

M.D. (University of East Philippines)

M.D. (Aachen University) Germany Federa Republic)

M.D. (Hannover Medical Hochschule University), Germany Federal Republic

M.D. (Boschum. University), Federal Republic of Germany

M.D. (University of U.L.M), Federal Republic of Germany

M.D. (St. Louis University) U.S.A.

M.D. (University of Basel), Switzerland

M.D. (University of Philippines), Manila

M.D. (University of Modena), Italy

F.R.C.S(Canada)

["Zeugnia Uben die Arztilch Prufund" University of Bonn Federal Republic of Germany]


Certificates/Diploma of the following approved examining Boards of U.S.A.

 

American Board of Paediatrics

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

American Board of Dermatology

American Board of Radiology

American Board of Urology

American Board of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

American Board of Internal Medicine

American Board of Pathology

American Board of Ophthalmology

American Board of Otolaryngology

American Board of Surgery

American Board of Anaesthesiology

American Board of Plastic Surgery

American Board of Neurological Surgery

American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

American Board of Preventive Medicine

Boards of Thoracic Surgery (An affiliate Board of the American Board of Surgery)

Candidate of Medical Science (USSR) in Medicine awarded by the Institute of Therapy of the Academy of Medical Sciences of USSR.

Facharzt Fuer Chirugie (Specialist Surgeon) West Germany

Facharzt Fuer Gynaekologie (Specialist in Gynaecology) West Germany

Facharzt Fuer Innera Frankheiten(Specialist in Internal Medicine) West Germany

F.R.A.C.S. (Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of Surgeons)

M.C.P.A. (Membership of the College of Pathologists of Australia)

Diploma of Certificate ‘D’ Studs Specialist ‘D’ of Medicine Electro-Radiologie (Certificate of Special Studies of Medical Electro-Radiology) Paris-France

F.R.C.P. (Canada)

Diploma in Psychiatry (Mc Gill Univ.) Montreal, Canada.,

Candidate of Science (Doctor of Philosophy) in Medicine-Branch Plastic Surgery, Hungary awarded by Hungarian Academy of Medical Sciences, Budapast.

Facharzt Fuerk Kinderheilkunde Children Specialist) West Germany

F.F.A.R.C.S. (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) – This qualification is recognized only when granted after examination.

M.D. (University of Bern. Switzerland)

L.L.M.R.C.P. (Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Ireland)

L.L.M.R.C.S. (Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Ireland)

“Staatexman” (University of Tubingen, West Germany)

M.D. (Far Eastern University) Manila, Philippines

M.D. (University of Ottawa, Canada)

M.B., Ch.B.

 

(University of Birmingham, U.K.)

M.D.

Ch.M