Healthcare Ethics — Ethical Standards

Entry	Year	Description	Impact
National Medical Commission Act, 2019	2019	This Act repealed the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956, and replaced the Medical Council of India (MCI) with the National Medical Commission (NMC). It restructured the regulation of medical education and practice in India, creating four autonomous boards for undergraduate, postgraduate medical education, medical assessment and rating, and ethics and medical registration.	From an ethical standpoint, the Act aimed to bring greater transparency, accountability, and quality to medical governance, which had been plagued by allegations of corruption under the MCI. It established a separate Ethics and Medical Registration Board to focus specifically on professional conduct. While the Act has been criticized for certain provisions, its stated goal was to overhaul the ethical and administrative framework of medicine in India to make it more responsive to the needs of the people and aligned with global best practices.