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This mirrors the organisational structure of the National Medical Commission (NMC), the apex body for medical education and profession, which also has four autonomous boards with the same nomenclature and functions. However, while NMC’s bodies work only at central level, NCAHP’s will be created in all the states.

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NCAHP control over approval

NCAHP control over approval, recognition

However, the draft rules omit some of the functions assigned to these bodies in the underpinning legislation – the NCAHP Act 2021.

For instance, the Act includes “developing” competency based dynamic curriculum content and “approval” of courses of recognised qualification among the tasks entrusted to UG and PG boards. However, the proposed document replaces the curriculum development with “implementation”, while qualifying this responsibility with “as the commission may specify” rider. The course approval provision has be