IS IT MANDATORY FOR DOCTORS TO WRITE MCI REGISTRATION NUMBER ON PRESCRIPTION ?

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    Many Doctors write or advise their patient in Private or government sector by simply writing medicines and advise on their pads or opd or ipd paper with their initials in which mostly registration number of Doctor either collected from State Medical Council of MCI central is absent.

        How correct is such practice ? Is it mandatory for a doctor to display his/her registration number accorded to him/her by the State Medical Council or MCI on the prescriptions pads?

          Medical council of India in its rule has clearly stated that on should always write one's registration number with full name and degree with signature otherwise such prescription can be taken as incorrect and liable for punishment in form of a disciplinary action as it is a professional misconduct 

             Regulation 1.4 of MCI Act outlines directions for doctors regarding display of registration numbers.

As per Regulation 1.4.1, “Every physician shall display the registration number accorded to him by the State Medical Council/Medical Council of India in his clinic and in all his prescriptions, certificates, money receipts given to his patients.”

Regulation 7.3 states that “If he/she does not display the registration number accorded to him/her by the State Medical Council or the Medical Council of India in his clinic, prescriptions and certificates, etc. issued by him…” it is considered as professional misconduct rendering him/her liable for disciplinary action.

                      Doctor should also write medicines in legible hand writing with all precautioned to ne taken and with full refrence to dose and course of medicine explaining its known side effects and precautions to be taken to avoid these.beside medicines doctor too can prescribe diet,foodwith advice of do and donot do advise. Without Doctors full name,degree and registration number such prescription cant be accepted as a valid one in the pretext of law.