Medical practice during spare time

(9) Medical practice during spare time – Permission to be given to only those holding recognized qualifications

The Government of India have had under consideration the question of permission to Central Government servants to practice medicine on a purely charitable basis during their spare time. Since such practice of medicine by unqualified and untrained persons will be harmful to the community, it has been decided that permission to central Government servants to undertake practice in any system of medicine should not be granted unless they hold recognized qualifications. Only persons holding recognized qualifications in any system of medicine and registered under the relevant law in force in the State or Union Territory concerned, should be allowed to undertake medical practice. Head of departments may grant the required permission, provided the practice is undertaken during spare time, on a purely charitable basis, without detriment to the official duties of the Government servant concerned.

2. Past cases, if any, in which permission has been granted to Government servants to undertake medical practice during their spare time, may be reviewed in the light of the above decision.

3. In so far as persons serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department are concerned, these orders issue in consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.

[MHA OM No. 25/4/64-Ests.(A), dated 29.02.1964]