Medical Body's New Rules Ban Doctors From Getting Gifts From Pharma Firms
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The 'Regulations relating to Professional Conduct of Registered Medical Practitioners", issued on August 2, also bar doctors from endorsing any drug brands, medicine and equipment or advertise them.
Doctors and their families must not receive any gifts, travel facilities, hospitality, cash or access to recreation from pharma companies or their representatives, commercial healthcare establishments and medical device firms under any pretext, the NMC has said in its new regulations.
The 'Regulations relating to Professional Conduct of Registered Medical Practitioners", issued on August 2, also bar doctors from endorsing any drug brands, medicine and equipment or advertise them.
According to the regulations, any request for medical records to a registered medical practitioner (RMP) responsible for patient records in a hospital either by the patients or authorised attendant has to be duly acknowledged and documents have to be supplied within five working days instead of the existing provision of 72 days.
