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What situations can be described as professional misconduct?

Dr KK Aggarwal & Advocate Ira Gupta, 08 January 2020
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The MCI has enlisted 22 situations of professional misconduct.

Violation of any MCI regulation
Not maintaining indoor medical records
Not displaying registration number
Adultery or improper conduct
Conviction by a Court of Law for offences involving moral turpitude / Criminal acts
Indulging in sex determination tests
Signing untrue or misleading professional certificates, reports and other documents
Contravening provisions of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act and Regulations
Performing or enabling unqualified person to perform an abortion or any illegal operation for which there is no medical, surgical or psychological indication
Issuing certificates of efficiency in modern medicine to unqualified or non-medical person
Contributing to the lay press articles or interviews regarding diseases and treatments which may have the effect of advertising himself/herself or soliciting practices
Wrongfully advertising an institution run by a physician
Using an unusually large sign board
Disclosing the secrets of a patient
Refusing to act on religious account in sterility cases
Not taking consent
Publishing photographs of patients without consent
Not owning responsibility of your subordinates
Using touts or agents to procure patients.
Claiming to be a specialist when you are not
Carrying out in vitro fertilization (IVF)/artificial insemination without consent
Not following ICMR guidelines in research

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