MCI NORMS

MINIMUM STANDARD REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MEDICAL COLLEGE

BY: GROUP 5
About MCI :

● Established in the year 1943 under the Medical Council Act, 1933

● Replacement by NMC:

National Medical Commission ordinance was brought in to replace Medical Council of India through an
ordinance issued in January, 2019. An ordinance to allow a committee run the Medical Council of India
(MCI) had also been re-issued in January 2019.

● Functions:

○ The Medical Council of India was a statutory body for establishing uniform and high standards of
Medical Education in India.
○ The Council grants recognition of medical qualifications, gives accreditation to medical schools,
grants registration to medical practitioners, and monitors medical practice in India.
○ Registration of doctors with recognized medical qualifications and keeping directory of all
registered doctors
○ Recognition of medical qualifications granted by University or UGC in medical institutions in
India
General guidelines:
Every medical college and Medical Institution for 250 M.B.B.S admissions annually shall have the following departments,
namely :-

(1) HUMAN ANATOMY (13) TUBERCULOSIS AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES

(2) HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY (14) SURGERY
(3) BIOCHEMISTRY (15) ORTHOPAEDICS
(4) PATHOLOGY (INCLUDING BLOOD BANK) (16) RADIO-DIAGNOSIS
(5) MICROBIOLOGY (17) RADIOTHERAPY
(6) PHARMACOLOGY (18) OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
(7) FORENSIC MEDICINE INCLUDING TOXICOLOGY (19) OPHTHALMOLOGY
(8) COMMUNITY MEDICINE (20) OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY
(9) MEDICINE (21) DENTISTRY
(10) PAEDIATRICS
(11) PSYCHIATRY
Note: Land requirement and Hospital Requirements
(12) DERMATOLOGY, VENEREOLOGY AND LEPROSY shall be as per Establishment of Medical College
Regulations as amended from time to time.

Every Medical college and Medical institution and its associated teaching hospitals for MBBS admissions annually shall have
the accommodation for teaching and technical staff and equipment for each department as given in the Schedule-I, II, III
respectively annexed with these regulations.
For Campus: Minimum 25 acres of land and, Maximum distance between units of an institution : 10km
General guidelines:
Area requirements:

Administrative block: Accommodation shall be provided for – Principal/Dean’s office (36 Sq.m.)
staff room (54 sq.m.)
college council room (80 Sq.m.)
office superintendent’s room (10 Sq.m.),
Office (150 Sq.m.)
record room (100 Sq.m.)
separate common room for Male and Female students with attached toilets (200 Sq.m.each),
cafeteria (400 Sq.m.).
Central library: 4000 sq.m(with seating arrangement for at least 500 student)
There shall be one room for 250 students inside and one room for 250 students outside.
There shall be provision for –

a. Staff reading room for 50 persons;

b. Rooms for librarian and other staff;
c. Journal room;
d. Room for copying facilities;
e. Video and Cassette room (desirable);
f. Air-conditioned Computer room with Medlar and Internet facility with minimum of 50 nodes.
Other requirements:

● Lecture theatre(minimum of 7 no.s -6 for 300 seatings and 1 for 650 seatings)
● Auditorium and examination -2000sq.m (not more than 3 levels)
● Central photographic sections
● Central workshops
● Animal House
● Incinerator
● Medical education unit
● Research work unit
● Intercom network
● Playground and gymnasium
● Electricity
● Sanitation and water supply- 6 laboratories (375 Sq.m.area each)(One preparation room each of 15 Sq.m.
area shall be
provided with all the laboratories.),two laboratories of 150 Sq.m. area each.

● Central research laboratories

● Rural Health training centre
Accommodation and Bed unit:

Accommodation shall be provided for Dean (36 Sq.mt.) and Medical Superintendent (36 Sq.mt.) and hospital
offices for the supportive staff, Nursing Superintendent's room and office, waiting space for visitors along with
computer and internet facility in each department. There shall also be accommodation for :
(a) Enquiry office,
(b) Reception area (600 Sq.mt.) including facilities for public telephone, waiting space
for patients and visitors, drinking water facility with nearby toilet facilities.
(c) Store rooms.
(d) Central Medical Record Section (350 Sq.m.)
(e) Linen Rooms.
(f) Hospital and Staff Committee room (120 Sq.mt.)
Residential accommodation shall be provided in the hospital campus for interns, Jr.Residents and Senior
Residents, etc.
Indoor beds occupancy-Average occupancy of indoor beds shall be a minimum of 80% per annum.
The number of beds required for 250 admissions annually is 1100.
Requirement of Beds and units:

(i) MEDICINE AND ALLIED SPECIALITIES _________________________________________________________________________________________

No. of beds and units required Beds/units**
1. General Medicine 240/8
2. Paediatrics 120/4
3. Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 50/2
4. Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy 30/1
5. Psychiatry 30/1 =470/16

(ii) SURGERY AND ALLIED SPECIALITIES __________________________________________________________________________________________

No. of beds and units required**
1. General surgery 240/8 Note: There shall be well-equipped
2. Department of Orthopaedics 150/5 and updated intensive Care
3. Department of Ophthalmology 60/2 Burn Unit and Surgical
4. Otorhinolaryngology 30/1 =480/16 postoperative critical care
unit.
(iii) OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY ___________________________________________________________________________________________
No. of beds and units required**
Obstetrics 70
Gynaecology 60
Postmortem 20 =150/5

Grand total: 1100/37l

The following accommodation shall be available with each ward, namely:

1. Accommodation in a General Ward shall not exceed 30 patients and distance between the two beds shall not be less than
1.5m.
2. Nurses Duty Room/Nursing Station.
3. Ward should be constructed in such a way that the Nurse from her Nursing Station is able to have an overview of all the
patients in the wards.
4. Examination and Treatment room.
5. Ward Pantry.
6. Store room for linen and other equipment.
7. Resident Doctors and students Duty Room.
8. Clinical Demonstration Room.

The following additional accommodation shall be provided for each of the departments.

1. Offices for Heads of Departments and Heads of Units.

2. Accommodation for other unit staff.
3. Clinical demonstration rooms (at least one for each department).
Operation Theatre Unit:
The Operation Theatre Unit shall have the following facilities; namely:-
1. Waiting room for patients.
2. Pre-Anaesthetic/Preparation room – at least 4 beds.
3. Operation theatre.
4. Post-operative recovery room (minimum of 20 beds).
5. Soiled Linen room.
6. Instrument room.
7. Sterilisation room.
8. Nurses rooms.
9. Surgeon’s and anaesthetist's room (separate for male and female).
10. Assistant's room.
11. Observation gallery for students.
12. Store rooms
13. Washing room for Surgeons and Assistants; and
14. Students washing up and dressing up room.
Five such units may be provided for General Surgery, one for ENT; one for Orthopaedics; one for Ophthalmology and two for
Obstetrics and Gynaecology and one for septic cases”. Other surgical specialities shall have independent separate OT. Additional
space need to be provided for various Endoscopy procedures.
Minor Operation Theatre – one minor operation theatre in addition to above shall be provided for surgical departments in
casualty/emergency unit and one such theatre in O.P.D
Department Details :
 GENERAL REMARKS :

SPACE QUANTITY CAPACITY AREA REMARKS

ACCOMODATION

DEAN ROOM 1 1 36 SQ.M.

SUPERINTENDENT ROOM 1 1 36 SQ.M.

RECEPTION 1 600 SQ.M. PUBLIC TELEPHONE,

WAITING,TOILET,
DRINKING WATER
FACILITY

STORE ROOM 1

RECORD ROOM 1 350 SQ.M.

STAFF COMMITTEE ROOM 1 120 SQ.M

CENTRAL THEATRE

LECTURE ROOM 300 AUDIO-VISUAL AIDS

CENTRAL STATISTICS

REGISTRATION 1 COMPUTER AIDED

DEPARTMENT
 CLINICAL DEPARTMENTS IN THE HOSPITAL : TOTAL 1100 BEDS

CATEGORY UNITS BEDS REMARKS

MEDICAL & ALLIED SPECIALITIES

GENERAL MEDICINE 8 240

PAEDIATRICS 4 120

TUBERCULOSIS & RESPIRATORY DISEASES 2 50

DERMATOLOGY, VENEREALOGY & LEPROSY (DLV) 1 30

PSYCHIATRY 1 30

SURGERY AND ALLIED SPECIALITIES

GENERAL SURGERY 8 240

DEPARTMENT OF ORTHOPAEDICS 5 150

DEPARTMENT OF OPHTHALMOLOGY 2 60

OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY 1 30

OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY

OBSTETRICS 70

GYNAECOLOGY 60

POSTPARTUM 20 7 SQ.M. PER BED, 1.5M DISTANCE B/W 2

BEDS
 INDOOR CLINICAL DEPARTMENTS :

CATEGORY AREA (SQ.M) REMARKS

ACCOMODATION MIN 1.5M B/W TWO BEDS

DUTY ROOM 20

ROUTINE EXAMINATION LAB 15

TREATMENT ROOM 15

WARD PANTRY 15

STORE ROOM 15 FOR LINEN AND OTHER EQUIPMENTS

RESIDENT DUTY ROOM 20 FOR DOCTOR & STUDENT BOTH

HEAD OFFICE 20 FOR EACH DEPARTMENT

UNIT STAFF ROOM 20

CLINICAL DEMONSTRATION 20 MIN. 1 FOR EACH DEPARTMENT

OPERATION THEATRE UNIT

DEPARTMENT NO. CATEGORY AREA (SQ.M) REMARKS

WAITING ROOM 15 FOR PREPARATION OF PATIENT

GENERAL SURGERY 5

PREPARATION ROOM 15

ENT 1
POST-OPERATIVE RECOVERY 75 MIN. 20 BEDS

ORTHOPAEDICS 1 SOILED LINEN ROOM 30

INSTRUMENT ROOM 15
OPHTHALMOLOGY 1

STERILISATION ROOM 15
SEPTIC CASES 1
NURSES ROOM 15

OBSTETRICS & 2
GYNAECOLOGY SURGEON’S & ANAESTHETIST’S 20 MIN. 2 ROOMS SEPARATE FOR MALE
ROOM AND FEMALE

ASSISTANT’S ROOM 20

OBSERVATION GALLERY 60 FOR STUDENTS

STORE ROOM 15

DRESSING ROOM 10 FOR STUDENTS

WASHING ROOM 10 FOR SURGEONS & ASSISTANTS

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