TCMC re-registration -Letter to the Registrar

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Dear Members,


As directed by the High Court the TCMC is out again demanding Rs. 500
for the high security registration certificate costing less than Rs.
6. Though the case number is shown, they have taken care not to
mention QPMPA.
For details of the judgment visit –
http://www.qpmpa.org/news-and-events/16-j-u-d-g-e-m-e-n-t-s/53-tcmc-re-registration-2010.html
and – http://www.qpmpa.org/images/stories/qpmpa/journal/6_JMS_Feb_2010.pdf
to see that shown in their Counter affidavit published in our Feb 2010
issue of the Journal.



Dear Friends,
Kindly send the letter copied below after making appropriate changes
to the Registrar before sending your original certificate for renewal.
Kishore



The Registrar,
The Travancore-Cochin Council of Modern Medicine,
Combined Council Building, Red Cross Road,
Thiruvananthapuram 695035


Ref: Your Notice No. E.2639/10/MC
dated 20.9.2010 —
Available at http://www.medicalcouncil.kerala.gov.in/


Sub: Notice under Section 21 (3) — modify Council
decision dated 22.4.2010 —
Updating the registers of
Modern Medicine Doctors —
Violation of TCMP
Act, 1953 — reg.

Dear Sir,

We understand from your notice cited that as directed by the Kerala
High Court, the Council met on 22 April 2010 and decided to bleed the
RMPs in Kerala. We fail to understand what prevented you from making
your decision public for the last 5 months.
Kindly note that your notice dated 20 September 2010 is for medical
practitioners registered with TCMC and that they are all over the
world. The last date to apply for the new certificate by the first
15,000 doctors registered with TCMC is 15 October 2010. We note that
if we fail to act now we can approach you as per Section 20 (3) & (4).
We understand that the registration numbers from 34515 onwards issued
from the Council is valid only for five years. Kindly inform us the
relevant section in TCMP Act that you have applied.
The TC Medical Practitioners Act, 1953 is there to regulate the
qualifications and provide for the registration of practitioners of
modern medicine in Kerala.
The TC Medical Council is constituted as per Section 3 (2) of the Act
and all the council members are registered medical practitioners. One
among them is the President of the Council. However, the list of
members of the Council is not available in our website to make direct
contact.
The Registrar of the Council is appointed as per Section 19 and as per
Section 20; the main duty of the Registrar is to keep the registers.
The purpose of this letter is to inform you that having quoted Section
20 (3) & (4) in your notice cited, you have violated that said in that
section and sub-sections.
This letter may be treated as a Notice u/s 21 (3) of the TCMP Act,
1953. The same permits the RMPs to propose deletions, additions,
modifications and alterations and this notice is signed by me who is
an RMP with the TCMC.
I, Dr. K. Kishore Kumar, S/o. Kumara Pillai, TCMC Reg. No. 7735, Part
A, Modern Medicine, on my behalf and on behalf of the Qualified
Private Medical Practitioners Association, as its State Secretary,
humbly request you to modify the Council decision taken earlier to
issue registration certificates valid for five years and that taken on
22.4.2010 to update the register and issue of photo attached
registration certificates.
We humbly request you to modify the decisions taken by the Council as
permitted u/s 21(3):-
1. Issue permanent Registration certificates to those having
registration numbers from 34515 with validity of five years. As and
when the IMC Act and the TCMP Act are amended incorporating CMEs and
re-registration every five years changes can be made.
2. Decision taken on 22.4.2010 to issue New certificates and update
registers of Modern Medicine doctors may be modified on the following
lines:-
a. Reduce the fees to Rs. 100/- for the new certificate. Accept
Postal Orders, cheques or arrange online money transfer by giving the
bank Account number of the TCMC. Proof of transfer to be attached with
the application for the certificate. Registration fees u/s 24 is Rs.
20/- only.

Note: A photo ID Certificate cannot be a permanent one. It must be
updated every 5 or 10 years as the countenance / physiognomy change
with aging. Also note that there is nothing that is tamper-proof and
this new certificate will not solve quackery as found out by our
Council.

b. New certificates for Senior Citizens (above 60 years) must be
free of cost.

c. The TCMC must have its printed envelopes. Demanding envelopes is
an insult.

d. Reduce the size of the new certificate from 30x26 to half
(26x15) or one-fourth.
e. Accept attested copy of registration for issue of new
certificate.

Thanking you.

Yours sincerely,

Sd/-
Dr. K. Kishore Kumar, State Secretary ,QPMPA