<P> In India one has to pass the final MBBS examination and has to undergo training for one year as an intern in a recognised hospital by the Medical Council of India in order to obtain a certification. Foreign medical graduates need to take the licensing examination known as Foreign Medical Graduates Examination (FMGE) conducted by the National Board of Examinations (NBE) They can practise medicine throughout the country after certifying themselves as per Indian Medical Council Act, 1956, a Doctor registered with any one state medical council gets his name automatically included in the Indian Medical Register and he is thereby entitled to practise medicine anywhere in India . The MCI Ethics Committee observed in a meeting held on September 2, 2004 that "there is no necessity of registration in more than one state medical council because any doctor, who has registered with any state medical council is automatically registered in the Indian Medical Register and also by virtue of Section 27 of the IMC Act, 1956, a person, whose name is included in the IMR, can practise anywhere in india . The Registered Doctors with various State Medical Councils across India upto the year 2015 can be checked in the official website of INDIAN MEDICAL REGISTRY search www.mciindia.org by just typing the name of the doctor . </P> <P> The term "Medical License" is US - centric terminology . In the UK and in other commonwealth countries the analogous instrument is called registration; i.e. being on the register or being / getting struck off (the register). The General Medical Council is the regulatory body for doctor's licensing in the UK . Currently, there are two types of basic registration: "Provisional Registration" and "Full Registration", and two types of specialty registration: "Specialist Registration" and "GP registration". In November 2009, the GMC introduced the "licence to practise", and it is required by law that to practise medicine in the UK, all doctors need to be registered and hold a licence to practise . The registration information for all doctors holding or that have previously held a license in the UK is available online at the GMC website . </P> <P> In the United States, medical licenses are usually granted by individual states . Only those with medical degrees from schools listed in the AVICENNA Directory for medicine or the FAIMER International Medical Education Directory are permitted to apply for medical licensure . </P> <P> The federal government does not grant licenses . A physician practicing in a federal facility, federal prison, US Military, and / or an Indian Reservation may have a license from any state, not just the one they are residing in . The practice of "tele - medicine" has made it common for physicians to consult or interpret images and information from a distant location . Some states have special licensure for this . </P>

Who regulates the licensure and practice of medicine