NMC rules for clinic doctors. Every notice that changes something, by date.

The latest is the NMC's advisory of 13 October 2026, Notice No. R-19022/25/2026/Ethics. It says nothing in the NMC Act, its regulations or the Telemedicine Practice Guidelines, 2020 stops a registered doctor from reviewing and signing lab, radiology and other clinical reports from a distance with a digital or electronic signature, provided the doctor has actually reviewed the material. Establishments must keep audit trails and authentication logs.

One week earlier, on 6 October 2026, the NMC issued its Guidelines on Ethical Advertising and Public Communication, which took effect immediately and govern what a clinic may publish in print, on websites, on social media and on messaging platforms. The professional conduct rules themselves have not changed since August 2023: the 2002 regulations apply, and the 2023 regulations stay in abeyance.

We read the NMC's What's New listing page by page back to 2021 on 27 October 2026, opened every item whose title concerns professional conduct, registration, prescribing, records, advertising or appeals, and kept those that change something for a doctor who runs an outpatient clinic. Items only for medical colleges, admissions, seat matrices, examinations, faculty or foreign medical graduates are left out, as are orders naming individual doctors.

Each summary is ours and is shorter than the document; the PDF is the authority. We check the NMC listing every week and add a row within a week of a new notice that affects clinic doctors. State Medical Council notices, such as renewal fees and CME credit rules, are not NMC notices and are covered in our registration renewal guide, linked in the table above.