Bihar Medical Council registration guide Online-only applications, fees, renewal and verification, as the BCMR publishes them.

To register with the Bihar Medical Council, create a profile on the Bihar Council of Medical Registration portal (app.bcmr.net.in, linked from bcmr.net.in), verify your email and mobile by OTP, fill the form for your registration type, upload scanned documents and pay online through SBI Collect. The council's notice dated 1 Jul 2025 says that from 2 Jul 2025 applications for all services are accepted only online, and offline applications will not be accepted under any circumstances.

Who registers with the Bihar Medical Council?

Doctors who practise modern medicine in Bihar or serve there. The council's register page says any person holding a qualification in the First, Second or Third Schedule to the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 who "is in service in connection with, or wishes to practise in, modern scientific of medicine in Bihar" applies to the Registrar for entry in the live register. A person who has passed the qualifying examination is "entitled to be registered provisionally for the purpose of internship training". The About page describes the BCMR as a statutory body whose Act received the Governor-General's assent on 16 March 1916.

The home page also carries a notice in Hindi that your council registration is considered complete only when you also register on the Healthcare Professional Registry (HPR), and asks doctors to finish HPR registration soon.

What registration types and fees does the BCMR list?

The fee page reproduces a Bihar Health Department notification dated November 2011 that revised these fees, so check the amount the portal shows before you pay. The user manual says the total fee is calculated automatically, warns "Do not make double payment in any case", and lists debit or credit card, net banking and UPI through the SBI payment gateway.

What documents does BCMR permanent registration need?

The register page asks for "copies of certificates of educational qualification", four passport-size photographs and the prescribed fee. The portal shows the exact enclosures list for your sub-category (for example, permanent registration for MBBS from Bihar) before you start, and the manual tells you to keep scanned copies ready. In the form you enter 10th and 12th details, then medical qualification and professional details exactly as they appear on your certificates. The profile photo and signature must be JPEG or PNG files of at most 100 KB. For clinic paperwork beyond the council, see documents required to open a clinic.

1. Register on the portal and verify the OTPs sent to your email and mobile.
2. Complete your profile and upload your photo and signature.
3. Under Apply Online, pick the service and sub-category, read the instructions and the enclosures list.
4. Fill academic, medical and professional details, then upload each enclosure.
5. Pay through SBI Collect and download the payment receipt from Application Status.

The manual's process flow also shows a "Speed post hard copy" step and verification with the university or board before approval and certificate print.

Does Bihar require renewal and CME credits?

Bihar's published position is mixed. The council's register page says the certificate of registration "shall be valid for lifetime from the date of registration". The home page says practitioners "can now apply for Registration, Renewal and all other services using this portal", and the user manual lists "Renewal of existing registration (If applicable)". No renewal fee or period appears on the fee page, and the CME page shows only a heading, "Guidelines for Conducting CME Programme" (read 31 Oct 2026). Ask the council whether renewal applies to you. Our guide to medical council registration renewal and CME credits explains how other councils handle it.

How do I verify a doctor's Bihar registration?

The BCMR site has no public doctor search that we could open on 31 Oct 2026. Use the Indian Medical Register search on the NMC website, which lists doctors registered with state councils by name, registration number, year or council, with the note "This data is being updated." See also the National Medical Register.

Where is the Bihar Medical Council office?

Road No. 11/D, Rajendra Nagar, Patna 800016. The site gives phone 0612-2670913, email bihar.medical@yahoo.com, office hours of 9:30 AM to 6:00 PM, working days Monday to Friday, and a lunch break from 1:30 to 2:00.

Where must the registration number appear?

On prescriptions, certificates, money receipts and in the clinic. Clause 1.4.1 of the Indian Medical Council (Professional Conduct, Etiquette and Ethics) Regulations, 2002 reads: "Every physician shall display the registration number accorded to him by the State Medical Council / Medical Council of India in his clinic and in all his prescriptions, certificates, money receipts given to his patients." Clause 1.4.2 limits the suffixes after your name to recognised degrees and qualifying certificates or honours.

Vitels prints prescriptions on your own letterhead, A4 or A5, with your Bihar registration number on every page, and verifies the registration when you sign up. To set up the header first, try the free clinic letterhead maker, or see e-prescription software.