Punjab Medical Council registration guide | Vitels Registration types, fees, documents, renewal with CME hours, and how to verify a doctor.

To register with the Punjab Medical Council (PMC), create a profile on the council's online portal, choose the right application, upload the listed documents and pay the fee online; the certificate is then sent by post or collected at the office in Mohali. The council's Acts page names the Punjab Medical Registration Act, 1916 as its governing law. Its fee page and step-by-step user manuals for each service are on punjabmedicalcouncil.in. The NMC directory still lists www.punjabmedicalcouncil.com, which did not load when we checked on 31 Oct 2026; the council's own notices carry www.punjabmedicalcouncil.in.

Which registrations does the Punjab Medical Council offer?

The council lists separate applications for MBBS graduates of Punjab, graduates from outside Punjab and foreign graduates. The fees below are copied from its Registration Fee page as read on 31 Oct 2026. The page shows the amounts without a currency sign; the council's renewal process note writes the same kind of fee as "Rs. 2100/-".

The portal menu also carries extension of provisional registration, smart card, CME and a miscellaneous fee, each with its own user manual. The permanent registration manual warns: "No refund will be made for the wrong application." Pick the form that matches where you studied before you pay.

What documents do I need for permanent registration in Punjab?

For an MBBS from Punjab or from another Indian state, the council's User Manual for Permanent Registration lists these, each uploaded at no more than 2MB:

• Passport size non-attested photograph and stamp size signature
• Matric certificate in support of date of birth, and the detailed mark card of 10+2
• MBBS first, second, third part I and third part II professional certificates
• Attempt certificate
• Residence proof or Aadhaar card, and a domicile certificate (only for graduates from out of Punjab)
• Self-declaration form
• Internship completion certificate and provisional registration certificate
• ACLS/BCLS certificate

Foreign graduates add the screening test certificate, a scanned copy of the passport, the eligibility certificate, the recognised degree and the self-declaration form for graduates. If a listed document does not apply to you, the manual says to upload a self-declaration in its place.

How do I apply online?

1. Go to punjabmedicalcouncil.in and click Apply Now, which opens the portal at app.punjabmedicalcouncil.in.
2. Register a new profile, verify your mobile number with the OTP, then upload your photograph and signature.
3. Open the Apply Online tab and choose the application, for example Permanent Registration (After Passing MBBS).
4. Fill the form, upload the listed documents and click Pay Application Fee. The manual lists Smart Checkout, cards and net banking.
5. Re-check the application, then Submit/Lock it and print the application report.
6. Track it under Application Status (Approved, Objected or Rejected) and follow the verification instructions printed on the report.

The manual says the permanent certificate is delivered by post to your registered address, with an email intimation, or can be collected at the council office.

Does Punjab registration need renewal and CME hours?

Yes. The User Manual for Renewal Registration asks for "Self-Attested copies of 50CME Hours along with index or undertaking for one-year Renewal if do not have CME Hours", plus the permanent registration certificate, any additional qualification certificate and, for a second or later renewal, the previous renewal certificate in original. The council's CME accreditation guidelines (approved 04.04.2018 and 15.07.2020) cap journal subscriptions at "Maximum 25 hours out of 50 Hours in Five years".

The council's renewal process note sets the fee at 2100 within a two-month grace period and 3100 after it, 5100 where a registration was not renewed after completing five years, and 7100 for doctors registered before 1.1.2008. It also asks applicants to send the printed receipts, self-attested documents and an index of CME points to the office in person or by post. Our renewal and CME guide compares councils.

How can a clinic or patient verify a Punjab doctor's registration?

The council's site has no name search. Its public notice of 11/08/2023 says registration certificates are issued with a QR code, and that certificates issued before 01.12.2021, whose QR code may not read, "may be validated from the data available on website of Punjab Medical Council" through a PDF list it links. Outside the council's site, the NMC's Indian Medical Register page lets anyone search "Registered Doctors with the various State Medical Councils" by name, registration number, year or council. See our note on the National Medical Register.

How do I contact the Punjab Medical Council?

The council's Contact Us page gives: Punjab Medical Council, Medical Education Bhawan, near Excise and Taxation Building, Sector 69, SAS Nagar (Mohali), Pin 160062. Phone 0172-2971015, email pmc.sasn@punjab.gov.in. Desk numbers listed there include renewal 9041637323, good standing certificate and NOC 9780356945, and permanent, transfer and additional qualification 7719411619. Enquiries are taken Monday to Friday, 11:00 AM to 12:00 noon, except state and central holidays.

Where must the registration number appear in my clinic?

Clause 1.4.1 of the Indian Medical Council (Professional Conduct, Etiquette and Ethics) Regulations, 2002 says: "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 "recognized medical degrees or such certificates/diplomas and memberships/honours which confer professional knowledge". Put your PMC number on the letterhead once and it carries to every prescription and receipt; our free clinic letterhead maker lays it out.

Vitels verifies a doctor's registration at sign-up and prints prescriptions on the clinic's own letterhead, with the registration number, on A4 or A5. See e-prescription software.