The National Medical Commission (NMC) has specified that the upper age limit for appointment to the posts of Senior Residents in broad specialties shall be forty-five years. Besides, this age limit shall be fifty years in the Departments of Anatomy, Biochemistry, Physiology, Pharmacology, Microbiology, Pathology, Forensic Medicine, and Community Medicine.

Releasing the final Medical Institutions (Qualifications of Faculty) Regulations, 2025, in the official Gazette dated June 30, 2025, NMC laid down the eligibility qualifications of medical teachers at medical institutes.

Regarding Senior Residents, NMC discussed about the required qualifications to be appointed for the post, upper age-limit for appointment as Senior Residents, tenure of Senior Residency, and appointment of senior residents to the posts of Assistant Professors.