Telangana Medical Council (TGMC) recently warned to take strict legal action against registered medical practitioners of all streams of medicine if they are found to display unrecognised qualifications.

Clarifying that a modern scientific medicine qualification will be recognised only if it is listed and maintained by the undergraduate and postgraduate medical education board of the National Medical Commission (NMC), the Telangana Medical Council has mentioned that any purported modern scientific medicine Diploma / Fellowship training and certification programs offered by self styled and unrecognized facilities such as Council of Cosmetology, Tricology, Regenerative and Aesthetic Sciences of India (COCTRASI), Institute of Laser and Aesthetic Medicine (ILAMED), Asian Institute of Advanced Dentistry (AIAD) etc. have absolutely no recognition whatsoever. TGMC said that the list of unrecognized facilities mentioned here is only illustrative and not exhaustive.