Colleges

(1) The eligibility for admission in Bachelor of Homoeopathic Medicine and Surgery (B.H.M.S.) Course shall be, namely: -

(a) The candidate shall have passed 10+2 or its equivalent examination from any recognized Board with Physics, Chemistry, Biology and have obtained minimum of fifty percent. marks taken together in Physics, Chemistry and Biology/Biotechnology in case of student belonging to general category and forty percent. marks in case of a student belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes: Provided that in respect of a person with disability specified under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (49 of 2016), the qualifying marks in the examinations shall be forty-five percent. in case of the General category and forty percent. in the case of the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes.

(b) Biology/Biotechnology studied as Additional Subject at 10+2 level also shall not be considered for such admission:

(c) Candidate passed 10+2 from Open School or as Private candidate shall not be eligible to appear for National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test.

(d) No candidate shall be considered for admission in Bachelor of Homoeopathic Medicine and Surgery (B.H.M.S.) Course unless the candidate attains the age of seventeen years on or before the 31st day of December of the year of admission in the first year of the Course;

(2) There shall be a uniform Entrance Examination for all Homoeopathy Medical Institution namely National Eligibility-cum- Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to under-graduate course in medical institution in each academic year and shall be conducted by an authority designated by the National Commission for Homoeopathy: 50 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA: EXTRAORDINARY [PART III—S EC.4] Provided that for foreign national candidate, any other equivalent qualification approved by the Central Government may be allowed for admission and sub- regulation (2) of regulation 4 shall not be applicable in this behalf.

In order to pursue graduation in BHMS, candidates must have passed their 10+2 with Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and English as main subjects and scored a minimum of 50 percent marks in aggregate, and must also have qualified in the NEET UG examination. The candidates must not be less than 17 years of age on or before December 31 of the given academic year for which the admission is being conducted. The candidates should also be medically fit. “If a person is blind (including color blindness), deaf and dumb, they cannot apply for BHMS,” shares Aastha.