Any doctor found engaged in conversion therapy a controversial gender and sexual reorientation practice often slammed as pseudoscience is liable to be prosecuted for professional misconduct, theNational Medical Commission(NMC) told the Madras .
The council made its stand clear while making a submission on a recommendation by a committee constituted to modify the MBBS syllabus so that medical students could be sensitised to the sexual orientations of people belonging to the LGBTQIA+ community.
Thestate medical council, wherever it is vested with the power of taking disciplinary action for professional misconduct, can take note of the recommendations of the expert committee and proceed with action against the medical professional concerned, it said.