diff --git a/src/Components/Facility/ConsultationForm.tsx b/src/Components/Facility/ConsultationForm.tsx
index 5cda9d5ab01..b30bb2a2c0a 100644
--- a/src/Components/Facility/ConsultationForm.tsx
+++ b/src/Components/Facility/ConsultationForm.tsx
@@ -608,6 +608,9 @@ export const ConsultationForm = ({ facilityId, patientId, id }: Props) => {
         }
 
         case "treating_physician": {
+          if (state.form.suggestion === "DC") {
+            break;
+          }
           if (state.form.suggestion !== "DD" && !state.form[field]) {
             errors[field] = t("field_required");
             invalidForm = true;
@@ -632,6 +635,7 @@ export const ConsultationForm = ({ facilityId, patientId, id }: Props) => {
           return;
       }
     });
+
     if (invalidForm) {
       dispatch({ type: "set_errors", errors });
       const firstError = Object.keys(errors).find((key) => errors[key]);
@@ -1444,7 +1448,9 @@ export const ConsultationForm = ({ facilityId, patientId, id }: Props) => {
                           name={"treating_physician"}
                           label={t("treating_doctor")}
                           placeholder="Attending Doctors Name and Designation"
-                          required
+                          required={
+                            state.form.suggestion === "DC" ? false : true
+                          }
                           value={
                             state.form.treating_physician_object ?? undefined
                           }