Medical Practitioners Act 2007
Registration of medical practitioners — general. |
45.— (1) A medical practitioner may make an application to the Council, accompanied by the appropriate fee or fees, to be registered. | |
(2) Subject to subsection (3) and sections 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 53 and 54 (4), the Council shall determine an application under subsection (1) from a medical practitioner by registering the practitioner in that division of the register which is considered by the Council to be appropriate. | ||
(3) Subject to section 44 (4)(i), the Council shall not register a medical practitioner in more than one division of the register. | ||
(4) Subject to subsection (5), the Council shall determine an application to be registered under the terms of Directive 2005/36/EC— | ||
(a) subject to paragraph (b), as soon as is possible after it receives all the documents required to determine the application, but | ||
(b) in any event, not later than 3 months after the date on which it receives the last of those documents. | ||
(5) Where the Council has a reasonable and justified doubt in relation to an application referred to in subsection (4) from a person, it may require of a competent authority of a Member State— | ||
(a) confirmation of the authenticity of diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications issued in the Member State and referred to in Articles 21, 23 and 50 of Directive 2005/36/EC, | ||
(b) confirmation that the person has fulfilled the minimum training requirements specified in Article 23 or, as the case requires, Article 24 or 25 of Directive 2005/36/EC. | ||
(6) The Council shall, in considering an application referred to in subsection (4) from a person, take into account any relevant training undergone or experience gained by the person in a third country. | ||
(7) For the avoidance of doubt, it is declared that the Council shall not register a medical practitioner pursuant to section 46 , 47 , 48 or 49 unless the practitioner has made an application under subsection (1). |