Medical Practitioners Act 2007
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Medical practitioners to be registered in Trainee Specialist Division. |
48.— (1) The Council shall register in the Trainee Specialist Division a medical practitioner who— | |
(a) has been granted a certificate of experience, and | ||
(b) practises medicine in an individually numbered, identifiable post which has been approved by the Council for the purpose of medical specialist training. | ||
(2) The Council shall register in the Trainee Specialist Division a medical practitioner who is a national of a Member State and— | ||
(a) has been awarded a qualification in medicine or a certificate of acquired rights by a competent body or authority designated for that purpose by a Member State, pursuant to Directive 2005/36/EC, | ||
(b) practises medicine in an individually numbered, identifiable post which has been approved by the Council for the purpose of medical specialist training, and | ||
(c) subject to rules made under section 11 which apply to this paragraph, has been granted in a Member State a document which, in the opinion of the Council, is at least the equivalent of a certificate of experience. | ||
(3) The Council shall register in the Trainee Specialist Division a medical practitioner who is a national of a Member State who does not fall within subsection (1) or (2), or who is a national of a third country, and— | ||
(a) either— | ||
(i) has passed an examination, specified in rules made under section 11 for the purposes of this subparagraph, for the purposes of registration in the Trainee Specialist Division, or | ||
(ii) is exempted from subparagraph (i) by virtue of falling within a ground, specified in rules made under section 11 for the purposes of this subparagraph, for such exemption, | ||
(b) practises medicine in an individually numbered, identifiable post which has been approved by the Council for the purpose of medical specialist training, and | ||
(c) subject to rules made under section 11 which apply to this paragraph, has been granted in a third country a document which, in the opinion of the Council, is at least the equivalent of a certificate of experience. | ||
(4) The Council shall register in the Trainee Specialist Division a medical practitioner who has been granted refugee status in the State and— | ||
(a) either— | ||
(i) has passed an examination, specified in rules made under section 11 for the purposes of this subparagraph, for the purposes of registration in the Trainee Specialist Division, or | ||
(ii) is exempted from subparagraph (i) by virtue of falling within a ground, specified in rules made under section 11 for the purposes of this subparagraph, for such exemption, | ||
(b) practises medicine in an individually numbered, identifiable post which has been approved by the Council for the purpose of medical specialist training, and | ||
(c) satisfies any other requirements, specified in rules made under section 11 , for the purposes of this paragraph. | ||
(5) A medical practitioner who is registered in the Trainee Specialist Division but who ceases to practise medicine in an individually numbered, identifiable post which has been approved by the Council for the purpose of medical specialist training shall, as soon as is practicable after so ceasing to practise medicine but, in any case, not later than 14 days after so ceasing to practise medicine, give notice in writing to the Council of that fact. | ||
(6) Where— | ||
(a) the Council receives a notice under subsection (5) from a medical practitioner, or | ||
(b) a medical practitioner fails to comply with subsection (5), | ||
sections 45 (3) and 46 shall apply to and in relation to the Council and the practitioner. |