Medical Practitioners Act 2007
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Application to have registration removed, etc. |
52.— (1) A registered medical practitioner may make an application to the Council to have the practitioner’s registration removed. | |
(2) Subject to subsection (3), the Council shall determine an application under subsection (1) from a registered medical practitioner by removing the practitioner’s registration. | ||
(3) Where the Council receives an application under subsection (1) from a registered medical practitioner and— | ||
(a) the practitioner is the subject of a complaint which has not been disposed of or otherwise dealt with under Part 7 and, if applicable, Parts 8 and 9 , or | ||
(b) the practitioner has been convicted in the State of an offence triable on indictment or has been convicted outside the State of an offence consisting of acts or omissions which would constitute an offence triable on indictment if done or made in the State, | ||
then the Council shall not consider the application until such time as the Council has decided whether or not the practitioner’s registration should be removed (including cancelled) pursuant to another provision of this Act. | ||
(4) A medical practitioner whose registration has been removed pursuant to subsection (2) may make an application, accompanied by the appropriate fee, to the Council to have the practitioner’s registration restored. | ||
(5) The Council shall determine an application under subsection (4) from a medical practitioner by restoring the practitioner’s registration. | ||
(6) Where the Council is satisfied by medical evidence that a registered medical practitioner is suffering from an illness or condition of a permanent or terminal nature which, due to the nature of the condition, renders it impossible for the practitioner— | ||
(a) to practise medicine in a safe and competent manner, and | ||
(b) to notify the Council of the practitioner’s illness or condition, as the case may be, | ||
then the Council may remove the practitioner’s registration. |