Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act, 2002

Amendment of section 28 of Principal Act.

6.—The following is substituted for section 28 of the Principal Act:

“Internship registration.

28.—(1) A person who has been awarded a primary qualification shall not become registered in the register otherwise than by way of internship registration, unless he has been granted a certificate of experience—

(a) by the body in the State which awarded him the primary qualification, if that body is one specified in any of paragraphs 1 to 3 of the Fourth Schedule to this Act, or

(b) by a prescribed body, if the body which awarded him the primary qualification is in a Member State.

(2) A certificate of experience shall not be granted to any person for the purposes of subsection (1) of this section unless, after being awarded a primary qualification, the person has for the prescribed period or periods been employed in the practice of medicine—

(a) in a hospital, health institution, clinic or general medical practice, or

(b) in a prescribed health service setting.”.