Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020

Amendment of section 86 of Act of 2007

133. Section 86 of the Act of 2007 is amended—

(a) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2):

“(2) The Health Service Executive, in accordance with section 7 (4)(b) of the Health Act 2004 , shall facilitate the medical education and training of students (including interns) seeking to be registered medical practitioners.”,

(b) in subsection (3) —

(i) by the substitution of “shall, with respect to” for “shall, with respect to specialist”, and

(ii) in paragraphs (b) and (e), by the deletion of “specialist”,

and

(c) in subsection (6), by the substitution of “Medical” for “Specialist medical”.