Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2023

Amendment of section 96 of Act of 2020

14. (1) Section 96 of the Act of 2020, insofar as that section relates to the insertion of section 44B of the Act of 2007, is amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1) of the said section 44B:

“(1) Subject to subsection (2), a qualification held by a person meets the requirements for recognition as a qualification (in this Act referred to as a ‘general qualification’) for the purposes of registering that person in the General Division if the person—

(a) has an approved medical degree and—

(i) has passed an examination specified in rules made under section 11 for the purposes of this subparagraph,

(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 an exemption,

(iii) has been granted a certificate of experience, or

(iv) subject to rules made under section 11 for the purposes of this subparagraph, has been granted a document which, in the opinion of the Council, is at least the equivalent of a certificate of experience,

or

(b) has evidence of a formal qualification in basic medical training completed in a Member State and specified in point 5.1.1 of Annex V to Directive 2005/36/EC.”.

(2) This section shall come into operation on the day on which section 96 of the Act of 2020, insofar as that section relates to the insertion of section 44B of the Act of 2007, comes into operation.