Medical Practitioners Act, 1978

Interpretation.

“the Board” means An Bord Míochaine agus Déidliachta Iarchéime or the Postgraduate Medical and Dental Board established by this Act;

“certificate of experience” means a certificate granted to a person who has complied with the provisions of section 28 of this Act;

“the Council” means Comhairle na nDochtúirí Leighis or the Medical Council established by this Act;

“the Dental Board” means the Dental Board constituted under the Dentists Act, 1928 ;

“employment in a residential medical capacity” has the meaning specified in section 28 of this Act;

“establishment day” means the day appointed to be the establishment day for the purposes of this Act under section 4 of this Act;

“Fitness to Practise Committee” means the committee to be established by the Council under section 13 (2) (b) of this Act;

“formal qualification” means a primary qualification together with a certificate of experience;

“full registration” means registration other than provisional registration or temporary registration and “fully registered” shall be construed accordingly;

“the Medical Registration Council” means the Medical Registration Council established under the Medical Practitioners Act, 1927;

“Member State” means a state other than the State which is a member of the European Economic Community;

“the Minister” means the Minister for Health;

“practice of medicine” includes practice of surgery, midwifery and other disciplines of medicine and “medical practitioner” shall be construed accordingly;

“prescribe” means prescribe by regulations;

“primary qualification” means a qualification specified in the Fourth Schedule to this Act;

“provisional registration” means registration by virtue of section 28 of this Act, and “provisionally registered” shall be construed accordingly;

“the register” means the General Register of Medical Practitioners established under section 26 of this Act;

“registered dentist” means a person whose name is entered in the Register of Dentists maintained under the Dentists Act, 1928 ;

“registered medical practitioner” means a person whose name is entered in the register;

“Register of Medical Specialists” means the register referred to in section 30 of this Act;

“the Registrar” means the chief officer of the Council;

“retention fee” means a fee payable by a person entitled to be registered in any register maintained by the Council for the retention of his name in that register;

“temporary registration” means registration by virtue of section 29 of this Act and “temporarily registered” shall be construed accordingly.