Medical Practitioners Act 2007

Registration of medical practitioners — general.

45.— (1) A medical practitioner may make an application to the Council, accompanied by the appropriate fee or fees, to be registered.

(2) Subject to subsection (3) and sections 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 53 and 54 (4), the Council shall determine an application under subsection (1) from a medical practitioner by registering the practitioner in that division of the register which is considered by the Council to be appropriate.

(3) Subject to section 44 (4)(i), the Council shall not register a medical practitioner in more than one division of the register.

(4) Subject to subsection (5), the Council shall determine an application to be registered under the terms of Directive 2005/36/EC—

(a) subject to paragraph (b), as soon as is possible after it receives all the documents required to determine the application, but

(b) in any event, not later than 3 months after the date on which it receives the last of those documents.

(5) Where the Council has a reasonable and justified doubt in relation to an application referred to in subsection (4) from a person, it may require of a competent authority of a Member State—

(a) confirmation of the authenticity of diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications issued in the Member State and referred to in Articles 21, 23 and 50 of Directive 2005/36/EC,

(b) confirmation that the person has fulfilled the minimum training requirements specified in Article 23 or, as the case requires, Article 24 or 25 of Directive 2005/36/EC.

(6) The Council shall, in considering an application referred to in subsection (4) from a person, take into account any relevant training undergone or experience gained by the person in a third country.

(7) For the avoidance of doubt, it is declared that the Council shall not register a medical practitioner pursuant to section 46 , 47 , 48 or 49 unless the practitioner has made an application under subsection (1).