Medical Practitioners Act 2007

Medical practitioners to be registered in General Division.

46.— The Council shall register in the General Division a medical practitioner (other than a visiting EEA practitioner)—

(a) who is not able to be registered—

(i) in the Specialist Division pursuant to section 47 , or

(ii) in the Trainee Specialist Division pursuant to section 48 or 49 ,

and

(b) who—

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

(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 exemption,

(iii) is a national of a Member State who has been awarded a qualification in medicine or a certificate of acquired rights by a competent body or authority designated for that purpose by a Member State, pursuant to Directive 2005/36/EC, or

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