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

Application of Parts 7, 8 and 9 to interns and adapters

108. The Act of 2007 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 56A:

“56B. In this Part and in Parts 8 and 9, and notwithstanding the definition of ‘registered medical practitioner’ in section 2—

(a) a reference to a registered medical practitioner shall be construed as including a reference to an intern and an adapter, and

(b) a reference to the register shall be construed as including a reference to the register of interns and the register of adapters,

and the provision of this Part and of Parts 8 and 9 shall, with all necessary modifications, be construed accordingly.”.