S.I. No. 287/2003 - Rules Made Pursuant To The Provisions of Section 25 (A) of the Medical Practitioners Act, 1978, As Inserted by The Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act, 2002

Rules made pursuant to the provisions of section 25 (A) of the Medical Practitioners Act, 1978 , as inserted by the Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act, 2002 :- Medical Council Rules of General Application prescribing period, courses of training, experience, exemptions and examinations per section 27 (2) (d) of the Act.

Dublin

Published by the Stationery Office

Rules of General Application pursuant to the provisions of Section 25 (A) of the Medical Practitioners Act, 1978 , as inserted by the Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act, 2002 .

1.         These Rules are made pursuant to the provisions of section 25 (A) of the Medical Practitioners Act, 1978 , as inserted by the Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act, 2002 for the purpose of specifying the prescribed period, the prescribed courses of training, the prescribed experience, the prescribed exemptions and the prescribed examinations referred to in section 27(2)(d) of the Medical Practitioners Act, 1978 .

2.         An applicant wishing to apply for registration under section 27 shall complete and return the application form with the documentation specified by the Medical Council and shall subject to compliance with the requirements of these Rules and the requirements of the Medical Practitioners Act, 1978 , and the Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act, 2002 be entitled to be registered.

3.         Period during which Temporary Registration is held by an Applicant

An applicant shall satisfy the Medical Council that he/she has been temporarily registered in the General Register of Medical Practitioners for a cumulative total of not less than 24 months during the prescribed period, that is the period since 1^st July 1980.

4.         Prescribed Courses of Training and Prescribed Experience

Prescribed Courses of Training

4.1       An applicant shall satisfy the Medical Council that he/she has successfully undergone the full course of training for one of the following:

4.2       The Medical Council may determine whether the course of training upon which an applicant relies, other than those listed in Rule 4.1, is equivalent to any one of the courses of training listed in Rule 4.1.

Prescribed Experience

4.3       An applicant shall satisfy the Medical Council that he/she has obtained a certificate of completion of general professional training awarded by a training body recognised by the Medical Council having been employed in the practice of medicine in one or more of the following specialties recognised by the Medical Council:

Anaesthesia

Emergency Medicine

General Practice

Medicine:

Cardiology

Clinical Genetics

Clinical Neurophysiology

Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics

Dermatology

Endocrinology and Diabetes Mellitus

Gastroenterology

General (Internal) Medicine

Genito-Urinary Medicine

Geriatric Medicine

Infectious Diseases

Medical Oncology

Nephrology

Neurology

Palliative Medicine

Respiratory Medicine

Rehabilitation Medicine

Rheumatology

Tropical Medicine

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Occupational Medicine

Ophthalmology

Pathology:

Chemical Pathology

Haematology (Clinical & Laboratory)

Histopathology

Immunology (Clinical & Laboratory)

Microbiology

Paediatrics

Psychiatry:

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Psychiatry

Psychiatry of Learning Disability

Psychiatry of Old Age

Public Health Medicine

Radiology:

Radiology

Radiation Oncology

Surgery:

Cardiothoracic Surgery

General Surgery

Neurosurgery

Ophthalmic Surgery

Oral and Maxillo Facial Surgery

Otolaryngology

Paediatric Surgery

Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery

Urology

5.         Applicants granted initial Temporary Registration Prior to 1^st January 1998

An applicant for registration under these rules, whose initial period of temporary registration began before 1^st January, 1998, and who satisfies the requirements specified in Rule 4.1 or 4.2 or 4.3, is not required to pass the Temporary Registration Assessment Scheme (otherwise known as TRAS).

6.         Prescribed Exemptions and Prescribed Examinations

Prescribed Exemptions

6.1       An applicant for registration under these Rules who was granted an initial period of temporary registration on or after 1^st January 1998 and who satisfies the requirements specified in Rule 3 and who also satisfies the requirements in Rule 4.1 or 4.2 or 4.3 and who has passed a licensing examination accepted by the Medical Council for the purpose of exemption from the TRAS or who possesses a primary qualification in medicine awarded by a university in a Member State of the European Union or one of the postgraduate qualifications listed hereunder shall be exempted from the examination prescribed in Rule 6.4:

6.2       The Medical Council may determine whether the professional qualification upon which an applicant relies, other than those listed in Rule 6.1, is equivalent to any one of the professional qualifications listed in Rule 6.1.

6.3       An applicant for registration under these Rules who was granted an initial period of temporary registration on or after 1^st January 1998 and who satisfies the requirements in Rule 3 and who also satisfies the requirements in Rule 4.1 or 4.2 or 4.3 and who has passed the Temporary Registration Assessment Scheme (TRAS), shall be exempted from the examination prescribed in Rule 6.4.

Prescribed Examinations

6.4       The prescribed examination is the Temporary Registration Assessment Scheme (otherwise known as TRAS).

Rules agreed by the Medical Council at its meeting on 30^th May 2003 and approved by the Minister for Health and Children on ______________.