C18

Prospective affecting provision: section inserted by Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), s. 88, not commenced as of date of revision, as amended by Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2023 (14/2023), s. 13(1)(a)-(e), not commenced as of date of revision, to be commenced as per s. 13(2).

F59[36D.—F60[(1)] A qualification held by a person meets the requirements for recognition as a qualification (in this Act referred to as an "intern qualification") for the purposes of registering that person if the person—

F61[(a) has been awarded a degree in consequence of the completion, wholly or mainly in the State, of a programme of medical education and training approved under section 88(2)(a)(i)(I),]

(b) has been awarded a qualification—

F61[(i) arising from a course of study completed wholly or mainly in a Member State, and]

(ii) which is not recognised as a qualification under Part 7 of the Regulations of 2017 but would be so recognised under Directive 2005/36/EC by the person’s home Member State (within the meaning of Regulation 3(1) of the Regulations of 2017) if the person were granted a F61[certificate of experience, or]]

F60[(c) has been awarded a medical degree—

(i) completed wholly or mainly in the United Kingdom, and

(ii) which meets the relevant criteria set for assessing applications by persons for entry in the register of interns specified in rules made under section 11.]

F60[(2) In this section, "United Kingdom" means—

(a) the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,

(b) the Channel Islands, and

(c) the Isle of Man.]