C27

Prospective affecting provision: section inserted by Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), s. 89, not commenced as of date of revision.

F71[36M. (1) A relevant person may make an application to the Council, accompanied by the appropriate fee, to be registered in the register.

(2) The Council shall determine an application under subsection (1) from a relevant person by registering the person if—

(a) the person satisfies the Council that he or she has a knowledge of either the English language or the Irish language necessary for practising medicine in the State,

(b) the person satisfies the Council that he or she is a fit and proper person to practise medicine in the State, and

(c) rules made under section 11 apply to the person, the person satisfies the Council that he or she complies with the rules.

(3) The Council may, by notice in writing given to a relevant person who has made an application under subsection (1), request the person to give the Council, within the period specified in the notice, such further information as the Council may require in order to determine the application.]