C37

Prospective affecting provision: section inserted by Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), s. 96, not commenced as of date of revision.

F94[44A.—(1) A person may make an application to the Council, accompanied by the appropriate fee—

(a) for the recognition of a qualification, held by that person, as a general qualification, or

(b) for the recognition of a qualification, held by that person, as a specialist qualification.

(2) The Council shall recognise the qualification, the subject of an application under subsection (1)(a), as a general qualification if the Council is satisfied that the qualification meets the requirements for recognition under section 44B.

(3) The Council shall recognise the qualification, the subject of an application under subsection (1)(b), as a specialist qualification if the Council is satisfied that the qualification meets the requirements for recognition under section 44C.

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