C38

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, as amended by Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2023 (14/2023), s. 14(1), not commenced as of date of revision, to be commenced as per s. 14(2).

F95[44B.—F96[(1) Subject to subsection (2), a qualification held by a person meets the requirements for recognition as a qualification (in this Act referred to as a "general qualification") for the purposes of registering that person in the General Division if the person—

(a) has an approved medical degree and—

(i) has passed an examination specified in rules made under section 11 for the purposes of this subparagraph,

(ii) is exempted from subparagraph (i) by virtue of falling within a ground, specified in rules made under section 11 for the purposes of this subparagraph, for such an exemption,

(iii) has been granted a certificate of experience, or

(iv) subject to rules made under section 11 for the purposes of this subparagraph, has been granted a document which, in the opinion of the Council, is at least the equivalent of a certificate of experience, or

(b) has evidence of a formal qualification in basic medical training completed in a Member State and specified in point 5.1.1 of Annex V to Directive 2005/36/EC.]

(2) Subject to Regulations 82 and 83 of the Regulations of 2017, evidence of a formal qualification in basic medical training recognised—

(a) in accordance with Regulation 10 or 21 of those Regulations,

(b) under Regulation 30(1) of those Regulations, or

(c) under Part 14 of those Regulations,

is a general qualification for the purposes of this Act.]