Medical Practitioners Act 2007

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Visiting EEA practitioners providing services on temporary and occasional basis.

F109[50.—(1) Where a medical practitioner complies with the requirements of Part 4 and Regulation 85 of the Regulations of 2017, F110[and has provided evidence, in the manner specified by rules (if any) made under section 11(2)(va), that the minimum level of indemnity (if any) applicable to that practitioner is in place, the Council shall]—

(a) temporarily register the practitioner in the Visiting EEA Practitioners Division, and

(b) enter in the register the particulars contained in the practitioner’s declaration made pursuant to Regulation 13 of the Regulations of 2017,

and may revoke such temporary registration in accordance with Regulation 12(6) of the Regulations of 2017.

(2) A visiting EEA practitioner may advertise his or her services as a medical practitioner.

(3) A visiting EEA practitioner shall not practise medicine in the State F110[unless he or she has provided evidence in accordance with this section that the minimum level of indemnity (if any) applicable to that practitioner is in place and unless the practice is] in accordance with a declaration made by the practitioner under Regulation 13 of the Regulations of 2017 or in a case of urgency.]

Annotations

Amendments:

F109

Substituted (17.01.2017) by European Union (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 8 of 2017), reg. 95(i), in effect as per reg. 2.

F110

Substituted (6.11.2017) by Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2017 (10/2017), s. 8, S.I. No. 481 of 2017.

Editorial Notes:

E58

Rules made pursuant to the provisions of section and ss. 11, 43-44, 46-49, 51 and 56 for the purpose of specifying the particulars to be contained in the Register of Medical Practitioners (28.04.2009) by Medical Council Rules Specifying Particulars to be Contained in the Register of Medical Practitioners (S.I. No. 592 of 2009).

E59

Previous affecting provisions: rules made under s. 11 for purposes of section (16.03.2009) by Medical Council - Registration Rules 2009 VF2 (S.I. No. 591 of 2009); revoked (1.01.2011) by Medical Council - Registrations Rules V3 2010 (S.I. No. 688 of 2010).