Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020

92

Circumstances in which persons may practise medicine

92. The Act of 2007 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 38A:

“38B. (1) A person does not contravene section 37(1) if the person practises medicine only in the course of rendering first aid to another person.

(2) Subsection (3) applies to a person who is qualified to practise medicine under the law of a place outside the State and—

(a) who is in the State for a humanitarian purpose,

(b) who is a specialist in a medical specialty recognised under section 89(1) and in the State to provide medical treatment for the purpose of teaching or training in relation to that specialty, or

(c) who is in the State for the purpose of accompanying a sports team participating in a sporting event in the State.

(3) A person to whom this subsection applies does not contravene section 37(1) if the person practises medicine—

(a) relevant to a purpose referred to in subsection (2)(a), (b) or (c), and

(b) in accordance with a permit issued by the Council to that person and specifying the purpose referred to in subsection (2)(a), (b) or (c) concerned,

for not more than the period specified in that permit (being a period not exceeding 30 days).”.