# The General and Specialist Medical Practice (Education, Training and Qualifications) Order 2003 (revoked) S.I. 2003/1250 · made 8 May 2003 · revised to 1 April 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/general-and-specialist-medical-practice-education-training-and-qualifications-order-2003-revoked/pdf/uksi_20031250_en.pdf ## Introductory text HEALTH CARE AND ASSOCIATED PROFESSIONS DOCTORS Made 8th May 2003 Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2) and (3) At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 8th day of May 2003 Present, The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: GENERAL ## 1 Citation and commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 2: THE BOARD AND ITS COMMITTEES ## 3 The Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board and its committees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: EDUCATION AND TRAINING ## 4 Education and training leading to the award of a Certificate of Completion of Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Minimum requirements for general practice training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Minimum requirements for specialist training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Visiting panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Award and withdrawal of a Certificate of Completion of Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Information to be provided to the Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: THE REGISTERS ## 10 The General Practitioner Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 General practitioners eligible for entry in the General Practitioner Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Acquired rights of general practitioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 The Specialist Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Specialists eligible for entry in the Specialist Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Recognised specialist qualifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Decisions on inclusion in the Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Access to the Registers etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Removal and suspension from the Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 5: THE COMPETENT AUTHORITIES FOR CERTAIN EEA PURPOSES ## 19 Specific training in general practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Specialist qualifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 6: APPEALS ## 21 Appeal to an Appeal Panel against a decision of the Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Appeal to a court or sheriff against a decision of an Appeal Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Appeals against decisions on inclusion in the Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 7: MISCELLANEOUS ## 24 Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Rules and orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Default powers of the Secretary of State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Annual reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Review of the Board’s exercise of its functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Accounts of the Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Amendment to the Medical Act and the Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Extent, transitional, transitory, saving and consequential provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1: INTERPRETATION ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2: THE POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING BOARD AND ITS STATUTORY COMMITTEES ### Part 1: THE BOARD ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 2: THE STATUTORY COMMITTEES ## 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3: SPECIALTIES IN WHICH THE UK AWARDS A CCT, AND ANY MINIMUM TRAINING PERIODS ### Part 1: SPECIALTIES WITH MINIMUM TRAINING PERIODS ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 OTHER SPECIALTIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4: TEXT OF ARTICLES 30, 31(1) AND 34 OF THE DIRECTIVE ## Article 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 Article 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 5: TEXT OF ANNEX I TO THE DIRECTIVE ### Part: Characteristics of the Full-Time and Part-Time Training of Specialists as Referred to in Articles 24(1)(C) and 25 ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 6: ACQUIRED RIGHTS OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 7 SPECIALIST QUALIFICATIONS AWARDED IN EEA STATES OTHER THAN THE UNITED KINGDOM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 8: TRANSITIONAL, TRANSITORY AND SAVING PROVISIONS ### Part 1: THE ESMQO 1995 AND THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING REGULATIONS ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 General practitioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 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20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 2: THE GENERAL PRACTITIONER REGISTER ## 21 General practitioners permitted to work within the National Health Service during the transitional period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 3: THE MEDICAL ACT 1983 (AMENDMENT) ORDER 2002 ## 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 4: TRANSFER OF STAFF, RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES ## 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 9: CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS TO PRIMARY LEGISLATION ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 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9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 REVOCATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1250 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-and-specialist-medical-practice-education-training-and-qualifications-order-2003-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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