Section 12 Partial exemptionF1

United Kingdom

(1)

F2Where a person has made an application before IP completion day for inclusion in the General Practitioner Register kept under section 34C of the Act, or the Specialist Register kept under section 34D of the Act, the Registrar may exempt the person from a requirement to complete part (“the relevant part”) of a specialist training course in the United Kingdom if the conditions in paragraph (2) are satisfied.

(2)

The conditions are that—

(a)

the person has F3before IP completion day already completed the equivalent of the relevant part, whilst completing a specialist training course in a relevant European State and in respect of which the person obtained a qualification; and

(b)

the relevant part does not equate to more than half of the minimum duration of the specialist training course in respect of which the exemption is to apply.

(3)

In this article, “specialist training course” means a course listed in Annex V, point 5.1.3 of the Directive.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Arts. 12, 13 inserted (18.11.2016) by The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1030), regs. 1, 16 (with reg. 155)
F2: Words in art. 12(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/593), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 47(2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1394, regs. 1(2), 8(2)) (with reg. 12A, Sch. 1 Pt. 2 (as amended by S.I. 2020/1394, regs. 4, 9)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3: Words in art. 12(2)(a) inserted (31.12.2020) by The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/593), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 47(3) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1394, regs. 1(2), 8(2)) (with reg. 12A, Sch. 1 Pt. 2 (as amended by S.I. 2020/1394, regs. 4, 9)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)