Paragraph 15 Amendments to the Medical Act 1983I1
United Kingdom
In section 55 (interpretation)f1, in subsection (1), at the appropriate places, insert—
““adaptation period” means a period of practice, subject to an assessment and, where necessary, accompanied by further training, which is supervised by a fully registered medical practitioner;”;
““aptitude test” means an assessment, with the aim of determining whether a specified state professional has the knowledge, skills and experience that the General Council consider to be required for practising as a fully registered medical practitioner;”;
““specified state professional” means a person who holds a specified state qualification;”;
““specified state qualification” means a medical qualification granted in one of the states specified in Schedule 1 to the Recognition of Professional Qualifications and Implementation of International Recognition Agreements (Amendment) Regulations 2023;”.
Annotations
Commencement
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Sch. 3 para. 15 in force at 1.12.2023, see reg. 1
Footnotes
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Section 55 was renumbered as section 55(1) by S.I. 1996/1591, and amended by paragraph 23 of Schedule 19 to the Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12) and S.I. 1996/1591, 2002/3135, 2006/1914, 2007/3101, 2008/1774, 2010/234, 2014/1101, 2015/794, 2016/1030, 2019/419 and 593. There are other amendments to section 55 but none is relevant to these Regulations.