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31 Requirement of suitable experience.E+W+S

[F1(1)Regulations under section 29B must secure that a medical practitioner is not nominated or approved by a [F2Primary Care Trust or] Health Authority for appointment to fill a vacancy unless he is suitably experienced.]

(2)For the purposes of this section a medical practitioner is “suitably experienced” if, but only if, he either—

(a)has acquired the prescribed medical experience, or

(b)is by virtue of regulations made under section 32 below exempt from the need to have acquired that experience, and “medical experience” includes hospital experience in any specialty.

Textual Amendments

F1S. 31(1) substituted (10.12.1998) by 1997 c. 46, s. 32(3); S.I. 1998/2840, art. 2(3), Sch.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1S. 31 applied (28.11.1997) by 1997 c. 46, s. 2(4); S.I. 1997/2620, art. 2(2)

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