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3. Registration by virtue of primary United Kingdom or primary European qualifications.
4. Qualifying examinations and primary United Kingdom qualifications.
5. General functions of the General Council in relation to medical education in the United Kingdom.
10. Experience required for full registration by virtue of primary United Kingdom qualifications.
10B.Professional traineeships carried out in ... relevant European States, etc.
14. Alternative requirements as to experience in certain cases.
14A.Full registration of EEA nationals etc without certain acquired rights certificates
17. Primary qualifications obtained in other relevant European States.
18.Visiting medical practitioners from relevant European States
18A.Temporary registration with regard to emergencies involving loss of human life or human illness etc.
Part III Registration of Persons Qualifying Overseas
19.Full registration of EEA nationals etc. by virtue of overseas primary qualifications etc.
19A.Full registration of EEA nationals etc by virtue of overseas qualifications accepted by a relevant European State ...
20.Experience required for full registration by virtue of recognised overseas qualifications.
21.Provisional registration of EEA nationals etc. with certain overseas qualifications.
21A.Full registration for eligible specialists and qualified general practitioners
21B.Full registration of persons with an overseas qualification
21BA.Further provision relating to the registration of specified state professionals
21C.Provisional registration of persons with an overseas qualification
22.Limited registration of persons by virtue of overseas qualifications.
27.Temporary full registration for visiting overseas specialists.
PART IIIA LICENCE TO PRACTISE AND REVALIDATION
PART 4A POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING
34E.Applications for inclusion in the General Practitioner Register or the Specialist Register
34F.Removal of names from the General Practitioner Register and the Specialist Register
34H.Postgraduate medical education and training: general functions
34L.Award and withdrawal of a Certificate of Completion of Training
Part V Fitness to Practise and Medical Ethics
35.General Council’s power to advise on conduct, performance or ethics
35A.General Council’s power to require disclosure of information
40B.Appeal under section 40A: role of Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care
41B. Interim orders made by committees other than the Interim Orders Committee
42. Preliminary proceedings as to professional misconduct and unfitness to practise.
43.Proceedings before the Investigation Committee, Medical Practitioners Tribunals and Interim Orders Tribunals
44. Effect of disqualification in another relevant European State on registration in the United Kingdom.
44A.Effect of disqualification or conviction on registration
44B.Provision of information in respect of fitness to practise matters
44BA.Fitness to practise of exempt persons: sufficient evidence
45.Disciplinary provisions affecting practitioners who render services while visiting the United Kingdom
SCHEDULES
The General Medical Council and its Committees, and the Branch Councils
Part II Incidental Powers and Duties and Proceedings of the General Medical Council
Visiting medical practitioners from relevant European states
Directive 2005/36: functions of the General Council under section 49B(3)
Transitional and Saving Provisions
1.Where any period of time specified in an enactment repealed...
2.Where, apart from this paragraph, anything done under or for...
3.Notwithstanding the repeal by this Act of section 57(3) of...
6.References in any enactment, instrument or other document passed or...
7.References (however worded) to the general register kept for the...
9.A person who immediately before the commencement of section 11...
10.Any reference to infamous conduct in any professional respect in...
11.(1) In any enactment passed before 1st January 1979 the...
12.Any direction given or order made under sections 32 to...
13.Any reference in any instrument to the Disciplinary Committee or...
14.Nothing in the transfer of functions which was effected by...
15.In relation to any person who was provisionally registered under...
16.The decisions within section 29(2) of this Act shall include...
18.Until provision is made with respect to proceedings before the...
21.The re-enactment in paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 1 to this...
23.(1) Nothing in this Act shall affect the registration of...
24.(1) Where immediately before the commencement of this Act paragraph...
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