Part III Registration of Persons Qualifying Overseas

F121BFull registration of persons with an overseas qualification

(1)

Where a person satisfies the Registrar—

(a)

that he holds, or has passed all the qualifying examinations necessary for obtaining, an acceptable overseas qualification;

(b)

that he possesses the knowledge, skills and experience necessary for practising as a fully registered medical practitioner in the United Kingdom;

(c)

that his fitness to practise is not impaired; F2...

(d)

unless he is an exempt person, that he has the necessary knowledge of English, F3and

(e)

that, where—

(i)

the person is an exempt person,

(ii)

his acceptable overseas qualification was, or would have been, granted otherwise than in a relevant European State, and

(iii)

that qualification, or the person's having passed those examinations, has not previously been accepted by a relevant European State as qualifying the person to practise as a medical practitioner in that State,

that qualification is, or would have been, evidence of medical training which satisfies the requirements of article 24(1), (2) and (3)(a), (b) and (c) of the Directive (basic medical training),

that person shall, if the General Council think fit so to direct, be registered under this section as a fully registered medical practitioner.

(2)

In this Act, an “acceptable overseas qualification” means any qualification granted outside the United Kingdom, where that qualification is for the time being accepted by the General Council as qualifying a person to practise as a medical practitioner in the United Kingdom.