The Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board (Fees) Rules Order 2006

Statutory Instruments

2006 No. 515

HEALTH CARE AND ASSOCIATED PROFESSIONS

DOCTORS

The Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board (Fees) Rules Order 2006

Made

28th February 2006

Laid before Parliament

3rd March 2006

Coming into force

1st April 2006

The Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board have made the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board (Fees) Rules 2006 (“the Rules”) as set out in the Schedule to this Order.

In accordance with article 25(2) of the General and Specialist Medical Practice (Education, Training and Qualifications) Order 2003(1) (“the Order”) such Rules shall not come into force until approved by the Secretary of State.

In accordance with article 25(2) of the Order the Secretary of State has consulted the Scottish Ministers, the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety in Northern Ireland and the National Assembly for Wales.

Having considered the Rules, the Secretary of State approves them.

This Order may be cited as the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board (Fees) Rules Order 2006 and shall come into force on 1st April 2006.

The Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board (Fees) Rules Order 2005(2) is revoked.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Warner

Minister of State,

Department of Health

28th February 2006

SCHEDULE The Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board (Fees) Rules 2006

The Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board makes the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by articles 24 and 25(1) of the General and Specialist Medical Practice (Education, Training and Qualifications) Order 2003.

Citation, commencement and application

1.—(1) These Rules may be cited as the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board (Fees) Rules 2006 and shall come into force on 1st April 2006.

(2) These Rules shall apply in respect of any Application or Re-submitted Application submitted to the Board on or after 1st April 2006.

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Rules—

“Application” includes the processing of, and the making of a determination in respect of, the application;

“Oral Appeal” means an appeal determined after an oral hearing;

“Order” means the General and Specialist Medical Practice (Education, Training and Qualifications) Order 2003;

“Original Decision” means a decision of the Board under article 8(1), article 11(6) or article 14(10) which is not a Subsequent Decision;

“relevant date” has the meaning given to it in paragraph 1(b) of Schedule 8 to the Order;

“Re-submitted Application” means an application submitted by a person to the Board pursuant to—

(a)

article 8(1) where the Board has previously issued to that person an Original Decision under that article;

(b)

article 11(3), where the Board has previously issued to that person an Original Decision under article 11(6); or

(c)

article 14(4) or (5), where the Board has previously issued to that person an Original Decision under article 14(10),

where that application is received by the Board within the period of three years beginning with the date of the Board’s Original Decision, regardless of whether that application includes a request for a statement of eligibility for registration pursuant to article 11(7) or 14(11);

“Review” means a review of—

(a)

an Original or a Subsequent Decision; or

(b)

a decision of the Board in respect of an application for a certificate of acquired rights under article 12(3) of the Order,

as provided for in the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board (Award of Certificates) Rules 2005(3);

“Subsequent Decision” means a decision of the Board under article 8(1), article 11(6) or article 14(10) made pursuant to a Re-submitted Application; and

“Written Appeal” means an appeal determined without an oral hearing.

(2) Any reference in these Rules to a numbered article is a reference to the article bearing that number in the Order.

Fees to be charged by the Board

3.  In respect of each function identified in column 2 of the table in the Schedule, the Board shall charge a fee of the applicable amount set out in the corresponding entry in column 3 of that table.

Revocation

4.  The Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board (Fees) Rules 2005 is revoked.

SCHEDULE

(1)	(2) Service provided by the Board	(3) Fee payable	(4) Relevant article of the Order
1.	Application for the award of a CCT in a speciality listed in Schedule 3 to the Order, including pursuant to the competent authority functions of the Board.	£500 £200 in respect of a Re-submitted Application or a Review	article 8(1), article 8(4) and article 20(3)(a)
2.	Application for the award of a CCT in general practice.	£500 £200 in respect of a Re-submitted Application or a Review	article 8(1) and article 8(4)
3.	Application for a determination that training or qualifications, or both when considered together, are equivalent to a CCT in general practice, including issuing a statement of eligibility for registration if so requested.	£950 £600 in respect of a Re-submitted Application or a Review	article 11(3) and article 11(7)
4.	Application for a certificate of acquired rights to practise as a general practitioner.	£250 £125 in respect of a Review	article 12(3)
5.	Application for a determination that an applicant has a particular expertise in a field within a speciality which is not made at the same time as an application referred to in entry 1, 2, 3, 6 or 7.	£250	article 13(4)(b) and (5)
6.	Application for a determination that specialist training or specialist qualifications in a speciality listed in Schedule 3 to the Order, or both when considered together, are equivalent to a CCT in the speciality in question, including issuing a statement of eligibility for registration if so requested.	£950 £600 in respect of a Re-submitted Application or a Review	article 14(4) and article 14(11)
7.	Application for a determination that—
	(a) specialist training undertaken or specialist qualifications awarded outside the United Kingdom in a medical speciality not listed in Schedule 3 to the Order; or	£950 £600 in respect of a Re-submitted Application or a Review	article 14(5) and article 14(11)
	(b) knowledge of or experience in a medical speciality derived from academic or research work has given a person a level of knowledge and skill consistent with practice as a consultant in the National Health Service including issuing a statement of eligibility for registration if so requested.
8.	Application for a duplicate copy of any certificate issued by the STA, the JCPTGP or the Board.	£75	article 24(1)
9.	Application for a certificate relating to training in the United Kingdom in certain specialities.	£150	article 20(1)(b)
10.	Application for a certificate to a person holding specialist qualifications not satisfying the requirements of the Directive, awarded following training begun before the relevant date referred to in article 15(2), by the United Kingdom, or where the person holding that qualification has practised that speciality in the United Kingdom.	£250	article 20(3)(b)
11.	Application for a certificate of fulfilment of Directive training requirements in respect of qualifications which do not conform with the designations set out in the Directive.	£150	article 20(3)(c)
12.	Application to an Appeal Panel for the determination of an appeal against a decision of the Board.	£1400 (Written Appeal) £2100 (Oral Appeal)	article 21(1)
13.	Application for a CCST in accordance with article 6 of the ESMQO 1995 where a person has applied to the STA for a CCST and the application has not been determined before the relevant date (unless the fee prescribed by the STA has previously been paid to the STA in respect of that application).	£250	Paragraph 11(a) of Schedule 8 to the Order
14.	Application for the determination of an appeal against a refusal by the Board to award a CCST in accordance with article 13(1) of the ESMQO 1995.	£700 (Written Appeal) £1400 (Oral Appeal)	Paragraph 11(b) of Schedule 8 to the Order
15.	Application for a determination of eligibility for entry to the specialist register in accordance with article 9(2) or (3) of the ESMQO 1995 where a person has applied to the STA and the application has not been determined before the relevant date (unless the fee prescribed by the STA has previously been paid to the STA).	£950	Paragraph 12(a) of Schedule 8 to the Order
16.	Application for the determination of any appeal against a decision of the Board under article 9(2) or (3) of the ESMQO 1995.	£700 (Written Appeal) £1400 (Oral Appeal)	Paragraph 12(b) of Schedule 8 to the Order
17.	Application for the determination of an appeal against a decision of the STA, lodged before the relevant date, to be determined in accordance with the relevant article of the ESMQO 1995 (unless the fee prescribed by the STA has previously been paid to the STA in respect of that application).	£700 (Written Appeal) £1400 (Oral Appeal)	Paragraph 14 of Schedule 8 to the Order
18.	Application for a statement of training, qualifications and experience in respect of which a certificate has been issued by the Board, the STA or the JCPTGP.	£150	article 24(1)

Peter Rubin

Chairman of the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board

This 27th day of February 2006

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, which is made under the General and Specialist Medical Practice (Education, Training and Qualifications) Order 2003, approve Rules made by the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board (“the Board”).

The Rules specify fees that are payable to the Board in respect of the exercise by the Board of certain of its functions. The functions in respect of which fees are payable include—

(a) issuing Certificate of Training for general practitioners and specialists;

(b) applications to the Board to determine whether certain persons not holding Certificates of Completion of Training have met particular standards of equivalence; and

(c) appeals against the Board’s decisions.

(1)

S.I. 2003/1250; relevant amending S.Is are 2005/1872, 2004/865, 1947, 2261 and 3038 and S.R 2004/156.

(2)

S.I. 2005/1872.

(3)

The Rules are available from the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board’s website – www.pmetb.org.uk.