The Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Order of Council 2010

General practitioners eligible for entry in the General Practitioner Register U.K.

4.—(1) Persons are eligible general practitioners for the purposes of article 3(1)(a) if they are exempt persons and hold any of the following issued in a relevant European State other than the United Kingdom—

(a) a qualification in general practice listed in Annex V, point 5.1.4 of the Directive, together with the corresponding professional title;

(b) a certificate of acquired rights; or

(c) a qualification in general practice which is not listed in Annex V, point 5.1.4 of the Directive, if that qualification—

(i) is accompanied by a certificate of a competent authority of the relevant European State in which the qualification was obtained, to the effect that the qualification is evidence of training which satisfies the requirements of Article 28 of the Directive, and

(ii) is treated by that State as if it were a qualification listed in relation to that State in Annex V, point 5.1.4 of the Directive.

(2) Persons are also eligible general practitioners for the purposes of article 3(1)(a) if they hold—

(a) a certificate of prescribed experience; or

(b) a certificate of equivalent experience,

which was issued under previous legislation, either by the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board or by the Joint Committee on Postgraduate Training for General Practice.

(3) Persons are also eligible general practitioners for the purposes of article 3(1)(a) if they were exempt from the need to have acquired the prescribed experience by virtue of paragraph (1)(a), (b), (c), (d) or (f) of regulation 5 (exemptions) of—

(a) the National Health Service (Vocational Training for General Medical Practice) Regulations 1997 M1 ;

(b) the National Health Service (Vocational Training for General Medical Practice) (Scotland) Regulations 1998 M2 ; or

(c) the Medical Practitioners (Vocational Training) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 M3 .

(4) Subject to paragraph (5), persons are also eligible general practitioners for the purposes of article 3(1)(a) if they do not fall within paragraph (1), (2) or (3) but have—

(a) undertaken training in general practice; or

(b) been awarded qualifications in general practice,

and the Registrar is satisfied that that training is, or those qualifications are, or both when considered together are, equivalent to a CCT in general practice.

(5) If a person falling within paragraph (4)(a) or (b) is an exempt person and holds a qualification in general practice which—

(a) was granted otherwise than in a relevant European State, and

(b) has not previously been accepted by a relevant European State as qualifying that person to practise as a general practitioner in that State,

the Registrar must, before determining that the qualification is equivalent to a CCT in general practice, also be satisfied that the qualification in general practice is evidence of training that meets, or under Article 22(a) of the Directive is to be treated as meeting, the requirements of Article 28 of the Directive.

(6) If a person falling within paragraph (4)(a) or (b)—

(a) is an exempt person and holds a qualification in general practice which—

(i) was granted otherwise than in a relevant European State, but

(ii) has been accepted by a relevant European State, other than the United Kingdom, as qualifying that person to practise as a general practitioner in that State; or

(b) has acquired experience or knowledge in general practice, wherever obtained,

the Registrar shall take account of that acceptance or of that experience or knowledge, when determining the equivalence of the training or qualifications to a CCT in general practice for the purposes of paragraph (4).

(7) In paragraph (1)(b), “certificate of acquired rights” means a certificate issued under Article 30(1) of the Directive to the effect that its holder has an acquired right to practice as a general practitioner under the national social security scheme of the issuing State without the evidence of formal qualifications of a general practitioner referred to in Annex V, point 5.1.4 of the Directive.

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I.1997/2817; relevant amendments made by S.I.1998/669. Those Regulations are revoked by S.I.2003/1250.

M2 S.I.1998/5; relevant amendments made by S.I.1998/669 and S.S.I.2000/23. Those Regulations are revoked by S.I.2003/1250.

M3 S.R. 1998 No.13. Those Regulations are revoked by S.I.2003/1250.