Medical Act 1983
Medical Act 1983 (1983 c. 54)
- Medical Act 1983 (1983 c. 54)
- Part I Preliminary
- The General Medical Council
- 1 The General Medical Council.
- 2 Registration of medical practitioners.
- Part II Medical Education and Registration: Persons Qualifying in the United Kingdom and Elsewhere in the EEC.
- 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.
- 6 Further powers of the General Council.
- 7 Power to appoint visitors of medical schools.
- 8 Power to add further qualifying examinations.
- 9 Powers of Privy Council where standards not maintained.
- 10 Experience required for full registration by virtue of primary United Kingdom qualifications.
- 10A Programmes for provisionally registered doctors
- 10B. Professional traineeships carried out in ... relevant European States, etc.
- 11 Provisions supplementary to s. 10, etc.
- 12 Special provisions as to employment in health centres.
- 13 Power to appoint visitors of approved hospitals.
- 14 Alternative requirements as to experience in certain cases.
- 14A Full registration of EEA nationals etc without certain acquired rights certificates
- 15 Provisional registration.
- 15A Provisional registration for EEA nationals etc
- 16 Registration of qualifications.
- 17 Primary qualifications obtained in ...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.
- 23 Limited registration: supplementary provisions.
- 24 Limited registration: erasure.
- 25 Full registration of persons with limited registration.
- 26 Registration of qualifications.
- 27A Temporary registration for visiting eminent specialists
- 27B Special purpose registration
- 27 Temporary full registration for visiting overseas specialists.
- 28 The Review Board for Overseas Qualified Practitioners.
- 29 Functions of the Review Board.
- PART IIIA LICENCE TO PRACTISE AND REVALIDATION
- Duty of General Council to make regulations
- 29A Regulations as to licence to practise and revalidation
- Grant, refusal and withdrawal of licence
- 29B Grant, refusal and withdrawal of licence
- 29C Dealing with questions as to impairment of fitness to practise
- Restoration of licence
- 29D Restoration of licence
- Supplementary provisions
- 29E Evidence
- 29EA. Disclosure by a licensing authority of information relating to revalidation
- 29F Appeals
- 29G Guidance
- 29GA Information for specified state professionals
- 29H Notices
- 29J Miscellaneous
- Part IV General Provisions Concerning Registration
- 30 The registers.
- 30A. The register: emergency powers doctors list
- 31 Power to make regulations with respect to the registers.
- 31A Voluntary removal from ... any of the registers.
- 32 Registration fees.
- 33 Supplementary provisions about registration.
- 34 Publication of the registers
- 34A Proof of registration
- 34B Registration and training appeals
- PART 4A POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING
- 34C The General Practitioner Register
- 34D The Specialist Register
- 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
- 34G Acquired rights of general practitioners
- 34H Postgraduate medical education and training: general functions
- 34I Postgraduate medical education and training: approvals
- 34J Minimum requirements for general practice training
- 34K Minimum requirements for specialist training
- 34L Award and withdrawal of a Certificate of Completion of Training
- 34M Visitors
- 34N Power to require information
- 34O Fees
- 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
- 35B Notification and disclosure by the General Council
- 35C Functions of the Investigation Committee
- 35CC Provisions supplementary to section 35C
- 35D Functions of a Medical Practitioners Tribunal
- 35E Provisions supplementary to section 35D
- 36 Professional misconduct and criminal offences.
- 36A Professional performance.
- 37 Unfitness to practise through illness, etc.
- 38 Power to order immediate suspension etc.
- 39 Fraud or error in relation to registration
- 40 Appeals...
- 40A. Appeals by General Council
- 40B. Appeal under section 40A: role of Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care
- 41 Restoration of names to the register.
- 41A Interim Orders
- 41B Interim orders made by committees other than the Interim Orders Committee
- 41C Effect of directions or orders on a licence to practise
- 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 ...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
- 44C Indemnity arrangements
- 44D Approved practice settings
- 45 Disciplinary provisions affecting practitioners who render services while visiting the United Kingdom
- Part 5A Responsible Officers
- 45A Requirement to nominate or appoint responsible officer
- 45B Responsibilities of responsible officer
- 45C Regulations under section 45A: further provisions
- 45D Crown application
- 45E Regulations under section 45A: supplementary provisions
- 45F Interpretation of Part 5A
- Part VI Privileges of Registered Practitioners
- 46 Recovery of fees.
- 47 Appointments not to be held except by fully registered medical practitioners who hold licences to practise.
- 48 Certificates invalid if not signed by fully registered medical practitioners who hold licences to practise.
- 49 Penalty for pretending to be registered.
- 49A Penalty for pretending to hold a licence to practise
- Part VII Miscellaneous and General
- 49B The Directive: designation of competent authority etc.
- 50 Default powers of Privy Council.
- 51 Exercise of powers to make Orders in Council and other orders.
- 52 Exercise of powers of Privy Council.
- 52A Annual reports, statistical reports and strategic plans
- 52B. Annual reports of the MPTS
- 53 Proof of certain instruments.
- 54 Saving for certain occupations.
- 55 Interpretation.
- 56 Consequential amendments, repeals, transitional provisions and savings.
- 57 Short title, commencement and extent.
- SCHEDULES
- SCHEDULE 1 The General Medical Council and its Committees, and the Branch Councils
- Part 1 Constitution of the General Medical Council
- Membership: general
- Matters for the order of the Privy Council under section 1(2)
- Registration of members’ private interests
- Part II Incidental Powers and Duties and Proceedings of the General Medical Council
- Incidental powers and duties
- Proceedings of the General Council
- Officers of the General Council
- Financial provisions
- Part III Committees of the General Medical Council
- ...
- ...
- Registration Panels
- Registration Appeals Panels
- Investigation Committee
- ...
- Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service
- Medical Practitioners Tribunals and Interim Orders Tribunals
- Supplementary
- Part IV The Branch Councils
- SCHEDULE 2 Primary European Qualifications
- SCHEDULE 2A Visiting medical practitioners from relevant European states
- Application and interpretation
- Registration in respect of provision of occasional medical services
- Entitlement to provide occasional medical services: first year
- First provision of services: required documents
- Entitlement to provide occasional medical services after first year: renewals
- Duration of entitlement to provide occasional medical services
- Conditions
- SCHEDULE 3 Registration: Supplementary Provisions
- Preliminary
- To which registrar application to be made
- Proof of qualifications
- Proof of nationality
- Acknowledgement of applications
- Duty to deal promptly with registration applications by specified state professionals
- Time allowed for specified state professionals in relation to application process
- Issue of certificates of registration
- Entry in or alteration of a register
- Visiting medical practitioners from relevant European States
- SCHEDULE 3A Registration and Training Appeals
- Interpretation
- Appealable registration decisions
- Appealable decisions relating to postgraduate medical education and training
- Notice of appealable registration decisions
- Appeals from appealable registration decisions
- Appeals from a Registration Appeals Panel
- Notices
- Extension of time for appealing
- SCHEDULE 3B Licence to Practise and Revalidation: Appeals
- Manner of, and time for, appealing
- Extension of time for appealing
- Rules as to procedure and evidence
- References to the Investigation Committee
- Powers of Registration Appeal Panels disposing of an appeal
- Successful appeals
- Unsuccessful appeals
- Further appeal to court against determination within paragraph 7
- SCHEDULE 4 Proceedings before the Investigation Committee, Medical Practitioners Tribunals and Interim Orders Tribunals
- Procedure of and evidence before the Investigation Committee, Medical Practitioners Tribunals and Interim Orders Tribunals
- Reference and transfer of cases to the Investigation Committee
- Reference and transfer of cases to the Health Committee
- Preliminary proceedings
- Professional performance assessments and health assessments
- Knowledge of English Assessments
- Proceedings for erasure of entries fraudulently or incorrectly made
- Legal assessors
- Case managers
- Service of notifications of decisions
- Extension of time for appealing
- Taking effect of directions for erasure, suspension or conditional registration and of variations of conditions of registration
- Recording of directions for suspension or conditional registration
- Meaning of “party”
- SCHEDULE 4A Directive 2005/36: functions of the General Council under section 49B(3)
- SCHEDULE 5 Consequential Amendments of Enactments
- Mental Health Act 1959
- Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1960
- Medicines Act 1968
- Mines Act (Northern Ireland) 1969
- Nurses and Midwives Act (Northern Ireland) 1970
- Nursing Homes and Nursing Agencies Act (Northern Ireland) 1971
- Misuse of Drugs Act 1971
- Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972
- Finance Act 1972
- Poisons Act 1972
- Births and Deaths Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 1976
- Pharmacy (Northern Ireland) Order 1976
- Poisons (Northern Ireland) Order 1976
- National Health Service Act 1977
- National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978
- Interpretation Act 1978
- SCHEDULE 6 Transitional and Saving Provisions
- Part I Enactments Repealed
- Part II Revocation
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