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4 1978

MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS ACT, 1978

PART IV

Education and Training

CHAPTER 1

Functions of the Council

Duties of Council in relation to education and training.

35. —It shall be the duty of the Council from time to time to satisfy itself—

(a) as to the suitability of the medical education and training provided by any body in the State recognised by the Council for such purpose,

(b) as to the standards of theoretical and practical knowledge required for primary qualifications,

(c) as to the clinical training and experience required for the granting of a certificate of experience, and

(d) as to the adequacy and suitability of postgraduate education and training provided by bodies recognised by the Council for the purposes of medical specialist training.

Functions of the Council in relation to Directives adopted by the Council of the European Communities as to education and training.

36. —(1) The Council shall ensure that the requirements relating to education and training for a formal qualification shall satisfy the minimum standards specified in any Directive adopted by the Council of the European Communities relating to that qualification.

(2) The Council shall ensure that the requirements relating to education and training in specialised medicine in the State shall satisfy the minimum standards specified in any Directive adopted by the Council of the European Communities relating to such education and training.

Primary qualifications.

37. —(1) The primary qualifications granted in the State which shall entitle a person to be registered in the register shall be the qualifications specified in the Fourth Schedule to this Act.

(2) The Minister may, if he thinks fit, on the recommendation of the Council, by regulations made under this section amend the provisions of the Fourth Schedule to this Act.

Training bodies and qualifications for the purposes of the Register of Medical Specialists.

38.—(1) The Council may, from time to time with the consent of the Minister, determine the specialties which it shall recognise for the purpose of its functions under this Act.

(2) The Council may, from time to time specify, in relation to each specialty recognised by it, the titles and designations of qualifications in specialised medicine granted in the State which may be required to enable a person to secure registration in the Register of Medical Specialists.

(3) The Council shall from time to time determine, in relation to each specialty recognised by it, the body or bodies which the Council shall recognise in the State for the purpose of granting evidence of satisfactory completion of specialist training.

(4) The Council may, with the consent of the Minister, withdraw recognition from any body recognised by it pursuant to subsection (3) of this section.

(5) The specialities recognised by the Council pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall include such specialities as may be designated as applying to the State in any Directive adopted by the Council of the European Communities relating to specialised medicine.