Part III Registration of Persons Qualifying Overseas
27AF1Temporary registration for visiting eminent specialists
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A person who is an eminent specialist in a particular branch of medicine and who is or intends to be in the United Kingdom temporarily for the purpose of providing medical services within that branch of medicine may apply to the General Council to be registered temporarily as a fully registered medical practitioner.
2
If the person referred to in subsection (1) satisfies the Registrar—
a
that he holds, or has passed all the qualifying examinations necessary for obtaining, an acceptable overseas qualification;
b
that he is entitled to practise medicine in the State where he is ordinarily resident;
c
that he is or will be employed or engaged within the United Kingdom to provide medical services in a particular branch of medicine;
d
that he is an eminent specialist in that particular branch of medicine; and
e
that his fitness to practise is not impaired,
that person shall, if the General Council think fit so to direct, be registered under this section as a fully registered medical practitioner, subject to any conditions specified in the direction, for such period (being no more than 26 weeks) as they specify in the direction.
3
The General Council may, if they think fit so to direct, vary the conditions specified in the direction and, subject to subsection (4), may extend the period specified in the direction for which the person is registered under this section.
4
A person may not be registered under this section for more than 26 weeks in any period of five years.
5
A person’s registration under this section shall cease to have effect on the expiry of the period for which he is registered.
6
If a person breaches any condition to which his registration under this section is subject, anything done by him in breach of that condition—
a
is to be treated as not being done by a registered medical practitioner; and
b
may be treated as misconduct for the purposes of section 35C(2)(a) below, and the Registrar may refer the matter to the Investigation Committee for investigation by them under section 35C(4) below.