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Medical Act 1983

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4Qualifying examinations and primary United Kingdom qualifications

(1)Subject to the provisions of this Part of this Act, a qualifying examination for the purposes of this Part of this Act is an examination held by any of the bodies or combinations of bodies specified in subsection (2) below for the purpose of granting one or more primary United Kingdom qualifications.

(2)The bodies and combinations of bodies entitled to hold qualifying examinations are—

(a)any of the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, London, Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield, Newcastle, Bristol, Nottingham, Southampton, Leicester, Wales, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Dundee or the Queen's University of Belfast or a combination of any two or more of the universities specified in this paragraph;

(b)a combination of the Royal College of Physicians of London and the Royal College of Surgeons of England;

(c)a combination of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow;

(d)the Society of Apothecaries of London;

(e)with the approval and under the directions of the Education Committee, a combination of any two or more of the bodies specified in paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) above.

(3)In this Act "primary United Kingdom qualification" means any of the following qualifications, namely—

(a)the degree of bachelor of medicine or bachelor of surgery granted by any university in the United Kingdom ;

(b)licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of London or the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh or the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh or the Royal College (formerly Royal Faculty) of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow;

(c)membership of the Royal College of Surgeons of England;

(d)licentiate in medicine and surgery of the Society of Apothecaries of London.

(4)Any two or more of the universities and other bodies specified in subsection (3) above may, with the approval and under the directions of the Education Committee, unite or cooperate in conducting examinations held for the purpose of granting primary United Kingdom qualifications.

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