Registration of specialists
22.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, any person —
(a)
who holds such postgraduate degrees or qualifications; or
(b)
who has gained such special knowledge of and skill and experience,
in a particular branch or branches of medicine, may apply to the Medical Council to be registered as a specialist.
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(1A) A person may be registered under subsection (1) as a specialist subject to such conditions or restrictions as the Medical Council may impose.
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(2) The Medical Council shall not register any person under subsection (1) as a specialist unless the person has obtained a certificate from the Specialists Accreditation Board under section 35.
(3) The Medical Council may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations for all or any of the following purposes:
(a)
providing for the registration of specialists in any branch of medicine;
(b)
regulating the recording in, removal from, and restoration to the Register of Specialists of the names, particulars and qualifications of persons so registered;
(c)
providing for appeals by medical practitioners against any refusal of the Medical Council to register them in the Register of Specialists or to restore their names to that Register or against any decision of the Medical Council to remove their names from that Register;
(d)
prescribing the fees payable in respect of —
(i)
any application for registration as a specialist;
(ii)
any such registration as a specialist;
(iii)
any restoration of names to the Register of Specialists; and
(iv)
any appeal.