Change 1 Article Choose an article Title and introductory text 1 The General Medical Council. 2 Registration of medical practitioners. 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. 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. 29A Regulations as to licence to practise and revalidation 29B Grant, refusal and withdrawal of licence 29C Dealing with questions as to impairment of fitness to practise 29D Restoration of licence 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 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 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 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 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 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 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. SCHEDULE 1 The General Medical Council and its Committees, and the Branch Councils SCHEDULE 3 Registration: Supplementary Provisions SCHEDULE 3A Registration and Training Appeals SCHEDULE 3B Licence to Practise and Revalidation: Appeals SCHEDULE 4 Proceedings before the Investigation Committee, Medical Practitioners Tribunals and Interim Orders Tribunals SCHEDULE 5 Consequential Amendments of Enactments SCHEDULE 6 Transitional and Saving Provisions SCHEDULE 7
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48 Certificates invalid if not signed by fully registered medical practitioners who hold licences to practise.
A certificate required by any enactment, whether passed before or after the commencement of this Act, from any physician, surgeon, licentiate in medicine and surgery or other medical practitioner shall not be valid unless the person signing it is fully registered and holds a licence to practise.
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48 Certificates invalid if not signed by fully registered medical practitioners who hold licences to practise.
A certificate required by any enactment, whether passed before or after the commencement of this Act, from any physician, surgeon, licentiate in medicine and surgery or other medical practitioner shall not be valid unless the person signing it is fully registered and holds a licence to practise.
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