F1PART IIIA LICENCE TO PRACTISE AND REVALIDATION
Grant, refusal and withdrawal of licence
29B Grant, refusal and withdrawal of licence
1
Regulations under section 29A above shall provide for a licence to practise to be granted to a medical practitioner—
a
on first registration under this Act as a medical practitioner with either full registration or limited registration;
b
on being provisionally registered under this Act; and
c
in such other cases or circumstances as may be prescribed.
2
Regulations under section 29A above shall provide for the withdrawal of a licence to practise from a medical practitioner—
a
where the practitioner has failed to comply with prescribed requirements of regulations under section 29A above;
b
where the licence to practise was fraudulently procured or otherwise incorrectly granted;
c
where the medical practitioner requests that the licence to practise be withdrawn; and
d
in such other cases or circumstances as may be prescribed.
3
Regulations under section 29A above shall make provision as to the procedure to be followed in connection with the grant or refusal, or the withdrawal, of a licence to practise by a licensing authority.
4
If a licensing authority decides—
a
to refuse to grant a licence to practise to a medical practitioner; or
b
to withdraw a licence to practise from a medical practitioner,
the Registrar shall give the practitioner notice in accordance with subsection (5) below.
5
The notice required by subsection (4) above is notice of—
a
the decision;
b
the reasons given for the decision by the licensing authority concerned; and
c
the practitioner’s right of appeal under section 29F below.
6
Section 29H below applies in relation to a notice under subsection (4) above.
Pt. IIIA inserted (17.12.2002 for s. 29G(1)(a)(2)(3)) by The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135), arts. 1(2)(g), 10 (with transitional provisions in Sch. 2)