The General and Specialist Medical Practice (Education, Training and Qualifications) Order 2003

Acquired rights of general practitioners

12.—(1) For the purposes of article 36(2) of the Directive (requirement for all EEA States to specify the acquired rights that it recognises for the purpose of exercising general medical practice under its national social security scheme without a vocational training certificate), a person has an acquired right to practise as a general practitioner if he falls within one of the categories of persons set out in Schedule 6.

(2) If—

(a) a person is included in the General Practitioner Register under article 10(2)(c) only by virtue of an acquired right under paragraph 1(d) of Schedule 6; or

(b) a restricted services principal is included in the General Practitioner Register only by virtue of paragraph 1(a) of Schedule 6,

the Registrar of the GMC shall ensure that the restriction on his right to practise as provided for in article 10(6) or (7) (as appropriate) is indicated in that person’s entry in the General Practitioner Register in such manner as the Registrar thinks fit.

(3) The Board shall, if a person so requests in writing, issue a certificate of acquired rights to him if it is satisfied that he has an acquired right to practise by virtue of Schedule 6.

(4) The Board may make rules as to the procedure to be followed and the evidence it requires in support of a request made by a person under paragraph (3).