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The Regulations approved by this Order make provision for doctors to apply to the Registrar of the General Medical Council (“GMC”) to have their names erased from the register of medical practitioners maintained by the GMC (voluntary erasure) and also make provision for doctors to apply to have their names restored to the register following voluntary erasure.
Regulation 2 sets out the application process for voluntary erasure including the information to be supplied and the circumstances in which the application is to be refused. Regulation 3 sets out the application process for restoration to the register following voluntary erasure.
Regulation 4 provides for the Registrar to undertake investigations in certain cases before restoring the doctor’s name to the register. Some cases may be referred to the GMC’s statutory committees, and if these applications are refused, there is a delay period before the applicant may reapply.
Regulation 5 revokes the General Medical Council (Voluntary Erasure and Restoration) Regulations 2000 (“the 2000 Regulations”), in so far as they are made under section 31A of the Medical Act 1983 (“the Act”). The 2000 Regulations are fully revoked as from the date this Order comes into force by virtue of the Regulations approved by this Order and by the General Medical Council (Restoration and Registration Fees Amendment) Regulations 2003, which revoke the 2000 Regulations in so far as they were made under section 32 of the Act. The full revocation could not be included in a single instrument as different procedures are required for Orders approving Regulations made under section 31A and section 32 of the Act.
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