Medical Act 1983 — United Kingdom law | Esheria

Medical Act 1983

This provision sets out the General Medical Council’s role in medical registration, standards, and oversight, including who can be registered and when the Council may make or change related rules.

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Jurisdiction
United Kingdom
Instrument
Act or statute
Version
Undated source snapshot
Language
en
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Statute overview

About this statute

This provision sets out the General Medical Council’s role in medical registration, standards, and oversight, including who can be registered and when the Council may make or change related rules. This provision lets the General Council regulate licences to practise, including grant, refusal, withdrawal, restoration, revalidation, fees, and related procedures, while the Registrar handles notices and register administration. This provision sets rules for fitness-to-practise investigations, publication, tribunal referrals, sanctions, appeals, restoration, interim orders, and licence withdrawal. This provision restricts registration and practice in some cases, requires indemnity cover for licenced practising medical practitioners, and gives the General Council and Registrar powers to require information, make regulations, and publish reports. The General Council must act in the public and professional interest, publish information about its work, keep accounts, appoint a registrar, and follow the rules set out here for councils, panels, and registration processes.