Cap. 464 Art. 11Medical Register.

(1) The Medical Council shall keep a register, in this Act referred to as "the Medical Register", in which, following an application to that effect by the person concerned, shall be entered the name of any citizen of Malta, or of a Member State or of a person who benefits from the provisions of Article 11 of Regulation 1612/68 EEC or of a person who has been established in a Member State, who holds -

(a) the degree of Doctor of Medicine and Surgery from the University of Malta: Provided that the Medical Council shall not enter such name unless the applicant, upon qualifying for such degree, has served as a house physician and, or surgeon in a government hospital or other hospital recognized for that purpose by the Medical Council for a period of one or two years as the Minister may prescribe; or

(b) any of the qualifications listed in Second Schedule, Parts Ia, Ib, Ic, Id; or

(c) a qualification recognised for the purpose by a Member State, obtained from a University College, or Medical School: Provided that in respect of applicants coming from third countries, whose qualifications have not been recognised in a Member State, the Medical Council may, in respect of such qualifications, require the applicant to sit for and pass a professional and linguistic proficiency test, and may also require that he serves as house physician and, or surgeon in a hospital recognized for the purpose by the Medical Council, for such period, being not longer than two years, as the Minister may prescribe, and the provisions of article 7(3) and (4) shall apply to a person required in virtue of this proviso to serve as a house physician or surgeon as if such person were the person referred to in those sub-articles.

(2) The Medical Council shall keep a register in which, following an application to that effect by the person concerned, shall be entered, for a period not exceeding two years and subject to any condition as the Medical Council may deem necessary, the name of every person, not being a citizen of Malta or a citizen of a Member State, who holds the degree of Doctor of Medicine and Surgery of the University of Malta or a qualification listed in Second Schedule Parts Ia, Ib, Ic, Id or any other qualification recognised for that purpose by the Medical Council.

(3) The Medical Council shall keep a list of provisional registration in which shall be entered, upon an application to this effect by the person concerned, the name of every person who holds the degree of Doctor of Medicine and Surgery from the University of Malta or a qualification recognized by the Medical Council obtained from any other university, college or medical council, and who is serving as a house physician and, or surgeon at a hospital recognized by the Medical Council in terms of this Act.

(4) The Medical Council may require the competent authorities in a Member State to confirm the authenticity of diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualification purporting to be issued in such Member States as well as to confirm that the person concerned has fulfilled all the training requirements laid down by this Act.

(5) The Medical Council shall keep separate registers for each of the specialities listed under the Fifth Schedule.