Medical Practitioners Act, 1978

Functions of the Council in relation to Directives adopted by the Council of the European Communities as to education and training.

36.—(1) The Council shall ensure that the requirements relating to education and training for a formal qualification shall satisfy the minimum standards specified in any Directive adopted by the Council of the European Communities relating to that qualification.

(2) The Council shall ensure that the requirements relating to education and training in specialised medicine in the State shall satisfy the minimum standards specified in any Directive adopted by the Council of the European Communities relating to such education and training.