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Updated to 23 May 2025 (Act No. 4 of 2025 and S.I. No. 209 of 2025)

All effects below are reflected in the most recent Revised Act.

Medical Practitioners Act 2007
No. 25 of 2007

Contents

Commencement

SectionCommencement DateCommencement Information
Ss. 1, 2 13 February 2008 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 24 of 2008), art. 2
S. 3(1) insofar as it relates to the repeal of ss. 6-24, 45-55, s. 69, and sch.2 of Medical Practitioners Act 1978 (No. 4 of 1978) but not any of those provisions insofar as they are applied by s. 44 of that Act to the Postgraduate Medical and Dental Board 3 July 2008 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 231 of 2008), art. 2
S. 3 (1) insofar as it relates to the repeal of Chapter 2 of pt. IV, ch. 2, and third sch. Medical Practitioners Act 1978  (No. 4 of 1978) 31 December 2008 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) (No. 3) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 554 of 2008), art. 2(d
S. 3(2) insofar as it relates to the revocation of the Regulations specified in Part 2 of the Schedule to this Order 1 May 2010 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) Order 2010 (S.I. No. 150 of 2010), art. 2
S. 3 insofar as it is not already in operation 16 March 2009 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) Order 2009 (S.I. No. 40 of 2009), art. 2(a)
Ss. 4 - 6 3 July 2008 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 231 of 2008), art. 2(c)
S. 7(1) 3 July 2008 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 231 of 2008), art. 2(c)
S. 7(2)(a)-(d) 16 March 2009 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) Order 2009 (S.I. No. 40 of 2009), art. 2(b)
S. 7(2) (e), (f) 1 May 2010 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) Order 2010 (S.I. No. 150 of 2010), art. 2
S. 7(2) (g), (h) 16 March 2009 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) Order 2009 (S.I. No. 40 of 2009), art. 2(b)
S. 7 (2)(i)-(m) 3 July 2008 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 231 of 2008), art, 2(c)
S. 7(3)-(8) 3 July 2008 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 231 of 2008), art, 2(c)
Ss. 8 - 16 3 July 2008 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 231 of 2008), art, 2(c)&(d)
Ss. 17, 18 13 February 2008 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 24 of 2008), art. 2
Ss. 19- 34 3 July 2008 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 231 of 2008), art. 2(e)&(f)
Ss. 35(1), 35(2)  3 July 2008 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 231 of 2008), art. 2
Ss. 35 (3)(a) 1 May 2010 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) Order 2010 (S.I. No. 150 of 2010), art. 2
Ss. 35 (3)(b), (4) (a)-(c) 3 July 2008 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 231 of 2008), art. 2
S. 36 16 March 2009 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) Order 2009 (S.I. No. 40 of 2009), art. 2(c)
Ss. 37- 56 16 March 2009 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) Order 2009 (S.I. No. 40 of 2009), art. 2(d)
Ss. 57 - 60 3 July 2008 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 231 of 2008), art. 2
S. 61(1)(a) 3 July 2008 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 231 of 2008), art. 2
S. 61(1)(b) except insofar as it relates to a professional competence scheme 3 July 2008 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 231 of 2008), art. 2
S. 61(1)(b)  insofar as it relates to a professional competence scheme 1 May 2010 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) Order 2010 (S.I. No. 150 of 2010), art. 2
SS. 61(1) (d)-(e), (2), (3) 3 July 2008 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 231 of 2008), art. 2
Ss. 62- 66 3 July 2008 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 231 of 2008), art. 2
S. 67(1)(a) 3 July 2008 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 231 of 2008), art. 2(h)
S. 67(1)(b) 1 May 2010 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) Order 2010 (S.I. No. 150 of 2010), art. 2
S. 67(1)(c)-(d) 3 July 2008 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 231 of 2008), art. 2(h)
S. 67(2) 1 May 2010 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) Order 2010 (S.I. No. 150 of 2010), art. 2
Ss. 68 -70 3 July 2008 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 231 of 2008), art. 2(h)
S. 71(a)- 71(c) 3 July 2008 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 231 of 2008), art. 2(i)
S. 71(d) 16 March 2009 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) Order 2009 (S.I. No. 40 of 2009), art. 2 (e)
S. 71(e)-(g) 3 July 2008 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 231 of 2008), art. 2(i)
Ss. 72(1)(a), 72(1)(b) 3 July 2008 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 231 of 2008), art. 2(i)
S. 72(1)(c)-(e) 16 March 2009 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) Order 2009 (S.I. No. 40 of 2009), art. 2 (e)
S. 72(2) 16 March 2009 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) Order 2009 (S.I. No. 40 of 2009), art. 2 (e)
Ss. 73 - 77 3 July 2008 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 231 of 2008), art. 2(i)
S. 78(1) 3 July 2008 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 231 of 2008), art. 2(i)
S. 78(2)-(4) 16 March 2009 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) Order 2010 (S.I. No. 150 of 2010), art. 2
Ss. 79- 83 3 July 2008 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 231 of 2008), art. 2(i)
Ss. 84(1)(a) -(e) 3 July 2008 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 231 of 2008), art. 2(i)
S. 84(1)(f) insofar as it is not already in operation 16 March 2009 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) Order 2009 (S.I. No. 40 of 2009), art. 2 (e)
Ss. 84 (1) (g)- (k), (2)-(4) 3 July 2008 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 231 of 2008), art. 2(i)
S. 85 3 July 2008 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 231 of 2008), art. 2(i)
Ss. 71-85 insofar as it is not already in operation 16 March 2009 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) Order 2009 (S.I. No. 40 of 2009), art. 2 (e)
Ss. 86(1), 86(2), 86(3)(a), 86(3)(b)  31 December 2008 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) (No. 3) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 554 of 2008), art. 2(b)
S. 86(3)(c)-(d) insofar as it is not already in operation 16 March 2009 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) Order 2009 (S.I. No. 40 of 2009), art. 2(f)
S. 86(3)(e) 31 December 2008 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) (No. 3) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 554 of 2008), art. 2(b)
S. 86(4)-(7) 31 December 2008 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) (No. 3) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 554 of 2008), art. 2(b)
S. 87 insofar as it is not already in operation 16 March 2009 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) Order 2009 (S.I. No. 40 of 2009), art. 2(f)
S. 88(1) insofar as it is not already in operation 16 March 2009 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) Order 2009 (S.I. No. 40 of 2009), art. 2(f)
S. 88 (2)(a) 13 February 2008 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 24 of 2008), art. 2
S. 88 (2) (b) -(j), (3)-(5) insofar as it is not already in operation 16 March 2009 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) Order 2009 (S.I. No. 40 of 2009), art. 2(f)
S. 88(6) 13 February 2008 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 24 of 2008), art. 2
S.88(7)-(8) insofar as it is not already in operation 16 March 2009 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) Order 2009 (S.I. No. 40 of 2009), art. 2(f)
S. 88 (9) 31 December 2008 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) (No. 3) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 554 of 2008), art. 2(c)
Ss.  89, 90 insofar as it is not already in operation 16 March 2009 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) Order 2009 (S.I. No. 40 of 2009), art. 2(f)
Ss. 91-95 1 May 2010 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) Order 2010 (S.I. No. 150 of 2010), art. 2
Ss. 96- 103 31 December 2008 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) (No. 3) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 554 of 2008), art. 2(d)
S. 104(1) 3 July 2008 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 231 of 2008), art. 2(j)
S. 104(2), (3) 1 May 2010 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) Order 2010 (S.I. No. 150 of 2010), art. 2
S. 104(4) in so far as it applies to subs. (1) 3 July 2008 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 231 of 2008), art. 2(j)
S. 104(4), (5) 1 May 2010 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) Order 2010 (S.I. No. 150 of 2010), art. 2
Ss. 105, 106 16 March 2009 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) Order 2009 (S.I. No. 40 of 2009), art. 2
S. 107(1)-(3) 3 July 2008 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 231 of 2008), art. 2(j)
S. 107(4) 1 May 2010 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) Order 2010 (S.I. No. 150 of 2010), art. 2
S. 107(5) 3 July 2008 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 231 of 2008), art. 2(j)
S. 108(1) 3 July 2008 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 231 of 2008), art. 2(j)
S. 108(2) 16 March 2009 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) Order 2009 (S.I. No. 40 of 2009), art. 2
S. 108(3) 3 July 2008 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 231 of 2008), art. 2(j)
S. 109 16 March 2009 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) Order 2009 (S.I. No. 40 of 2009), art. 2 (g)
Ss. 104-109 insofar as it is not already in operation other than S. 104 (2), (3), (4) insofar as it applies to s. 104 (3)(a)) and (5) 16 March 2009 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) Order 2009 (S.I. No. 40 of 2009), art. 2 (g)
Sch. 1, pt. 1 insofar as it relates to the repeal of ss. 6-24, 45-55, s. 69, and sch.2 of Medical Practitioners Act 1978 (No. 4 of 1978) but not any of those provisions insofar as they are applied by s. 44 of that Act to the Postgraduate Medical and Dental Board 3 July 2008 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 231 of 2008), art. 2
Sch. 1 pt. 1 insofar as it relates to the repeal of Chapter 2 of pt. IV, ch. 2, and third sch. Medical Practitioners Act 1978  (No. 4 of 1978) 31 December 2008 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) (No. 3) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 554 of 2008), art. 2(d)
Sch. 1, pt. 2 insofar as they relate to the revocation of the Regulations specified in pt. 2 of the Sch.  1 May 2010 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) Order 2010 (S.I. No. 150 of 2010), art. 2
Sch. 1 insofar as it is not already in operation 16 March 2009 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) Order 2009 (S.I. No. 40 of 2009), art. 2 (a)
Sch. 2 3 July 2008 Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 231 of 2008), art. 2(k)

Amendments and other effects

How AffectedAffecting Provision
Act, s. 57(9) included in collectively cited Health Acts S. 1(2)
Transfer of cert. functions under Finance (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 418 of 2011), arts. 1(2), 3 & sch. 1
S. 1(4) new subsection inserted Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 (No. 42 of 2007), s. 10
S. 2 renumbered as s. 2(1) Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 78(a)
S. 2 amended European Union (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 8 of 2017), regs. 2, 95(1)(a)
  Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2017 (10/2017), ss. 2, 11(2)
  European Union (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 8 of 2017), regs. 2, 95(1)(a)
  European Union (Recognition of Professional Qualifications relating to the Professions of Dentist, Medical Practitioner, Nurse and Midwife) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 7 of 2014), reg. 3
  Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2011 (No. 12 of 2011), s. 2
  European Communities (Directive 2006/100/EC) (Recognition of Bulgarian and Romanian Medical Qualifications) Regulations 2008 (S.I. No. 393 of 2008), regs. 1(2), 3
  Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 (No. 42 of 2007), s. 11(a) & (b)
S. 2(1) amended in part Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 78(b)(i)-(xi)
S. 2(1) amended in part Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 78(b)(xii)
S. 2(1) amended in part Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 78(b)(xii)
S. 2(2) inserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 78(c)
S. 4(1) substituted Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 (No. 42 of 2007), s. 12(a)
S. 4(1A) new subsection inserted Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 (No. 42 of 2007), s. 12(a)
S. 4(5) substituted Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 (No. 42 of 2007), s. 12(b)
S. 4(5A) new subsection inserted Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 (No. 42 of 2007), s. 12(b)
S. 4(6) amended Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 (No. 42 of 2007), s. 12(c)
S. 7(2)(a) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 79(a)(i)
S. 7(2)(c) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 79(a)(ii)
S. 7(2)(g)(i) amended European Union (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 8 of 2017), regs. 2, 95(1)(b)
S. 7(2)(i) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 79(a)(iii)
S. 7(2)(ka)-(kf) inserted Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Act 2024 (5/2024), ss. 1(2), 104
S. 7(2)(l) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 79(a)(iv)
S. 7(2)(ba) inserted Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2011 (No. 12 of 2011), ss. 3 & 20(2)
S. 7(5) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 79(b)
S. 8(1)(a)(i) substituted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 80
S. 10(d), (e) substituted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2023 (14/2023), ss. 1(2), 6(a)
S. 10(f)-(h) inserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2023 (14/2023), ss. 1(2), 6(b)
S. 11(2)(ca) inserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 81(a)(i)
S. 11(2)(cb) inserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 81(a)(i)
S. 11(2)(cc) inserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 81(a)(i)
S. 11(2)(cd) inserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 81(a)(i)
S. 11(2)(ce) inserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 81(a)(i)
S. 11(2)(g) substituted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 81(a)(ii)
S. 11(2)(h) substituted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 81(a)(iii)
S. 11(2)(ha)-(hd) inserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 81(a)(iii)
S. 11(2)(i) substituted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 81(a)(iv)
S. 11(2)(j) substituted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 81(a)(iv)
S. 11(2)(k) - (q) deleted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 81(a)(v)
S. 11(2)(r) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 81(a)(vi)
S. 11(2)(ra) inserted Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2011 (No. 12 of 2011), ss. 4 & 20(2)
S. 11(2)(rb) inserted Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2011 (No. 12 of 2011), ss. 4 & 20(2)
S. 11(2)(va) inserted Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2017 (10/2017), ss. 3, 11(2)
S. 11(2A) inserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 81(b)
S. 11(3A) inserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 81(c)
S. 12(1) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 82
S. 14(4) repealed Freedom of Information Act 2014 (No. 30 of 2014), ss. 1(2), (3), 5, sch. 4
S. 14(5) repealed Freedom of Information Act 2014 (No. 30 of 2014), ss. 1(2), (3), 5, sch. 4
S. 17(1)(a) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 83
S. 17(1)(i) transfer of functions Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 291 of 2023), arts. 1(2), 3(1)(a), 3(2), 4-7
S. 17(8) amended Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 (No. 42 of 2007), s. 13(a)
S. 17(8A) new subsection inserted Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 (No. 42 of 2007), s. 13(b
S. 17(9)(b) substituted Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 (No. 42 of 2007), s. 13(c)
S. 17(10) new subsection inserted Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 (No. 42 of 2007), s. 13(d)
S. 19(1) amended Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 (No. 42 of 2007), s. 20 & sch. 2
S. 19(2) amended Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 (No. 42 of 2007), s. 20 & sch. 2
S. 20(4)(b) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 84(a)
S. 20(6) deleted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 84(b)
S. 20(8) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 84(c)
S. 20(15)-(18) inserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 84(d)
S. 23(1) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 85(a)
S. 23(1)(c) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 85(b)
S. 24(1)(a) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 86(a)(i)
S. 24(1)(aa) inserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 86(a)(ii)
S. 24(4) amended Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 (No. 42 of 2007), s. 20 & sch. 2
S. 24(4)(a) amended Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 (No. 42 of 2007), s. 20 & sch. 2
S. 24(4)(b) amended Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 (No. 42 of 2007), s. 20 & sch. 2
S. 24(5) inserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 86(b)
S. 24(6) inserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 86(b)
S. 24(7) inserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 86(b)
S. 25(4) amended Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 (No. 42 of 2007), s. 20 & sch. 2
S. 25(4)(a) amended Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 (No. 42 of 2007), s. 20 & sch. 2
S. 25(4)(b) amended Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 (No. 42 of 2007), s. 20 & sch. 2
S. 26(1) substituted Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 (7/2004), schedule 2, pt. 3 as inserted by 39/2018, s. 7, schedule
S. 26(3) deleted Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 (7/2004), schedule 2, pt. 3 as inserted by 39/2018, s. 7, schedule
S. 33 trans. of cert. functns. under. Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011 (No. 10 of 2011), ss. 1(2), 6, 9, 20 & sch. 2, pt. 1
S. 36(1)(a) substituted Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2011 (No. 12 of 2011), s. 5(a)
S. 36(1)(a) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 87(a)
S. 36(1)(b) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 87(b)
S. 36(1)(b) substituted Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2011 (No. 12 of 2011), s. 5(b)
  Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 (No. 42 of 2007), s. 14
S. 36(1)(c) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 87(c)
  Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2017 (10/2017), ss. 4, 11(2)
S. 36(1)(ca)-(cf) inserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 87(d)
S. 36(1)(e) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 87(e)
Ss. 36A-36C inserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 88
S. 36D inserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 88
S. 36D renumbered as s. 36D(1) Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 88, as amended by 14/2023, ss. 13(1)(a), (2)
S. 36D(1)(a) substituted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 88, as amended by 14/2023, ss. 13(1)(b), (2)
S. 36D(1)(b)(i) substituted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 88, as amended by 14/2023, ss. 13(1)(c)(i), (2)
S. 36D(1)(b)(ii) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 88, as amended by 14/2023, ss. 13(1)(c)(ii), (2)
S. 36D(1)(c) inserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 88, as amended by 14/2023, ss. 13(1)(d), (2)
S. 36D(2) inserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 88, as amended by 14/2023, ss. 13(1)(e), (2)
Ss. 36E-36J inserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 88
Part 5B (ss. 36K-36R) inserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 89
S. 37 substituted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 90
S. 37(b) amended European Union (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 8 of 2017), regs. 2, 95(1)(c)
S. 38 amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 91(a)
S. 38(a) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 91(b)
S. 38(b) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 91(b)
S. 38(c) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 91(b)
S. 38(d) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 91(b)
S. 38(e) deleted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 91(c)
S. 38(f) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 91(d)
S. 38A inserted Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2017 (10/2017), ss. 5, 11(2)
S. 38(e) (f) substituted European Union (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 8 of 2017), regs. 2, 95(1)(d)
S. 38(g) deleted European Union (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 8 of 2017), regs. 2, 95(1)(d)
S. 38B inserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 92
S. 39(2)(c) amended Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2010 (No. 18 of 2010), ss. 1(2), 16(a)
S. 41(1)(a) substituted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 93(a)
S. 41(4) substituted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 93(b)
S. 42(2)(b) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 94
S. 43(2) amended Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2011 (No. 12 of 2011), ss. 6(a)(i) & 20(2)
S. 43(2)(a) amended Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 (No. 42 of 2007), s. 15(a)
S. 43(2)(b) amended Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 (No. 42 of 2007), s. 15(b)
S. 43(2)(c) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 95(a)
  Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2011 (No. 12 of 2011), ss. 6(a)(ii) & 20(2)
  Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 (No. 42 of 2007), s. 15(c)
S. 43(2)(d) amended Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2011 (No. 12 of 2011), ss. 6(a)(iii) & 20(2)
  Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 (No. 42 of 2007), s. 15(d)
S. 43(2)(e) inserted Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2011 (No. 12 of 2011), ss. 6(a)(iv) & 20(2)
S. 43(4)(a)(ii) amended Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2011 (No. 12 of 2011), ss. 6(b) & 20(2)
S. 43(7A) inserted Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2017 (10/2017), ss. 6, 11(2)
S. 43(8) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 95(b)
S. 44(1) substituted Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 (No. 42 of 2007), s. 16(a)
S. 44(2) amended Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 (No. 42 of 2007), s. 16(b)
S. 44A  inserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 96
S. 44B  inserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 96
S. 44B (1) substituted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 96 as amended by Act (14/2023), ss. 14(1), (2)
S. 44C inserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 96
S. 45 substituted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 97
S. 45(1A), (1B) inserted Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2017 (10/2017), ss. 7(a), 11(2)
S. 45(2) amended Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2011 (No. 12 of 2011), ss. 7(a) & 20(2)
S. 45(4), (5), (6) deleted European Union (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 8 of 2017), regs. 2, 95(1)(e)
S. 45(4) inserted Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2017 (10/2017), ss. 7(b), 11(2)
S. 45(7) amended Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2011 (No. 12 of 2011), ss. 7(b) & 20(2)
S. 46 substituted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 98
S. 46(b)(iii) substituted European Union (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 8 of 2017), regs. 2, 95(1)(f)
S. 47(1) substituted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 99
S. 47(1)(c) substituted European Union (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 8 of 2017), regs. 2, 95(1)(g)(i)
S. 47(1)(d), (e) deleted European Union (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 8 of 2017), regs. 2, 95(1)(g)(ii)
S. 47(2) substituted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 99
S. 47(3) substituted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 99
S. 48 substituted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 100
S. 48(2) amended European Union (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 8 of 2017), regs. 2, 95(1)(h)(i)
S. 48(2)(a) substituted European Union (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 8 of 2017), regs. 2, 95(1)(h)(ii)
S. 49 repealed Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 2(3)
S. 49(1) substituted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2023 (14/2023), s. 7(a)
S. 49(4) amended Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 (No. 42 of 2007), s. 20 & sch. 2
S. 49(6) substituted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2023 (14/2023), s. 7(b)
S. 50 substituted European Union (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 8 of 2017), regs. 2, 95(1)(i)
S. 50(1) amended Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2017 (10/2017), ss. 8(a), 11(2)
S. 50(3) amended Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2017 (10/2017), ss. 8(b), 11(2)
S. 50A inserted Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2011 (No. 12 of 2011), ss. 8 & 20(2)
S. 50A(1), (2) substituted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 101
S. 50A(3), (4) Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 101
S. 50A(5)-(10) Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 101
S. 52(3) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 102(a)
S. 52(3)(a) substituted Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 (No. 42 of 2007), ss. 17 & 20(2)
S. 52(4) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 102(b)
S. 52(5) substituted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 102(c)
S. 52(5A) inserted Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2011 (No. 12 of 2011), ss. 9 & 20(2)
S. 53 substituted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 103
S. 54 substituted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 104
S. 54A inserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 105
S. 55(7) deleted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 106
S. 55A inserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 107
S. 56A inserted Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2011 (No. 12 of 2011), ss. 10 & 20(2)
S. 56B inserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 108
S. 57(1) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 109(a)(i)
  Health Identifiers Act 2014 (15/2014) ss. 1(2), 38(a)(i)
S. 57(1)(e) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 109(a)(ii)
S. 57(1)(ea) inserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 109(a)(iii)
S. 57(1)(fa) inserted Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013 (No. 14 of 2013), ss. 1(3), 34
S. 57(1)(fa) substituted Health Identifiers Act 2014 (15/2014) ss. 1(2), 38(a)(ii)
S. 57(1)(fa) inserted Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013 (No. 14 of 2013), ss. 1(3), 34
S. 57(1A) inserted Health Identifiers Act 2014 (15/2014) ss. 1(2), 38(b)
S. 57(2A)-(2D) inserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 109(b)
S. 57(3) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 109(c)(i)
S. 57(3)(a) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 109(c)(ii)
S. 57(3)(b) substituted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 109(c)(iii)
S. 57(3A) inserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 109(d)
S. 57(4) deleted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 109(e)
S. 57(5) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 109(f)
S. 57(6)(a) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 109(g)(i)(II)
S. 57(6)(a)(i) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 109(g)(i)(I)
S. 57(6)(b) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 109(g)(ii)
S. 57(8) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 109(h)
  Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 (No. 42 of 2007), s. 20 & sch. 2
S. 57(8A) inserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 109(i)
S. 58(1) substituted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 110(a)
S. 58(2) substituted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 110(a)
S. 58(3)(a) substituted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 110(b)(i)
S. 58(3)(aa) inserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 110(b)(i)
S. 58(3)(d)-(f) substituted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 110(b)(ii)
S. 58(4) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 110(c)(i)
S. 58(4)(a) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 110(c)(ii)
S. 58(4)(b) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 110(c)(iii)
S. 58(5) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 110(d)
S. 58(6) substituted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 110(e)
S. 58(7) substituted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 110(f)
S. 58A inserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 111
S. 59(1) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 112(a)
S. 59(1A) inserted Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 (No. 42 of 2007), s. 18
S. 59(1A) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 112(b)
S. 59(3)-(8) deleted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 112(c)
S. 59(9A) inserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 112(d)
S. 59(9B) inserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 112(d)
S. 59(10) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 112(e)
S. 59(11) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 112(e)
S. 59A inserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 113
S. 60(1A) inserted Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2011 (No. 12 of 2011), ss. 11(a) & 20(2)
S. 60(1B) inserted Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2011 (No. 12 of 2011), ss. 11(a) & 20(2)
S. 60(1C) inserted Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2011 (No. 12 of 2011), ss. 11(a) & 20(2)
S. 60(2) amended Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2011 (No. 12 of 2011), ss. 11(b) & 20(2)
S. 60(3A) inserted Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2011 (No. 12 of 2011), ss. 11(c) & 20(2)
S. 60(4) amended Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2011 (No. 12 of 2011), ss. 11(d) & 20(2)
S. 60(5) inserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 114
S. 61(1)(b) substituted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 115(a)
S. 61(1)(ba) inserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 115(a)
S. 61(2)(b) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 115(b)(i)
S. 61(2)(c) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 115(b)(ii)
S. 63 amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 116
S. 65A inserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 117
S. 67(1A) inserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 118
S. 68 amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 119
S. 69(2)(a)(ii), (iii) substituted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 120
S. 69(2)(a)(iv) inserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 120
S. 70 substituted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 121
S. 70(b) amended Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2011 (No. 12 of 2011), ss. 12 & 20(2)
S. 70A inserted Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2011 (No. 12 of 2011), ss. 13 & 20(2)
S. 70B inserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 122
S. 71 substituted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 123
S. 71A inserted Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2011 (No. 12 of 2011), ss. 14 & 20(2)
S. 71A renumber as subsection (1) Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 124(a)
S. 71A(1) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 124(b)
S. 71A(2) inserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 124(c)
S. 72(1) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 125(a)(i)
S. 72(1)(a)-(e) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 125(a)(ii)
S. 72(2) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 125(b)(i)
S. 72(2)(a) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 125(b)(ii)
S. 72A inserted Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2011 (No. 12 of 2011), ss. 15 & 20(2)
S. 72A amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 126(a)
S. 72A(a)-(c) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 126(b)
S. 73(1) amended Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2011 (No. 12 of 2011), ss. 16(a) & 20(2)
S. 73(2) substituted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 127
S. 73(2) amended Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2011 (No. 12 of 2011), ss. 16(b) & 20(2)
S. 74 amended Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2011 (No. 12 of 2011), ss. 17 & 20(2)
S. 74 renumber as subsection (1) Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 128(a)
S. 74(1) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 128(b)
S. 74(2) inserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 128(c)
S. 75(1) substituted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 129
S. 75(1) amended Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2011 (No. 12 of 2011), ss. 18 & 20(2)
S. 76(1) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 130(a)
  Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2011 (No. 12 of 2011), ss. 19(a) & 20(2)
S. 76(3) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 130(b)
  Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2011 (No. 12 of 2011), ss. 19(b) & 20(2)
S. 78(4)(a) amended European Union (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 8 of 2017), regs. 2, 95(1)(j)(i)
S. 78(4)(b) amended European Union (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 8 of 2017), regs. 2, 95(1)(j)(ii)
S. 78(4)(c) deleted European Union (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 8 of 2017), regs. 2, 95(1)(j)(iii)
S. 80A, 80B inserted Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2017 (10/2017), ss. 9, 11(2)
S. 80A(1) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2023 (14/2023), s. 8
S. 80B amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2023 (14/2023), s. 9
S. 84(1) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 131(a))(i)
S. 84(1)(k) substituted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 131(a))(ii)
S. 84(1)(l) nserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 131(a))(ii)
S. 84(2) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 131(b)
S. 84(3) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 131(c)
S. 84(4) substituted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 131(d)
S. 84(5) inserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 131(d)
S. 85 renumber as subsection (1) Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 132(a)
S. 85(1) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 132(b)(i)
S. 85(1)(b) substituted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 132(b)(ii)
S. 85(2) inserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 132(c)
S. 86(2) substituted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 133(a)
S. 86(3) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 133(b)(i)
S. 86(3)(b) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 133(b)(ii)
S. 86(3)(e) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 133(b)(ii)
S. 86(6) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 133(c)
S. 87 substituted European Union (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 8 of 2017), regs. 2, 95(1)(k)
S. 88(1)(a) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 134(a)
S. 88(2) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 134(b)(i)
S. 88(2)(a), (j) transfer of functions Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 291 of 2023), arts. 1(2), 3(1)(a), 3(2), 4-7
S. 88(2)(a) amended European Union (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 8 of 2017), regs. 2, 95(1)(l)
S. 88(2)(a)(i) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 134(b)(ii)(I)
S. 88(2)(a)(i)(I) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 134(b)(ii)(II)
S. 88(2)(c) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 134(b)(iii)
S. 88(2)(f) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 134(b)(iv)
S. 88(2)(i) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 134(b)(v)
S. 88(2)(j) transfer of functions Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 291 of 2023), arts. 1(2), 3(1)(a), 3(2), 4-7
S. 88(6) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 134(c)
  Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 (No. 42 of 2007), s. 20 & sch. 2
S. 88(6)(a) amended Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 (No. 42 of 2007), s. 20 & sch. 2
S. 88(6)(b) amended Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 (No. 42 of 2007), s. 20 & sch. 2
S. 88(7) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 134(d)
S. 88(8) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 134(e)
S. 89(3) amended European Union (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 8 of 2017), regs. 2, 95(1)(m)
S. 89(3)(b) substituted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 135
S. 89(7) amended Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 (No. 42 of 2007), s. 20 & sch. 2
S. 89(7)(a) amended Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 (No. 42 of 2007), s. 20 & sch. 2
S. 89(7)(a)(i) amended Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 (No. 42 of 2007), s. 20 & sch. 2
S. 89(7)(a)(ii) amended Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 (No. 42 of 2007), s. 20 & sch. 2
S. 89(7)(b) amended Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 (No. 42 of 2007), s. 20 & sch. 2
S. 89(7)(b)(i) amended Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 (No. 42 of 2007), s. 20 & sch. 2
S. 89(7)(b)(ii) amended Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 (No. 42 of 2007), s. 20 & sch. 2
S. 91(7) substituted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 136
S. 94(3) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 137
S. 95(3) repealed Freedom of Information Act 2014 (No. 30 of 2014), ss. 1(2), (3), 5, sch. 4
S. 104(1A) inserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 138
S. 105(1) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 139(a)
S. 105(2) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 139(b)
S. 105A inserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 140
S. 105B inserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 140
S. 106 repealed Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Act 2024 (5/2024), ss. 1(2), 106(1)
S. 107(2A) inserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 141(a)
S. 107(4)(b) amended Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 141(b)
S. 107(4A), (4B) inserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 141(c)
S. 108(2) amended Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 (No. 42 of 2007), s. 20 & sch. 2
S. 109(1) amended Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 (No. 42 of 2007), s. 20 & sch. 2
S. 110 inserted Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 (2/2020), s. 13
S. 111 inserted Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 (2/2020), s. 13
S. 112 inserted Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), ss. 1(2), 142
Sch. 2 par. 2 substituted Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 (No. 42 of 2007), s. 19
Sch. 2 par. 7(3) amended Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2010 (No. 18 of 2010), ss. 1(2), 16(b)

SIs made under the Act

SectionSIs made under the Act
S. 11 Medical Council (Maintenance of Professional Competence) Rules 2025 (S.I. No. 176 of 2025)
  Rules for the Fitness to Practise Committee and Subcommittees of the Fitness to Practise Committee 2020 (S.I. No. 355 of 2020)
  Medical Council (Evidence of Indemnity) Rules 2018 (S.I. No. 222 of 2018)
  Medical Council Rules in Respect of the Duties of Council in Relation to Medical Education and Training (Section 88 of the Medical Practitioners Act 2007) (S.I. No. 685 of 2016)
  Rules Specifying Examinations and Criteria for Registration in the Supervised Division Pursuant to the Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2011 (S.I. No. 208 of 2013)
  Medical Council Annual Retention Rules (S.I. No. 171 of 2012)
  Medical Council - Rules for the Maintenance of Professional Competence (No. 2) (S.I. No. 741 of 2011)
  Rules Specifying Examinations and Criteria for Registration in the Supervised Division Pursuant to the Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2011 (S.I. No. 733 of 2011)
  Medical Council Registration Rules (S.I. No. 417 of 2011)
  Medical Council — Rules for the Maintenance of Professional Competence (No. 1) (S.I. No. 171 of 2011)
  Medical Council - Registration Rules V3 2010 (S.I. No. 688 of 2010)
  Medical Council Rules Specifying Pre-Registration Examinations and Exemptions VF3 (S.I. No. 480 of 2010)
  Medical Council Rules Specifying Criteria to be Considered for Application for Restoration to the Register (S.I. No. 594 of 2009)
  Medical Council Rules Regarding the Receiving and Recording of Evidence by the Fitness to Practise Committee (S.I. No. 593 of 2009)
  Medical Council Rules Specifying Particulars to be Contained in the Register of Medical Practitioners (S.I. No. 592 of 2009)
  Medical Council - Registration Rules 2009 VF2 (S.I. No. 591 of 2009)
S. 18(1) Medical Council (Election of Registered Medical Practitioners) Regulations 2013 (S.I. No. 22 of 2013)
  Medical Council (Election of Registered Medical Practitioners) Regulations 2008 (S.I. No. 23 of 2008)
Ss. 43-44 Medical Council Rules Specifying Particulars to be Contained in the Register of Medical Practitioners (S.I. No. 592 of 2009)
S. 46 Medical Council Rules Specifying Pre-Registration Examinations and Exemptions VF3 (S.I. No. 480 of 2010)
Ss. 46-50 Medical Council - Registration Rules 2009 VF2 (S.I. No. 591 of 2009)
Ss. 46-51, 56 Medical Council Rules Specifying Particulars to be Contained in the Register of Medical Practitioners (S.I. No. 592 of 2009)
S. 48 Medical Council Rules Specifying Pre-Registration Examinations and Exemptions VF3 (S.I. No. 480 of 2010)
S. 50A Rules Specifying Examinations and Criteria for Registration in the Supervised Division Pursuant to the Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2011 (S.I. No. 208 of 2013)
  Rules Specifying Examinations and Criteria for Registration in the Supervised Division Pursuant to the Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Act 2011 (S.I. No. 733 of 2011)
S. 66(3)(c) Medical Council Rules Regarding the Receiving and Recording of Evidence by the Fitness to Practise Committee (S.I. No. 593 of 2009)
S. 81(2)(d) Medical Council Rules Specifying Criteria to be Considered for Application for Restoration to the Register (S.I. No. 594 of 2009)
S. 88 Medical Council Rules in Respect of the Duties of Council in Relation to Medical Education and Training (Section 88 of the Medical Practitioners Act 2007) 2016 (S.I. No. 685 of 2016)
  Medical Council Rules in Respect of the Duties of Council in Relation to Medical Education and Training (Section 88 of the Medical Practitioners Act 2007) 2012 (S.I. No. 588 of 2012)
  Medical Council Rules in Respect of the Duties of Council in Relation to Medical Education and Training (Section 88 of the Medical Practitioners Act 2007) 2010 (S.I. No. 528 of 2010)
S. 89 Medical Council Rules in Respect of Training Bodies and Qualifications for the Purposes of the Specialist and Trainee Specialist Divisions (Section 89 of the Medical Practitioners Act 2007) (S.I. No. 529 of 2010)
S. 97(1) Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Transfer Day) Order 2008 (S.I No. 555 of 2008)
S.98(7) Health and Social Care Professionals Act (Special Measures Registration Having Regard to Covid-19) Order 2021 (S.I. No. 299 of 2021)
S. 110(7) Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Special measures registration having regard to Covid-19) (No. 2) Order 2021. (S.I. No. 684 of 2021)
  Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Special Measures Registration Having Regard to Covid-19) Order 2021 (S.I. No. 298 of 2021)
  Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Special measures registration having regard to Covid-19) (No. 2) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 690 of 2020)
  Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (Special measures registration having regard to Covid-19) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 272 of 2020)