s 28 Application for registration
28.—(1) Every application for registration under this Act must be made to the Medical Council in such manner or form and must be accompanied by such documents and particulars as the Medical Council may require. (2) An application under subsection (1) must be accompanied by the prescribed fee. (3) The Medical Council may refuse to register any applicant who, in the opinion of the Medical Council —(a) is not qualified to be registered; (b) is not of good reputation and character; (c) is unfit to practise medicine —(i) because the applicant’s ability to practise has been impaired by reason of the applicant’s physical or mental condition; or (ii) for any other reason; (d) has without reasonable cause failed to submit to a medical examination when required to do so under section 29(4)(b); (e) has had the applicant’s name removed from a register of medical practitioners in any country whose degrees or licences in medicine are recognised as a qualification entitling the holder of the degree or licence to be registered under this Act; or (f) has failed to comply with any condition or restriction of any previous registration as may have been imposed on the applicant by the Medical Council. (4) Where the Medical Council refuses to register an applicant, the Medical Council must by written notice inform the applicant of such refusal. (5) Any person who is aggrieved by any refusal of the Medical Council under subsection (3) may, within one month of the notice given under subsection (4), appeal to the Minister whose decision is final. (6) The Registrar must enter the name of a registered medical practitioner in the appropriate register. (7) Every registered medical practitioner is, on payment of the prescribed fee, entitled to receive a certificate of registration.