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Medical Practitioners Act 1995

III: Registration
Probationary Registration
16   Supervision of practitioners holding probationary registration



   16. Supervision of practitioners holding probationary
             registration---(1) Every person who employs, or practises in
  association with, a medical practitioner who holds probationary
 registration (in this section referred to as a probationer) shall
 appoint, as the supervisor of that probationer, one or more medical
 practitioners (or medical practitioners of a kind) approved by the
 Council in order to ensure that the probationer receives appropriate
 education or training, and appropriate supervision, of the kinds
 specified by the Council (either generally or in relation to any
 particular case or class of case).

   (2) A person who employs, or practises in association with, a
 probationer may appoint himself or herself pursuant to subsection (1) of
 this section as the supervisor of the probationer, if he or she is a
 medical practitioner (or a medical practitioner of a kind) approved by
 the Council for the purposes of subsection (1) of this section.

   (3) Where a probationer is practising in association with 2 or more
 persons, nothing in subsection (1) of this section shall require each of
 those persons to appoint a supervisor in respect of that probationer,
 but those persons shall be jointly responsible for ensuring that the
 requirements of subsection (1) of this section are complied with in
 respect of that probationer.

   (4) Every supervisor of a probationer shall,---
   (a) Assess, and report to the Council at intervals specified by the
         Council (whether generally or in relation to any particular case
         or class of case), on the performance of the probationer; and
   (b) In each such report, make a recommendation on whether or not the
         probationer should be granted general registration.
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