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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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