Marcella Corcoran Kennedy (Offaly, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 8:

In page 5, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following:

“Amendment of section 50 of Principal Act

8. Section 50 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in subsection (1) by the substitution of “and has provided evidence, in the manner specified by rules (if any) made under section 11(2)(va), that the minimum level of indemnity (if any) applicable to that practitioner is in place, the Council shall”for “the Council shall”, and

(b) in subsection (3) by the substitution of “unless he or she has provided evidence in accordance with this section that the minimum level of indemnity (if any)applicable to that practitioner is in place and unless the practice is” for “otherwise than”.”.

Section 8 amends section 50 of the Principal Act to require that a visiting EEA practitioner may not practise medicine in the State unless he or she furnishes evidence in accordance with Medical Council rules which will be made in accordance with section 11(2)(va) of the Medical Practitioners Act. The original text of section 50 of the Medical Practitioners Act 2007 was amended by regulation 95.1(i) of the transposing regulations of the European Union (Recognition of Professional Qualification) Regulations 2017, SI 8 of 2017. As a consequence the text of section 8 of the current Bill must therefore be amended to take account of the new wording of section 50 of the Principal Act and to ensure that the original purpose of the section is achieved.