Competent authority criteria
To be recognised as a competent authority, we require a registration authority to have:
- a system for the accreditation of medical schools in its jurisdiction to ensure graduates meet required standards
- a system of monitoring new medical graduates in their first year of registration to ensure their skill and knowledge is of a required standard
- a system for accreditation of postgraduate training and qualifications
- a system of assessing the knowledge and skills of overseas trained doctors who want to be registered in the jurisdiction to ensure their standard is comparable to locally trained doctors
- a system to maintain a public register listing all doctors registered in the jurisdiction, including any conditions on their practice
- a system for regularly reviewing ongoing practice standards – recertification, revalidation and credentialing
- a system to ensure doctors are fit to practise
- a system to deal with complaints about doctors performance
- a system to issue certificates of good standing.
The registration authorities we recognise as competent within the above criteria are:
- General Medical Council (United Kingdom)
- Irish Medical Council.