(1) This section shall apply if—
(a) the Council decides to register an applicant as a General Practitioner, Specialist Practitioner or Temporary Practitioner who has satisfied the requirements of section 40(5)(a); and
(b) for the purposes of—
(i) section 40(5)(b)(i), the applicant does not, in the opinion of the Council, have the relevant training or practical experience in the practice of general medicine or general dentistry,
(ii) section 40(5)(b)(ii), the applicant does not, in the opinion of the Council, have the relevant training or practical experience to practice medicine or dentistry in the area of specialty, or
(iii) section 40(5)(b)(iii) the applicant does not, in the opinion of the Council, have the relevant training or practical experience in the practice of general medicine or general, or the relevant training or practical experience to practice medicine or dentistry in the area of specialty, as the case may be.
(2) In deciding whether the applicant has the relevant training or practical experience in the practice of general medicine or general dentistry or relevant training or practical experience to practice medicine or dentistry in an area of specialty, the Council may have regard to the following—
(a) the nature and extent of the applicant's training or practical experience in the practice of general medicine or general dentistry or in the practice of medicine or dentistry in the area of specialty;
(b) the advice and recommendations about the applicant from an entity recognized by the Council as competent to assess training in the practice of general medicine or general dentistry or in the practice of medicine or dentistry in the area of specialty;
(c) specific guidelines for qualification by experience to be developed.
(3) Under subsection (1), the Council may impose the following conditions on the registration—
(a) that the applicant shall practice general medicine or general dentistry or practice medicine or dentistry in the area of specialty, only in accordance with a supervised practice programme, approved by the Council; and
(b) that the applicant shall complete, to the satisfaction of the Council, the supervised practice programme within the prescribed period.
(4) In deciding the content of the supervised practice programme under subsection (3)(a), and the prescribed period under subsection (3)(b), the Council may have regard to the nature and extent of the applicant's training or practical experience in the practice of general medicine or general dentistry or the applicant's training or practical experience in the practice of medicine or dentistry in the area of specialty, as the case may be.