The Health Care and Associated Professions (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2008 (Commencement No. 1) Order of Council 2008
This Order brings into force, on 3rd November 2008, the provisions of the Health Care and Associated Professions (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2008 that relate to changes to the system for the approval of providers of primary United Kingdom medical qualifications. These changes include the establishment of a new list of approved providers, which is to be kept by the General Medical Council (“GMC”). It also brings into force, on 1st January 2009, the new governance arrangements for the GMC that are set out in that Order. The principal change is the change from a Council that has a mix of elected medical, nominated medical and appointed lay members to a Council that is fully appointed, the constitution of which is now to be set out in a separate Order of the Privy Council. There is a transitional provision that ensures that medical members of the GMC need not hold licences to practise until those have been introduced.