General Medical Council
Regulating doctors, ensuring good medical practice
This guidance provides information for doctors who registered (or restored to the register) before 3 December 2012 and have completed 12 months of full time equivalent practice in an approved practice setting (APS).
If you registered after 3 December 2012, you must work in an approved practice setting until you revalidate for the first time.
For more information, please read our guidance on approved practice settings (opens in a new window).
There is more information about these steps on the following pages of this guidance.