Applying for registration with a licence to practise – for nationals from the EEA, Switzerland and other doctors with EC rights, who graduated at EEA or Swiss medical schools and have not completed an internship

This page is to help doctors who:

• Are a national of a member state of the EEA or Switzerland or a doctor with European Community rights (opens in a new window)

AND

• Have qualified at a medical school in an EEA country (but not the United Kingdom) or Switzerland

AND

• Have NOT completed an internship.

If you have not completed an internship you will be eligible for provisional registration with a licence to practise.

Please note:

The purpose of provisional registration is to enable you to participate in and complete an acceptable programme for provisionally registered doctors.

The only acceptable programme for provisionally registered doctors that the GMC has recognised is the Foundation Programme.

Provisionally registered doctors are only permitted to take up F1 posts in the Foundation Programme. To do so you must also hold a licence to practise.

The Foundation Programme is a 12 month programme which must meet the requirements set out in the GMC's guidance The Trainee Doctor.

If you are appointed to a Locum Appointment for Training (LAT) post the postgraduate deanery or foundation school must be involved in recruiting you to that post and the post must be part of a programme. They will also ensure that the arrangements for signing the Certificate of Experience are clear.

The Certificate of Experience provides evidence that you meet the requirements for full registration. It must be signed by the University or their designated representative in the postgraduate deaneries or foundation schools.

Locum appointments for service (LAS) posts must not be undertaken by provisionally registered doctors.

Once you are registered you have an obligation under Good Medical Practice to keep up to date with and adhere to the laws and codes of practice relevant to your work - paragraph 13 refers. This includes working within the scope of your registration and only undertaking posts that your registration allows. Serious or persistent failure to follow Good Medical Practice will put your registration at risk.

Your application will be an online application. At the end of this guidance you will be given a link to set up an account in GMC Online.

Your next steps

• Read this guidance (11 pages)
• Set up an online account
• Log in, complete your application and pay your fee
• Send copies of your supporting documentary evidence by post
• Visit one of our offices for an identity check

There is more information about these steps on the following pages of this guidance.