Guidance for revalidation decision makers

Guidance for our decision makers on making revalidation decisions.

We have developed guidance to help our staff make decisions about doctors’ revalidation.

It outlines how we apply our legislative powers to make decisions about doctors’ revalidation, as described in the GMC Licence to Practise and Revalidation (Regulations) 2012 as amended.

Information about the requirements for revalidation is available on our guidance page.

Download our guidance for decision makers

Our current suite of guidance for decision makers includes: 

Suitable persons

• approving a suitable person (pdf)
• sufficient link between a suitable person and a doctor (pdf)

Submission dates

• changing a doctor's submission date (pdf)
• additional deferral of a doctor's submission date  (pdf)

Withdrawing/restoring a licence

• withdrawing a licence for failing to meet revalidation requirements  (pdf)
• meeting revalidation requirements at restoration, after licence withdrawal  (pdf)

Reasonable excuses

• reasonable excuses for failing to meet requirements for revalidation  (pdf)
• reasonable excuses for not taking the required revalidation step at restoration, after licence withdrawal  (pdf)
• reasonable excuses for failing to undergo the revalidation assessment (pdf)
• reasonable excuses for failing to meet the required standard in the revalidation assessment  (pdf)

Fitness to practise processes

• impact of fitness to practise processes on a doctor's revalidation  (pdf)

Correcting a wrong decision

• correcting a wrong decision following GMC administrative error (pdf)