28—Registration of podiatry students
(1) A person is not
entitled to—
(a)
undertake a course of study that provides qualifications for registration on
the general register; or
(b)
provide podiatric treatment as part of a course of study related to podiatry
being undertaken by the person in a place outside the State,
unless the person is registered under this section as a podiatry student.
(2) A person is
eligible for registration as a podiatry student on the
podiatry student register if the person, on application to the Board,
satisfies the Board that he or she—
(a)
genuinely requires registration on that register—
(i)
to enable the person to undertake a course of study that
provides qualifications for registration on the general register; or
(ii)
to enable the person to provide podiatric treatment as
part of a course of study related to podiatry being undertaken by the person
in a place outside the State; and
(b) is
medically fit to provide podiatric treatment of the kind authorised by
registration on the podiatry student register; and
(c) is a
fit and proper person to be registered on the podiatry student register.
(3) If a person who
applies for registration, or reinstatement of registration, on the
podiatry student register is not, in the opinion of the Board, medically fit
to provide podiatric treatment of the kind authorised by registration on that
register, the Board may register the person on that register in pursuance of
this subsection ("limited student registration ) and impose 1 or more of the
following conditions on the registration:
(a) a
condition limiting the kind of podiatric treatment that the person may
provide;
(b) a
condition limiting the period during which the registration will have effect;
(c) a
condition requiring that the person be supervised in the provision of
podiatric treatment by a particular person or by a person of a particular
class;
(d) such
other conditions as the Board thinks fit.