1. | Practitioner in active practice (other than one referred to in item 3 or 5) applying to renew a practising certificate with a validity period of 24 months |
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| | 20% of the requisite number of continuing medical education points from one or more general or specific core programmes |
| The period of 2 years ending on 31st December of the year in which the current practising certificate expires |
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2. | Practitioner in active practice (other than one referred to in item 4 or 6) applying to renew a practising certificate with a validity period of 12 months |
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| | 20% of the requisite number of continuing medical education points from one or more general or specific core programmes |
| The calendar year in which the current practising certificate expires |
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3. | Practitioner in active practice (other than one referred to in item 5) who is registered in 2 or more branches of medicine under the Register of Specialists or Register of Family Physicians, applying to renew a practising certificate with a validity period of 24 months |
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| | 20% of the requisite number of continuing medical education points from one or more core programmes in each of those branches of medicine |
If the practitioner is registered in Internal Medicine and Cardiology, he must obtain at least 10 points from one or more core programmes in Internal Medicine and at least 10 points from one or more core programmes in Cardiology |
If the practitioner is registered in the specialty of Internal Medicine and in the Family Physicians Register, he must obtain at least 10 points from one or more core programmes in Internal Medicine and at least 10 points from one or more core programmes in Family Medicine |
| The period of 2 years ending on 31st December of the year in which the current practising certificate expires |
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4. | Practitioner in active practice (other than one referred to in item 6) who is registered in 2 or more branches of medicine under the Register of Specialists or Register of Family Physicians, applying to renew a practising certificate with a validity period of 12 months |
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| | 20% of the requisite number of continuing medical education points from one or more core programmes in each of those branches of medicine |
If the practitioner is registered in Internal Medicine and Cardiology, he must obtain at least 5 points from one or more core programmes in Internal Medicine and at least 5 points from one or more core programmes in Cardiology |
If the practitioner is registered in the specialty of Internal Medicine and in the Family Physicians Register, he must obtain at least 5 points from one or more core programmes in Internal Medicine and at least 5 points from one or more core programmes in Family Medicine |
| The calendar year in which the current practising certificate expires |
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5. | Practitioner in active practice applying to renew a practising certificate with a validity period of more than 12 months, where the date of issue of the current practising certificate is not 1st January |
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| where A is the number of days between the date of issue of the current practising certificate and the end of the qualifying period |
| 20% of the requisite number of continuing medical education points from one or more general or specific core programmes |
| The period beginning on the date of issue of the current practising certificate and ending on 31st December of the year in which the current practising certificate expires |
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6. | Practitioner in active practice applying to renew a practising certificate with a validity period of 12 months or less, where the date of issue of the current practising certificate is not 1st January |
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| where B is the number of days between the date of issue of the current practising certificate and the end of the qualifying period |
| 20% of the requisite number of continuing medical education points from one or more general or specific core programmes |
| The period beginning on the date of issue of the current practising certificate and ending on 31st December of the year in which the current practising certificate expires |
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7. | Practitioner (including one whose name was removed from the register) applying for the grant of a practising certificate |
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| | 20% of the requisite number of continuing medical education points from one or more general or specific core programmes |
| The period of 24 months prior to the date of application for a practising certificate |
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8. | Practitioner not in active practice applying to renew a practising certificate with a validity period of 24 months |
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| | | The period of 2 years ending on 31st December of the year in which the current practising certificate expires |
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9. | Practitioner not in active practice applying to renew a practising certificate with a validity period of 12 months |
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| | | The calendar year in which the current practising certificate expires. |
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