Restoring a name to the Register

Registration which has been cancelled may be restored in certain circumstances:

• Information for doctors who voluntarily withdrew their name from the Register after the 16th March 2009
• Information for doctors whose names were removed from the Register after the 16th March 2009 for non-payment of fees.
• Legislation governing restoration of names to the Register.

Note - It is a criminal offence to:

• practise medicine within the Republic of Ireland without being registered in a Division of the Register of Medical Practitioners; or
• falsely represent oneself as being a registered doctor; or
• falsely represent oneself as being registered in a Division of the Register other than the Division in which the doctor is registered.