Role and recommendations of the Council

26. (a) After a resident has passed his examinations and completed his or her term of residency, the Council shall submit to the Director a summary of the results of its findings, including examination results, and a detailed recommendation regarding the granting of a specialist’s title. The Council chairman may submit the resident’s application, along with his or her examination results, to the professional committee appointed as per regulation 8, for their opinion as to whether the resident has fulfilled all of his or her requirements according to these regulations, before the summary and recommendation are forwarded to the Director.

(b) In the event that the resident is exempt from residency according to regulation 10(a), the Council shall specify in its report the reasons for the exemption.
 

Reconsideration

27. If the Director disagrees with the Council’s recommendation, he shall submit his comments to the Council and request that it reconsider the matter. After such reconsideration, the Council shall submit its recommendation to the Director in two copies.
 

Special committee

28. If the Director continues to disagree with the Council’s recommendation even after it has reconsidered the issue, he shall forward the applicant’s request to a special committee comprised of the following members: a representative of the Director, who shall be the chairman of the committee, the Council chairman or his representative and the dean of one of the Israeli medical schools or his representative.
 

Submission of an application

29. A physician applying for approval of a specialist’s title (hereinafter-the candidate) shall submit to the Director, via the Council, an application in two copies; he shall attach to the application the following items:

(1)  A diploma from a university or medical school recognized by the Director, testifying to the completion of studies;

(2)  A license or valid temporary permit to practice medicine in Israel;

(3)  A certificate of completion of residency according to chapter 3, or documents testifying as to the existence of circumstances justifying exemption from the requirement to complete residency, according to regulation 10.

(4)  A residency log-book supplied by the Scientific Council at the inception of residency and in which are recorded all the periods of residency approved by the department heads and directors of hospitals in which the residency was performed, and by the chairmen of residency committees in those hospitals.

(5)  Confirmation of successful completion of all specialty examinations, as specified in chapter 5, or an exemption from the requirement to take all or some of such examinations.    

(6)  A recommendation from the head of the accredited department of the main specialty or sub-specialty, as the case may be, in which the residency was performed, as to the candidate’s being unconditionally worthy of being granted the title of specialist.
 

Decision of the Director

29a. (a) The Director shall not reach a decision regarding an application submitted in accordance with regulation 29 until he receives the recommendation of the Council, and if the opinion of a special committee formed as per regulation 28 is sought-until such opinion has been received.

(a1)  The Director may choose not to award a specialist’s title to a candidate, even if the Council has recommended doing so in accordance with regulation 26, if one of the following is true with regard to the candidate, and in the Director’s opinion such factor is likely to impact on the candidate’s practice as a specialist:

(1)  The applicant has been convicted in a criminal proceeding or a criminal proceeding is being conducted against him;

(2)  The Minister of Health has decided to institute disciplinary measures against him in accordance with paragraph 41 of the Ordinance, or a complaint against him is being investigated in accordance with paragraph 41 or paragraph 44a of the Ordinance.

(b) If the Director approves the title, it shall be valid from the date on which the candidate has completed all requirements listed in these regulations, or from the date on which s/he submitted an application in accordance with regulation 29, whichever is later; a certificate in which the chairman of the Council confirms the date on which all requirements were completed shall be prima facie evidence of same for the purpose of these regulations.

(c) Sub-section (b) shall apply to a title approved by the Director as of the first of December 1978 and thereafter.