Application for residency and residency log book

1.   (a) A physician applying for residency shall submit to the Council an application for residency and shall append to his application the following:

(1)  Written confirmation from a medical school recognized in accordance with section 4(b) of the Physicians’ Ordinance, attesting that the physician completed all requirements necessary to receive the title of MD.
 

(2)  Written confirmation from the director of a recognized institution and the chairman of the residency committee in such institution, attesting that they have agreed to accept the physician as a resident.
 

(b) Upon approval of the application for residency, the date upon which the application was received by the Council shall be considered the starting date of the residency. 
 

(c) A resident who wishes to change the location of his residency, shall submit to the Council a request to change the location and shall append to his request written confirmation from the department head and the chairman of the residency committee in the recognized institution willing to accept him as a resident; the starting date of residency in the new location shall be considered as per sub-sections (b) and (d). 
 

(d) The Council may, for special reasons that shall be noted, approve as the starting date of the residency the date given by the recognized institution, even if such date precedes the date upon which the request was received by the Council, provided that the request was received within 60 days of the actual starting date of the residency. 

(e) The Council shall provide the resident with a residency log book or shall update the entries in it, as the case may be, within 30 days of receiving a request from the resident, as stated in sub-sections (a) and (c). 

(f) Immediately after receiving the residency log book from the Council, the resident shall submit it for signature by the chairman of the residency committee at the recognized institution where s/he is undergoing residency. 

(g) A period of work performed without submission of an application, as stated in sub-sections (a) and (b), above, shall not be recognized for purposes of residency; however, the Director may, after consultation with the chairman of the Council, recognize a period of residency in part or in whole, upon consideration of special circumstances over which the resident had no control.