Section 9: Registration

(1) Subject to section 26 of this Act and to rules made under section 7 (2) hereof, a person shall be entitled to be registered under this Act and being so registered to receive a registration certificate if-
(a) he has attended a course of training approved by the Board under section II of this Act;
(b) the course was conducted at an institution so approved, or partly at one of such institution and partly at another;
(c) he holds one or more qualifications prescribed in the Third Schedule to this Act for the purpose of registration on the register and has complied with the other requirements prescribed under section 7 (2) of this Act;
(d)
he has undergone internship of twelve calendar months in an approved clinical setting other than the institution of training; and
(e) he thereafter pays any prescribed fees.
(2)
Subject to section 26 of this Act and to rules made under section 7 (2) hereof, a person shall also be entitled to be registered under this Act and being so registered to receive a registration certificate if he satisfies the Board-
(a) that he holds a qualification granted outside Nigeria for the time being accepted by the Board for the purposes of this subsection as respects the profession;
(b) that in the country in which the qualification was granted he was under no legal disability in the practice of the profession;
(c) that he is of good character; and
(d) he thereafter pays any prescribed fees.
(3)
The Board shall from time to time publish in the Federal Gazette particulars of the qualifications for the time being accepted as aforesaid.
(4) The qualifications specified in the Third Schedule to this Act are those accepted for the time being by the Board as the minimum qualifications for the purpose of registration on the register maintained under section 7 of this Act.
(5) Subject to section 26 of this Act and to rules made under section 7 (2) hereof, a person shall be entitled to be temporarily registered under this Act in cases specified in section 10 of this Act.