Apply for Registration as a Medical Scientist

The Register for Medical Scientists opened on 31 March 2019. Medical Scientists can now apply for registration.

Please select from the links below for detailed information about Registration:

What is Registration?
What type of Registrant am I?
How do I Register?
Registration Tips
Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics for Medical Scientists

Please Note: Section 91 candidates are individuals who qualified before 31st March 2019 and have been engaged in the practice of the profession in the Republic of Ireland for a minimum of 2 years fulltime (or an aggregate of 2 years fulltime), between 31st March 2014 and 31st March 2019 are considered to be Section 91 applicants under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005.

Medical Scientists - Acceptable Qualifications

A routine application is included in Schedule 3 (of the Act), or on the HSE list (until such time as an approved qualifications bye law is made by the Board) or was recognised by CORU (or other Competent Authority in Ireland).

The Medical Scientists Registration Board, for the purposes of Section 38 (2) (a) of the Act, hereby accepts the following qualifications are acceptable for the purposes of application for registration:

Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Medical Science from the Galway/Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT)
Bachelor of Science (Honours) Biomedical Science, Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) or Technological University Dublin (TU Dublin)
Bachelor in Science Honours degree in Biomedical Science from the Joint University College Cork – Cork Institute of Technology course AND Diploma in Clinical Laboratory Practice
Certificate in Medical Laboratory Science, Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT), Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) or Galway/Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) and Bachelor in Science (Applied Science) Honours degree (Biomedical option) from the University of Dublin/Dublin Institute of Technology (Awarded prior to 2002)
Bachelor of Biomedical Science, Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) AND BSc (Honours) Biomedical Sciences, University College Cork (UCC) (Awarded prior to 2013)
Diploma in Medical Laboratory Sciences of the Dublin Institute of Technology, (DIT) or the Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) (Awarded prior to 1994)
Certificate in Medical Laboratory Sciences awarded before 1997 by the Dublin Institute of Technology Kevin Street, the Cork Institute of Technology or the Galway/Mayo Institute of Technology

Schedule 3 Approved Qualifications

As per the HSCP Act 2005 (as amended), the following qualifications are also approved during the Transition/Grandparenting Period:

Bachelor of Science (Applied Sciences) (Honours) (Biomedical option) from the University of Dublin/the Dublin Institute of Technology Kevin Street
Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Biomedical Science from the Joint University College Cork — Cork Institute of Technology course
Diploma in Medical Laboratory Sciences awarded before 1994 by the Dublin Institute of Technology or the Cork Institute of Technology
Certificate in Medical Laboratory Sciences awarded before 1997 by the Dublin Institute of Technology Kevin Street, the Cork Institute of Technology or the Galway/Mayo Institute of Technology