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The [http://ganfyd.org/deeds/commons.html Ganfyd copyright licence] and policy restricts the right and ability to edit the material from and on this site (with certain exceptions) to '''Registered medical practitioners'''.  These are medical doctors with a medical degree registered as medical practitioners in the country they practise in by the statutory registration authority of that country.

(Note that some regulations and legislation refers to a registered medical practitioner as an ''RMP''. Do not confuse this sort of RMP with [[Wikipedia:Royal Military Police|this sort of RMP]] or the [[Wikipedia:Royal Canadian Mounted Police|RCMP]].)

== Australia ==
{{Australia|In Australia, there is a separate medical board for each state and territory.
Doctors must be registered with one or more medical boards, however they may only practise in the jurisdiction of the state or territory they are registered in.
Not all have searchable online databases of registered practitioners.}}
*[http://www.amc.org.au/board.asp Australian Medical Council boards listing]
*[http://www.medicalboardsa.asn.au/page2.php?parentid=58&pageid=58 Medical Board of South Australia]
*[http://www.nt.gov.au/health/org_supp/prof_boards/prof_licensing_auth.shtml Medical Board of the Northern Territory]
*[http://www.medicalboard.qld.gov.au/Check%20Registration.htm Medical Board of Queensland]
*[http://www.nswmb.org.au/ New South Wales Medical Board]
*[http://medicalboardvic.org.au/ Medical Board of Victoria]
*[http://www.wa.medicalboard.com.au/practitioners.cfm Medical Board of Western Australia]
*[http://www.wa.medicalboard.com.au/practitioners.cfm Medical Council of Tasmania]

== Canada ==
{{Canada|
in Canada, the good standing of a doctor can be determined from a College of Physicians from the 
province or territory in which they work, for example the [https://www.cpsbc.ca/cps College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia] }}

==Eire==
{{ROI|In the Republic of Ireland there is a single register maintained by the [http://www.medicalcouncil.ie/ Medical Council ]}}
*You can [http://www.medicalcouncil.ie/registration/check.asp search the register]



==New Zealand==
{{NZ|In New Zealand there is a single register maintained by the [http://www.mcnz.org.nz/ Medical Council of New Zealand]}}
*You can [http://mcnz.zeta.co.nz/information/register/searchregister.asp search the register]



== UK ==
{{UK|In the United Kingdom there is a single register maintained by the [http://www.gmc-uk.org/ General Medical Council (GMC)]}}
*You can [http://webcache.gmc-uk.org/ods/home.do search the register]
*Note that there's no legal protection of the title ''"doctor"'' - if there were most of us (those without a PhD, MD, DPhil, or similar) would probably not be entitled to call ourselves "doctor". The title that is protected in the UK is ''"registered medical practitioner"''.
*The relevant Act of Parliament is the [[Medical Act 1983]]

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