What are the rechecking requirements for doctors on training rotations?
Under the terms of the SVG Act, employers are legally required to ensure that individuals working in regulated activity have appropriate clearances against the relevant barred lists. This requirement does not, however, make any amendment to pre-existing arrangements for doctors on an educationally-approved training rotation. During their term of training, doctors are regarded as being in continuous employment and therefore are required to be checked, as a minimum, once every three years rather than each and every time they change rotation. Employers must seek written assurance from the host organisation or previous employer that an enhanced CRB check has been carried out within the last three years. Where the individual has previously had a check against the PoCA List – or if they started their training programme post-October 2009 and have had a check against the ISA’s Children’s List, then there is no legal requirement for you to undertake a further check until that three year period
