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[2] §1. Qualifications of Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Medicine

1. [3] 1. Any person who has been admitted to the Degree of Bachelor of Arts with Honours may supplicate for the Degree of Bachelor of Medicine, provided that they shall have passed the examinations hereinafter prescribed.
2. [4] 2. Any person who has been admitted to the Second Examination for the Degree of Bachelor of Medicine by the Medical Sciences Board under the provisions of §3, cl. 15 of this section may supplicate for the Degree of Bachelor of Medicine without having been admitted to the Degree of Bachelor of Arts with Honours, provided that they shall have passed the Second Examination and shall have kept statutable residence for six terms.
3. [5] 3. A Student for the Preliminary Examination in Medicine or for the Degree of Bachelor of Medicine who has been admitted under the provisions of §3, cl. 15 of this section and who is not a graduate of the University may wear the same gown as that worn by Students for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

[6] §2. Subjects and Method of the Examination for the Preliminary Examination in Medicine

1. [7] 1. A candidate may be admitted to the Preliminary Examination in Medicine provided that his or her name is on the Register of Clinical Students and he or she has been admitted to the Degree of Bachelor of Arts with Honours or has obtained a degree of another university deemed adequate for the purpose by the Medical Sciences Board, and that he or she has satisfied such additional qualifications as the Medical Sciences Board may from time to time prescribe in its regulations.
2. [8] 2. The Preliminary Examination in Medicine shall consist of two parts. Part I may be offered not earlier than three terms, and Part II not earlier than six terms, from the date of entry onto the Register of Clinical Students.
3. [9] 3. The examination shall comprise such subjects and papers as the Medical Sciences Board shall from time to time by regulation determine.
4. [10] 4. The examiners may award a distinction to candidates of special merit in either Part I or Part II of the examination, provided that all the subjects in that Part have been offered and passed at one examination.
5. [11] 5. The examination shall be under the supervision of the Medical Sciences Board.

[12] §3. Subjects and Method of the Examination for the Degree of Bachelor of Medicine

1. [13] 1. There shall be two examinations for the Degree of Bachelor of Medicine. Both examinations shall be under the supervision of the Medical Sciences Board. The Board shall have power to require candidates for admission to any part of the First or Second Examination to produce certificates of attendance at courses of practical instruction, and such other certificates as the Board may from time to time determine, and to define the form of such certificates. It shall be the duty of the Registrar to see that these conditions are observed.

[14] First Examination

1. [15] 2. The subjects of the First Examination shall be: [16] Part I
   1. [17] 1. Organisation of the Body
   2. [18] 2. Physiology and Pharmacology
   3. [19] 3. Biochemistry and Medical Genetics
   4. [20] 4. Medical Sociology
2. [21] Part II
   1. [22] 5. Systems of the Body: Integrative Aspects
   2. [23] 6. The Nervous System
   3. [24] 7. Principles of Pathology
   4. [25] 8. Psychology for Medicine
3. [26] 3. The syllabus of each subject shall be as prescribed from time to time by the Medical Sciences Board by regulation.
4. [27] 4. Subjects 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7 shall each be examined in two Parts, A and B. In each of these subjects, a candidate must offer both Parts A and B at one examination, provided that a candidate who has failed at his or her first attempt to satisfy the examiners in one Part only of a subject may offer that Part alone at a subsequent examination. In each of these subjects, a candidate must pass both Parts, or have accumulated passes in both Parts, in order to pass in that subject. When a candidate who at the first attempt passed only one Part of a subject subsequently passes the remaining Part of that subject, the examiners shall publish his or her name as having passed in that subject.
5. [28] 5. A candidate must offer all four subjects in Part I at one examination, provided that a candidate who has failed at his or her first attempt in any subject or subjects may offer subject 4 or any Part or Parts of subjects 1, 2, or 3 at a subsequent examination (in accordance with clause 4 above), and provided that the Medical Sciences Board may dispense candidates who have already passed a First Public Examination in any subject from the requirements to offer all four subjects at one examination. In Part I, the examiners may publish the name of a candidate as having passed one, two, three, or four subjects, and the examiners may in addition publish the name of a candidate as having passed one Part only of any of the subjects 1, 2, or 3. In Part II, a candidate must offer all four subjects at one examination, provided that a candidate who has failed at his or her first attempt in any subject or subjects may offer subject 8 or any Part or Parts of subjects 5, 6, or 7 at a subsequent examination (in accordance with clause 4 above). In Part II, the examiners may publish the name of a candidate as having passed one, two, three, or four subjects. The examiners may in addition publish the name of a candidate as having passed one Part only of any of the subjects 5, 6, or 7.
6. [29] 6. A candidate shall be deemed to have passed the First Examination if he or she has satisfied the examiners in all the subjects of Parts I and II as specified in clause 2 above.
7. [30] 7. A candidate who has passed Part I of the First Examination shall be deemed to have passed the First Public Examination.
8. [31] 8. No candidate shall be admitted to the examination for Part II of the First Examination without first having passed all the subjects of Part I, save in exceptional circumstances at the discretion of the Medical Sciences Board following application from the candidate's society. No candidate may offer any subject or Part of a subject in Parts I and II of the First Examination on more than two occasions, save in exceptional circumstances at the discretion of the Medical Sciences Board following application from the candidate's society.
10. [32] 9. The examiners may award a distinction to candidates of special merit in either Part I or Part II of the examination, provided that all examinations for all four subjects specified for that Part in clause 2 above have been offered in their entirety and passed at one examination at the first scheduled opportunity which shall be the candidate’s first attempt, except in exceptional circumstances at the discretion of the Board of Examiners following application from the candidate’s society.
11. [33] 10. The examiners may award a Pass with Merit to candidates of special merit in any of the individual subjects 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, or 7, provided that all four subjects of Part I or of Part II of the examination have been offered in their entirety at one examination. The award of Pass with Merit shall be based on performance in Part B of a subject and shall be confined to candidates who have passed Part A of that subject at the same sitting which shall be the first scheduled opportunity and the candidate’s first attempt, except in exceptional circumstances at the discretion of the Board of Examiners following application from the candidate’s society.
12. [34] *11. (a) No candidate other than a Senior Student qualified under (b) of this clause shall be admitted to the First Examination unless his or her name has been entered on the Register of University Medical Students and he or she has previously passed:
    1. [35] (i) either the Qualifying Examination in Chemistry and Physics for medical students provided for in clause 12 below or examinations in chemistry and physics approved by the Medical Sciences Board; and
    2. [36] (ii) either the Qualifying Examination in Zoology for medical students provided for in clause 13 below, or an examination in Biology approved by the Medical Sciences Board.
13. [37] (b) A Senior Student may be admitted to the First Examination if his or her name has been entered on the Register of Medical Students and he or she has previously passed an examination approved by the Medical Sciences Board.
14. [38] 12. There shall be a Qualifying Examination in Chemistry and Physics for medical students, which shall be governed by the following provisions:
    1. [39] (a) The examination shall be under the supervision of the Medical Sciences Board.
    2. [40] (b) The syllabus and number of papers shall be prescribed from time to time by regulations of the Medical Sciences Board.
    3. [41] (c) Subject to the provisions of the appropriate regulation, any person may be admitted to the examination whether he or she is a member of the University or not.
15. [42] 13. There shall be a Qualifying Examination in Zoology for medical students, which shall be governed by the following provisions:
    1. [43] (a) The examination shall be under the joint supervision of the Medical Sciences and Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Board.
    2. [44] (b) The syllabus and number of papers shall be prescribed from time to time by regulations of the Medical Sciences and Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Boards.
    3. [45] (c) Subject to the provisions of the appropriate regulation, any person may be admitted to the examination whether he or she is a member of the University or not.

[46] Second Examination

1. [47] 14. The subject of the Second BM Examination shall be clinical medicine in all its aspects.
2. [48] *15. Candidates may be admitted to the Second Examination if they are on the Register of Clinical Students and satisfy one of the following conditions:
   1. [49] (a) they have passed in all the subjects of the Preliminary Examination in Medicine; or
   2. [50] (b) they have passed in all the subjects of the First Examination and the Qualifying Examination in the Principles of Clinical Anatomy and have either been admitted to the Degree of Bachelor of Arts with Honours or obtained a bachelor's degree at another university; or
   3. [51] (c) they have both
      1. [52] (i) successfully completed at a university in the United Kingdom a GMC-approved course of study in medical sciences that has included the subjects of the First Examination and the Principles of Clinical Anatomy, and is deemed by the Medical Sciences Board to qualify the candidate for admission; and
      2. [53] (ii) obtained a bachelor's degree in science or arts at a university, such degree having been approved by that Board.
3. [54] 16. The Second Examination shall cover three years, the subjects for each year being prescribed by regulation of the Medical Sciences Board. Each of Years 1 and 2 shall involve a form of assessment prescribed by regulation of the board and notified to candidates by it. No candidate shall commence Year 2 or 3 until he or she has satisfactorily completed Year 1 or 2 respectively (except that a candidate shall be permitted to commence Year 2 if he or she passed all the subjects in the Preliminary Examination in Medicine), unless the Director of Clinical Studies, at his or her discretion and in exceptional circumstances, decides that the candidate may proceed to the next year of study on condition that he or she should undertake remedial work and if necessary be reassessed at a later date. Year 3 shall involve written and clinical examinations and may involve oral examinations. No candidate shall be examined on the Year 3 Vocational Studies Course until he or she has passed the assessments for Years 1 and 2 and the Year 3 General Clinical Skills Course.
4. [55] 17. Candidates who have passed all subjects in the Preliminary Examination in Medicine shall be exempted from the Year 1 assessments of the Second Examination.
5. [56] 18. The examiners may award a distinction for outstanding performance over the three years. Criteria for distinctions will be determined by the Medical Sciences Board.
6. [57] 19. The examiners may award merits in each of the examined subjects in Years 1, 2 and 3.
7. [58] 20. Breach of the Code of Conduct for Medical Students, as approved and from time to time amended by Council's General Purposes Committee on the recommendation of the Medical Sciences Board, may be deemed to be a ground for removal of a student's name from the Register of Clinical Students according to procedures which shall always be subject to approval by Council's General Purposes Committee on the recommendation of the Medical Sciences Board.
8. [59] 21. The provisions of the appropriate regulations, concerning the times of holding examinations and the entry of names, and the special regulation concerning dress shall not, unless otherwise prescribed by regulation of the board, apply to Years 1 and 2, except in the case of a formal examination set by the examiners of these stages, as prescribed by regulation of the board.

[60] §4. Qualifying Examination in the Principles of Clinical Anatomy

[61] There shall be a Qualifying Examination in the Principles of Clinical Anatomy for medical students who have passed the First Examination for the Degree of Bachelor of Medicine and who are seeking admission to a course in clinical medicine in Oxford or elsewhere. The examination shall be governed by the following provisions.

1. [62] (a) The examination shall be under the supervision of the Medical Sciences Board.
2. [63] (b) No candidate shall be admitted to this Qualifying Examination unless his or her name has been entered on the Register of University Medical Students and he or she has previously passed the First Examination for the Degree of Bachelor of Medicine.
3. [64] (c) The syllabus and obligations required for candidates, and the method of examination, shall be as prescribed from time to time by regulations of the Medical Sciences Board.

[65] §5. Status of Student for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine*

1. [66] 1. Any person may supplicate for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine if [67] either
   1. [68] (1) he or she has been admitted to the Degree of Bachelor of Medicine and has entered upon the thirty-sixth term from his or her matriculation, or, in the case of a person who has been admitted to the Oxford Graduate Entry Medical Course, the thirtieth term from the date of his or her matriculation, or, in the case of a person who has incorporated as a Bachelor of Medicine, the thirty-sixth term from the date of his or her matriculation at the University of Cambridge, or, in the case of a person who has been admitted to the Second Examination for the Degree of Bachelor of Medicine under the provisions of §3, cl. 15 of this section, the twenty-seventh term from his or her matriculation; or
   2. [69] (2) he or she holds the Degree of Master of Arts of the University (other than a degree by decree or resolution or an honorary degree), has previously been entered in the Register of University Medical Students and has passed the First Examination for the Degree of Bachelor of Medicine of this University, holds a degree qualifying him or her to be placed on the Medical Register, and has entered upon the thirty-sixth term from his or her matriculation.
2. [70] 2. It shall be the duty of the Registrar to keep a Register of those admitted to the status of Student for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine.
3. [71] 3. On application for admission to the status of Student for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine, the applicant shall state whether he or she will wish to submit as his or her dissertation a series of papers or books, as permitted under §9, cl. 2 of this section.

[72] §6. Registration for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine

1. [73] 1. Except in the case of submission of published work as a dissertation for the degree, no student shall submit a dissertation until at least the beginning of the sixth term after the Medical Sciences Board has granted his or her admission.
2. [74] 2. A student must carry out the bulk of the research for the dissertation during the period in which he or she is registered.
3. [75] 3. If the dissertation, including published work submitted as a dissertation, has not been submitted for examination before the fifteenth term after admission has been granted, a student shall be required to seek readmission.

[76] §7. Advisers of Students for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine

1. [77] 1.
   1. [78] (1) Except in the case of students submitting published work as a dissertation for the degree, every student on admission as a Student for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine shall be allocated to an Adviser in Oxford appointed by the Medical Sciences Board in the student's area of research.
   2. [79] (2) In the case of students working outside Oxford, each student shall be required to seek additional advice from a senior member of the academic or clinical staff at the institution at which the research is to be pursued; and the student shall notify the Medical Sciences Board of the name of that person and provide a written statement signed by that person confirming that he or she is willing to undertake the role of an additional Adviser.
2. [80] 2.
   1. [81] (1) It shall be the duty of the Adviser to offer support and assistance to the student in the manner prescribed in the Memorandum of Guidance for Advisers and Students for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine as published from time to time by the Medical Sciences Board.
   2. [82] (2) The Adviser shall submit reports on the progress of the student's work at the beginning of each Michaelmas and Trinity Term, and the reports of Advisers outside Oxford shall, in the case of the relevant students, also be received by the Adviser in Oxford.
   3. [83] (3) It shall be the responsibility of the Adviser at the host institution (whether that is Oxford or elsewhere) to inform the Medical Sciences Board if he or she is of the opinion that the student is unlikely to reach the standard required for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine.
3. [84] 3.
   1. [85] (1) Except when approval has been given for submission of published work as a dissertation for the degree, it shall be the duty of every Student for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine to seek the advice of the Adviser (or, in the case of students working outside Oxford, both Advisers) at an early stage of the proposed research and to seek comments on his or her dissertation before its submission.
   2. [86] (2) During the course of the research the student shall maintain contact with the Adviser or Advisers in the manner prescribed in the Memorandum of Guidance for Advisers and Students for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine.

[87] §8. Confirmation of status as a Student for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine

1. [88] 1.
   1. [89] (1) Except in the case of submission of published work as a dissertation, a student registered for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine must, not later than the sixth term and not earlier than the third term after that in which he or she was admitted to the status of Student for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine, apply to the Medical Sciences Board for confirmation of that status.
   2. [90] (2) Except in the case of students submitting published work as a dissertation, all Students for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine shall have their status confirmed before they may make an application for the appointment of examiners.
2. [91] 2. Students applying for confirmation of status shall submit their application to the Medical Sciences Board through the Registrar; and each application shall be accompanied by:
   1. [92] (1) a report on the work undertaken since registration;
   2. [93] (2) a statement from the Adviser at the place where the work is being undertaken commenting on whether the student's progress provides firm evidence that the work when completed is likely to reach the standard required for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine.
3. [94] 3.
   1. [95] (1) If, after considering a student's application for confirmation of status, the Medical Sciences Board concludes that the student's progress does not warrant confirmation, the board may permit the submission of a further application not later than the third term after the original application.
   2. [96] (2) If the second application is unsuccessful, the student's name shall be removed from the Register of Students for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine.
4. [97] 4. Except in the case of submission of published work as a dissertation for the degree, a Student for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine shall cease to hold that status unless it has been confirmed within nine terms of his or her admission to that status.

[98] §9. Examination of Students for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine

1. [99] 1. A Student for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine who has, where applicable, fulfilled the requirements set out in §§6 and 8 of this section, and whose status has not expired, may apply to the Medical Sciences Board for the appointment of examiners and for leave to supplicate for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine.
2. [100] 2. Students admitted to the Degree of Doctor of Medicine prior to April 2002 will be given the option of examination under the regulations introduced in April 2002.
3. [101] 3.
   1. [102] (1) A Student for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine may [103] either
      1. [104] (a) submit a dissertation upon a subject which, together with the proposed manner of treating it, has previously been approved by the Medical Sciences Board;
   2. [105] or
      1. [106] (b) in exceptional circumstances, submit as his or her dissertation a series of papers or books published at least twelve months before the proposed date of submission, if the previous approval of the Medical Sciences Board has been given after considering the seniority of the student (who shall be required to have held a career-grade post for a period of at least fifteen years prior to submission), and the opinions of any referees who may be consulted.
   3. [107] (2) Submission of published works as a dissertation shall be permitted only when there is evidence of outstanding quality in the scientific papers or other works intended for submission; it shall also be a requirement that the published works be accompanied by a general introduction and a general conclusion and that they form a continuous theme.
4. [108] 4. Applications for the appointment of examiners and for leave to supplicate shall be made to the Medical Sciences Board through the Higher Degrees Office and shall include:
   1. [109] (1) a statement by the candidate that the thesis is his or her own work, except where otherwise indicated;
   2. [110] (2) a statement by the candidate of what part, if any, of the thesis has already been accepted, or is concurrently being submitted, for any degree or diploma or certificate or other qualification in this University or elsewhere;
   3. [111] (3) a statement, where applicable, from the Adviser at the place where the research was undertaken certifying that the candidate has sought his or her advice as appropriate;
   4. [112] (4) a statement from the candidate's college in support of the application;
   5. [113] (5) two printed or typewritten copies of an abstract of the thesis, which shall not normally exceed 300 words in length.
5. [114] 5. Where the Medical Sciences Board has given approval for submission of published work as a dissertation, two printed or typewritten copies of the thesis may be submitted by the student immediately after approval, in a format which is in accordance with the instructions obtainable from the Medical Sciences Board through the Higher Degrees Office.
6. [115] 6. In all other cases, students shall submit an application in accordance with clause 2 above up to four months in advance of submitting two printed or typewritten copies of the thesis in a format which is in accordance with the instructions obtainable from the Medical Sciences Board through the Higher Degrees Office.
7. [116] 7. If a student has not submitted his or her thesis for examination within twelve months from submission of the application under the provisions of clause 2 above, then the application shall lapse.
8. [117] 8.
   1. [118] (1) On receipt of an application the Medical Sciences Board shall appoint two examiners, neither of whom shall be the student's Adviser, and one of whom shall be external to the University.
   2. [119] (2) The duties of the examiners shall be:
      1. [120] (a) to consider the thesis and the abstract of it submitted by the candidate, except that they shall exclude from consideration in making their report any part of the thesis that either has already been accepted, or is concurrently being submitted, for any degree or diploma or certificate or other qualification in this University or elsewhere, or does not represent the candidate's own work;
      2. [121] (b) to examine the candidate orally in the subject of his or her thesis, unless, in exceptional circumstances in the case of submission of published work as a dissertation, the board agrees, on the recommendation of the examiners, to dispense with this requirement;
      3. [122] (c) to report to the Medical Sciences Board through the Registrar on the scope, character, and quality of the work submitted, in the manner prescribed in clause 9 below;
      4. [123] (d) to return to the candidate the copies of the thesis and abstract.
9. [124] 9.
   1. [125] (1) The Medical Sciences Board shall have power to make regulations concerning the notice to be given of the oral examination, and of the time and place at which it may be held.
   2. [126] (2) The examination may be attended by any member of the University in academic dress, while non-members may attend only with the consent of the examiners.
   3. [127] (3) The Vice-Chancellor and Proctors after consultation with the board may decide (either at their own discretion or at the request of the student or the supervisor or department) to forbid the attendance of any person or all persons (other than the examiners and the candidate) or to impose any condition on attendance if and to the extent that such action is in their view necessary to protect the interests of the University or the candidate or both, and the examiners shall be informed accordingly and shall include this information in the notice of examination.
10. [128] 10. Having completed the examination, the examiners may make one of the following recommendations in their report to the Medical Sciences Board, or they may alternatively proceed in accordance with the provisions of clause 10 below:
    1. [129] (1) that the board grant the student leave to supplicate for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine, if making this recommendation, the examiners shall include in their report statements that:
       1. [130] (a) the student possesses a comprehensive knowledge of the particular field of learning in which the thesis falls;
       2. [131] (b) the thesis embodies original observations on either clinical or experimental material;
       3. [132] (c) the work done by the student and embodied in the thesis has resulted in an original and substantial contribution to medical science;
       4. [133] (d) the thesis is presented in a lucid and scholarly manner;
       5. [134] (e) the student has presented a satisfactory abstract of the thesis;
       6. [135] (f) in their opinion the thesis merits the award of the Degree of Doctor of Medicine;
    2. [136] (2) that the board offer the student the option of reference of the thesis back to him or her in order that he or she may revise it for re-examination for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine on not more than one occasion, on the basis that the thesis has not reached the standard required for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine; if making this recommendation, the examiners shall annex to their report to the board a statement, for transmission to the student, setting out the respects in which the thesis falls below the standard required for the degree and what changes are necessary for it to reach that required standard, and setting a deadline (subject to the agreement of the board) for resubmission;
    3. [137] (3) that, in the case of a student whose thesis has already been referred back on one occasion, the student's application for leave to supplicate be refused; if making this recommendation, the examiners shall annex to their report a statement, for transmission to the student, setting out the respects in which the thesis falls below the standard required for the degree.
11. [138] 11.
    1. [139] (1) If the examiners are satisfied that the student's thesis is of sufficient merit to qualify for the degree but consider, nevertheless, that before the thesis is deposited the student should make minor corrections (which are not sufficiently substantial to justify reference back for re-examination), they shall require the student to correct the thesis to their satisfaction before they submit their report.
    2. [140] (2) If the student has not completed these corrections within three calendar months of the date of the oral examination, his or her name shall be removed by the Registrar from the Register of Students for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine, except that the board may, on good cause shown by the student, grant an extension of time of three further calendar months in which the student may fulfil this requirement before the removal of his or her name from the Register.
    3. [141] (3) No subsequent extension shall be granted, but it shall be open to a student who has failed to fulfil this requirement within those three or six months in total, as the case may be, to apply to the board for reinstatement as a Student for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine, with the support of his or her college and Adviser(s), upon submission to the Registrar of a copy of his or her thesis incorporating the required corrections, and upon payment of such reinstatement fee as may from time to time be prescribed by Council by decree; leave to supplicate shall not be granted until this fee has been paid.
12. [142] 12. The Medical Sciences Board may exempt a candidate who is being re-examined under the provision of clause 9(2) above from a further oral examination, if the examiners are able to certify that they are satisfied without examining the candidate orally that they can recommend to the board in the terms required by clause 9(1) above that he or she be given leave to supplicate for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine.
13. [143] 13. In an exceptional case in which the Medical Sciences Board is unable to accept the examiners' recommendation, or in which the examiners cannot reach an agreed recommendation, the board shall have power to appoint one or two new examiners, as it deems necessary, to conduct such further examination of the candidate as the board may require.
14. [144] 14.
    1. [145] (1) A student who has been granted leave to supplicate by the board shall be required to submit to the Registrar a copy of his or her thesis, incorporating any amendments or corrections required by the examiners and approved by the board, with a view to deposit in the Bodleian or other appropriate university library.
    2. [146] (2) Leave to supplicate shall in all cases be conditional upon fulfilment of this requirement.
15. [147] 15.
    1. [148] (1) It shall be the duty of the Registrar to notify the student of the board's decision as soon as may be.
    2. [149] (2) The Registrar shall also be responsible for publishing at the end of each academic year (except in so far as it may be necessary not to publish any name in order to comply with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998) the names of those students to whom permission to supplicate has been granted during that year, together with a statement of the subject of the thesis written by each.
16. [150] 16. When, on the conclusion of an investigation of a complaint made by a student, the Proctors recommend that a student be re-examined, the board shall have power to hold a new examination.

[152] §1. Degree of Bachelor of Surgery

[153] Every person admitted to the Degree of Bachelor of Medicine shall ipso facto be admitted also to the Degree of Bachelor of Surgery.

[154] §2. Degree of Master of Surgery

1. [155] 1. Any person may supplicate for the Degree of Master of Surgery provided that
   1. [156] (a) either
      1. [157] (i) he or she has been admitted to the Degree of Bachelor of Surgery and has entered upon the thirtieth term from his or her matriculation, or in the case of a person who has incorporated as a Bachelor of Surgery, the thirtieth term from the date of matriculation at the University of Cambridge, or in the case of a person who has been admitted to the Second Examination for the Degree of Bachelor of Medicine under the provisions of the appropriate regulation, the twenty-first term from his or her matriculation;
   2. [158] or
      1. [159] (ii) he or she holds the Degree of Master of Arts of the University (other than a degree by decree or special resolution or a degree honoris causa), has previously been entered in the Register of University Medical Students and has passed the First Examination for the Degree of Bachelor of Medicine of this University, holds a medical degree of another British university qualifying him or her to practise medicine, and has entered upon the thirtieth term from his or her matriculation;
   3. [160] (b) he or she has passed the FRCS or equivalent examination, and passed the examination hereinafter prescribed.
2. [161] 2. The examination shall consist of a thesis, and may include a viva voce examination to test the candidate's general competence in his or her own field.
3. [162] 3. No candidate shall be admitted to the examination earlier than the sixteenth term from the date of passing the Second Examination for the Degree of Bachelor of Medicine or an equivalent final medical examination from a university approved by Council.*
4. [163] 4. A candidate shall submit as evidence of his or her fitness to supplicate for the degree a thesis upon a subject previously approved by the Medical Sciences Board, or with the previous approval of that board a book or papers which have already been published under his or her own name. A candidate may submit joint publications provided that a substantial portion of the work submitted has been written solely by him or her. He or she shall make his application to the Medical Sciences Board through the Registrar, and shall at the same time submit:
   1. [164] (a) evidence that the subject of his or her thesis or published work has been approved by the Medical Sciences Board;
   2. [165] (b) four printed or typewritten copies of an abstract, of around 400 to 450 words and not exceeding 600 words, summarising the scope of the thesis or other evidence, the techniques used, and the principal findings;
   3. [166] (c) a certificate from the proper officer of his or her society that his or her application has the approval of that society;
   4. [167] (d) the fee prescribed in the appropriate regulation (see Appendix I);
   5. [168] (e) such number of copies of his or her evidence in such form as the board may by regulation direct.
   6. [169] The thesis or other evidence shall be accompanied by a certificate signed by the candidate indicating that it is the candidate's own work except where otherwise indicated. If the thesis or published work has not been submitted for examination before the sixteenth term after approval has been given under this clause, the candidate is required to seek reapproval of his or her submission.
5. [170] 5. On receipt of any such application, the Registrar shall submit it to the Medical Sciences Board. The board shall thereupon appoint two examiners whose duties shall be:
   1. [171] (1) to consider the evidence sent in by the candidate under the provisions of the preceding clause; provided that they shall exclude from consideration in making their report any part of the evidence that either
      1. [172] (a) has already been accepted, or is being concurrently submitted for any degree in this or any other University, and shall have the power to require the candidate to produce for their inspection the complete thesis so accepted or concurrently submitted; or
      2. [173] (b) does not represent the candidate's own work;
   2. [174] (2) if they think fit to examine the candidate orally;
   3. [175] (3) to report to the board through the Registrar;
   4. [176] (4) to return to the Registrar, with their report, the copy or copies of the evidence submitted by the candidate.
6. [177] 6. On receipt of the report of the examiners, it shall be the duty of the board to decide whether to permit the candidate to supplicate for the Degree of Master of Surgery, but permission shall in no case be given unless the examiners have reported that the work as embodied in his or her evidence and tested by his or her examination has resulted in an original contribution to knowledge deserving publication (whether or not already published) based on clinical and/or experimental observations, and that it is in their opinion of sufficient merit to entitle the candidate to supplicate for the Degree of Master of Surgery.
7. [178] 7. If the board approves the evidence as of sufficient merit for the degree, the board shall notify its decision in the University Gazette and one copy of the thesis or of each of the papers and books submitted as evidence shall remain in the possession of the University for deposit in Bodley's Library.