Article 10 Recognised specialist medical qualifications

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

art. 10(1)(a) substituted by European Qualifications (Health Care Professions) 2003 reg. 10(7)(a)
art. 10(1)(c) words substituted by European Qualifications (Health Care Professions) 2003 reg. 10(7)(b)(i)
art. 10(1)(c)(ii) words substituted by European Qualifications (Health Care Professions) 2003 reg. 10(7)(b)(ii)
art. 10(1)(c)(iii) words substituted by European Qualifications (Health Care Professions) 2003 reg. 10(7)(b)(iii)
art. 10(1)(e) added by European Qualifications (Health Care Professions) 2003 reg. 10(7)(c)
art. 10(2)(a) words substituted by European Qualifications (Health Care Professions) 2003 reg. 10(8)
art. 10(2A) inserted by European Qualifications (Health Care Professions) 2003 reg. 10(9)
art. 10(3)(d) word omitted by European Qualifications (Health Care Professions) 2003 reg. 10(10)
art. 10(3)(d)(da) inserted by European Qualifications (Health Care Professions) 2003 reg. 10(10)

(1)

The following are recognised specialist medical qualifications for the purposes of article 9(1)—

(a)

a qualification listed in article 5(2) of the Directive (which sets out the names of specialist qualifications in EEA States) granted in an EEA State other than the United Kingdom (these names are set out in Schedule 4) in—

(i)

a specialty listed in article 5(3) of the Directive (specialties common to all EEA States^f1), or

(ii)

a specialty listed in article 7(2) of the Directive (specialties peculiar to two or more EEA States) in which the United Kingdom is shown as awarding qualifications^f2;

(b)

a qualification in specialist medicine granted in an EEA State other than the United Kingdom which does not satisfy all the minimum training requirements laid down by the Directive and was awarded following training begun before the relevant date, accompanied by a certificate from the competent authority in the EEA State in which the qualification was awarded or in which its holder has subsequently become established, stating that the holder has been engaged in the practice of his specialty for at least the period required by article 9(2) of the Directive (qualifications not satisfying the minimum training requirements) for the recognition of his qualification in the United Kingdom;

(c)

a qualification in specialist medicine, in a specialty referred to in article 5(3) of the Directive or in a specialty referred to in article 7(2) of the Directive in which the United Kingdom is shown as awarding qualifications—

(i)

which has been obtained at any time in an EEA State other than the United Kingdom,

(ii)

which does not conform with the designations set out in article 5(2), 5(3) or 7(2) of the Directive (which together set out the specialist medical qualifications awarded in EEA States), and

(iii)

evidence of which is accompanied by a certificate of the competent authorities of that State to the effect that the qualification was awarded following training in accordance with the provisions of articles 24, 25, 26 or 27 (as appropriate), and 29 of the Directive (which set out minimum standards of training for specialist medical qualifications) and is treated by that State as if it were a qualification set out under the heading relating to that State in article 5 or 7 of the Directive; and

(d)

subject to compliance with paragraph (2), any qualification which is evidence of training which does not accord with the standards laid down by articles 24 to 27 of the Directive, undertaken on the territory of the former German Democratic Republic and begun before 3rd April 1992.

(2)

This paragraph is complied with where—

(a)

the holder of the qualification referred to in paragraph (1)(d) satisfies the GMC (by means of a certificate of the competent authorities in Germany or otherwise) that he is entitled by virtue of that qualification to practise his specialty throughout the territory of Germany on the same conditions as the holder of a qualification awarded in Germany and listed in article 5 or 7 of the Directive; and

(b)

evidence of the qualification is accompanied by a certificate of the competent authorities in Germany that the holder has practised his specialty in Germany for the period referred to in article 9(4) of the Directive (training in former German Democratic Republic).

(3)

In paragraph (1)(b), “the relevant date” means—

(a)

1st January 1981, in the case of a qualification granted in Greece;

(b)

1st January 1986, in the case of a qualification granted in Spain or Portugal;

(c)

1st January 1994, in the case of a qualification granted in Austria, Finland, Iceland, Norway, or Sweden;

(d)

1st May 1995, in the case of a qualification granted in Liechtenstein; or

(e)

20th December 1976, in the case of all other EEA States.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: These specialties are marked * in Part I of Schedule 2.
f2: These specialties are those listed in Part I of Schedule 2 which are not marked *.