# The European Specialist Medical Qualifications Order 1995, Article 9: Eligible specialists


(1) A person is an eligible specialist for the purposes of article 8(2)(b) if he holds a recognised specialist medical qualification (as specified in article 10) and is—
(a) a national of an EEA State; or
(b) a person who for the purposes of access to and the practice of the medical profession is entitled to be treated in the same way as such a national in order to enable an enforceable Community right to be exercised.
(2) A person is also an eligible specialist for the purposes of article 8(2)(b) if—
(a) he does not fall within paragraph (1); but
(b) he has specialist medical qualifications awarded outside the United Kingdom in a specialty listed in Schedule 2,
and he satisfies the STA that those qualifications are equivalent to a CCST in the specialty in question.
(3) A person is also an eligible specialist for the purposes of article 8(2)(b) if—
(a) he has specialist qualifications awarded outside the United Kingdom in a medical specialty not listed in Schedule 2; or
(b) he has knowledge of or experience in any medical specialty derived from academic or research work,
and he satisfies the STA that these give him a level of knowledge and skill consistent with practice as a consultant in that specialty in the National Health Service.
(4) In the case of a person falling within paragraph (2) or (3) who is as described in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) of paragraph (1) and—
(a) has specialist qualifications awarded outside the EEA which have been accepted by another EEA State as qualifying him to practise as a specialist in that State; or
(b) has acquired specialist medical experience or knowledge in an EEA State,
the STA shall, when considering whether it is satisfied as mentioned in paragraph (2) or (3), take account of that acceptance and of that medical experience or knowledge.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/3208/article/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/european-specialist-medical-qualifications-order-1995/article-9
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