The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2007

Amendment of article 11U.K.

42.  In article 11 M1 (general practitioners eligible for entry in the General Practitioner Register)—

(a)for paragraph (1) substitute—

“(1) A person is an eligible general practitioner for the purposes of article 10(2)(b) if he is an exempt person and he holds any of the following issued in a relevant European State other than the United Kingdom—

(a)a qualification in general practice listed in Annex V, point 5.1.4 of the Directive, together with the corresponding professional title;

(b)a certificate of acquired rights; or

(c)a qualification in general practice which is not listed in Annex V, point 5.1.4 of the Directive, if that qualification—

(i)is accompanied by a certificate of a competent authority of the relevant European State in which the qualification was obtained to the effect that the qualification is evidence of training which satisfies the requirements of article 28 of the Directive (requirements for training in general medical practice), and

(ii)is treated by that State as if it were a qualification listed in relation to that State in Annex V, point 5.1.4 of the Directive.

(1A) A person is also an eligible practitioner for the purposes of article 10(2)(b) if he holds—

(a)a certificate of prescribed experience; or

(b)a certificate of equivalent experience.”;

(b)in paragraph (3)—

(i)for “A person” substitute “ Subject to paragraph (3A), a person ”, and

(ii)for “paragraph (1) or (2)” substitute “ paragraph (1), (1A) or (2) ”;

(c)after paragraph (3) insert—

“(3A) If a person falling within paragraph (3) is an exempt person and he holds a qualification in general practice which—

(a)was granted otherwise than in a relevant European State, and

(b)has not previously been accepted by a relevant European State as qualifying him to practise as a general practitioner in that State,

he is not an eligible general practitioner pursuant to paragraph (3) unless he satisfies the Board that his qualification in general practice is evidence of training that meets, or under article 22(a) of the Directive (part-time training) is to be treated as meeting, the requirements of article 28 of the Directive (specific training in general medical practice).”;

(d)in paragraph (4), for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a)he is an exempt person who holds a qualification in general practice which—

(i)was granted otherwise than in a relevant European State, but

(ii)has been accepted by a relevant European State, other than the United Kingdom, as qualifying him to practise as a general practitioner in that State; or”;

(e)in paragraph (5), for “a person's training, qualifications, or both when considered together are equivalent to a CCT in general practice” substitute “ a person is an eligible practitioner pursuant to paragraph (3) ”;

(f)in paragraph (6), for “article 16(4)” substitute “ article 16(5) ”; and

(g)in paragraph (7), for “satisfied, pursuant to paragraph (3), that a person's training, qualifications, or both when considered together are equivalent to a CCT in general practice” substitute “ satisfied that a person is an eligible practitioner pursuant to paragraph (3) ”.