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

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Part 1 · Introductory
1. 1 Citation, commencement and extent
Part 2 · Medical practitioners: medical act 1983
1. 2 Amendment of Medical Act 1983
2. 3 Amendment of section 2
3. 4 Amendment of section 3
4. 5 Amendment of section 5
5. 6 Amendment of section 10A
6. 7 Amendment of section 14
7. 8 Insertion of section 14A
8. 9 Amendment of section 15A
9. 10 Amendment of section 16
10. 11 Amendment of section 17
11. 12 Substitution of section 18
12. 13 Amendment of section 19
13. 14 Insertion of section 19A
14. 15 Amendment of section 21
15. 16 Amendment of section 21B
16. 17 Amendment of section 21C
17. 18 Amendment of section 26
18. 19 Amendment of section 30
19. 20 Amendment of section 32
20. 21 Amendment of section 40
21. 22 Amendment of section 44
22. 23 Amendment of section 44B
23. 24 Insertion of section 44BA
24. 25 Repeal of section 45
25. 26 Amendment of section 46
26. 27 Amendment of section 49
27. 28 Insertion of section 49B
28. 29 Amendment of section 55
29. 30 Amendment of Schedule 1
30. 31 Repeal of Schedule 2
31. 32 Insertion of Schedule 2A
32. 33 Amendment of Schedule 3
33. 34 Amendment of Schedule 3A
34. 35 Amendment of Schedule 4
35. 36 Insertion of Schedule 4A
Part 3 · Medical practitioners: the general and specialist medical practice (education, training and qualifications) order 2003
1. 37 Amendment of the General and Specialist Medical Practice (Education, Training and Qualifications) Order 2003
2. 38 Amendment of article 5
3. 39 Substitution of article 6
4. 40 Amendment of article 8
5. 41 Amendment of article 10
6. 42 Amendment of article 11
7. 43 Insertion of article 11A
8. 44 Amendment of article 12
9. 45 Amendment of article 13
10. 46 Amendment of article 14
11. 47 Insertion of article 14A
12. 48 Amendment of article 15
13. 49 Insertion of article 15A
14. 50 Substitution of article 16
15. 51 Amendment of article 18
16. 52 Substitution of article 19
17. 53 Revocation of article 20
18. 54 Amendment of article 21
19. 55 Amendment of article 23
20. 56 Amendment of Schedule 1
21. 57 Amendment of Schedule 2
22. 58 Amendment of Schedule 3
23. 59 Repeal of Schedule 4
24. 60 Repeal of Schedule 5
25. 61 Amendment of Schedule 6
26. 62 Repeal of Schedule 6A
27. 63 Repeal of Schedule 7
28. 64 Insertion of Schedule 7A
Part 4 · Medical practitioners: other legislation
1. 65 Amendment of the Value Added Tax Act 1994
2. 66 Amendment of the European Primary Medical Qualifications Regulations 1996
3. 67 Amendment of the National Health Service (Primary Medical Services Performers Lists) (Scotland) Regulations 2004
4. 68 Amendment of the National Health Service (Performers Lists) Regulations 2004
5. 69 Amendment of the National Health Service (Performers Lists) (Wales) Regulations 2004
6. 70 Amendment of the General Medical Council (Fitness to Practise) Rules 2004
Part 5 · Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians: the pharmacists and pharmacy technicians order 2007
1. 71 Amendment of the Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Order 2007
2. 72 Amendment of article 3
3. 73 Amendment of article 10
4. 74 Amendment of article 11
5. 75 Amendment of article 12
6. 76 Amendment of article 14
7. 77 Amendment of article 16
8. 78 Amendment of article 17
9. 79 Substitution of article 18
10. 80 Insertion of article 18A
11. 81 Amendment of article 21
12. 82 Amendment of article 22
13. 83 Amendment of article 23
14. 84 Amendment of article 25
15. 85 Amendment of article 27
16. 86 Amendment of article 28
17. 87 Insertion of articles 28A and 28B
18. 88 Amendment of article 33
19. 89 Amendment of article 35
20. 90 Amendment of article 36
21. 91 Amendment of article 39
22. 92 Amendment of article 40
23. 93 Amendment of article 42
24. 94 Amendment of article 43
25. 95 Insertion of article 64A
26. 96 Amendment of article 66
27. 97 Insertion of Schedules A1 and A2
Part 6 · Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians: other legislation
1. 98 Amendment of the Medicines Act 1968
2. 99 Amendment of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978
3. 100 Amendment of the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations 2004
4. 101 Amendment of the Gender Recognition (Disclosure of Information) (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Order 2005
5. 102 Amendment of the Gender Recognition (Disclosure of Information) (Scotland) Order 2005
6. 103 Amendment of the Health Act 2006
7. 104 Amendment of the National Health Service Act 2006
8. 105 Amendment of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006
9. 106 Amendment of the Controlled Drugs (Supervision of Management and Use) Regulations 2006
10. 107 Amendment of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (Registration) Rules 2007
11. 108 Amendment of the Approved European Pharmacy Qualifications Order of Council 2007
Part 7 · Dentists and professions complementary to dentistry: dentists act 1984
1. 109 Amendment of Dentists Act 1984
2. 110 Insertion of section 12A
3. 111 Amendment of section 14
4. 112 Amendment of section 15
5. 113 Amendment of section 16
6. 114 Amendment of section 17
7. 115 Amendment of section 18
8. 116 Amendment of section 19
9. 117 Substitution of section 21A
10. 118 Insertion of section 34AA
11. 119 Amendment of section 35
12. 120 Amendment of section 36
13. 121 Insertion of sections 36ZA and 36ZB
14. 122 Amendment of section 36B
15. 123 Amendment of section 36C
16. 124 Amendment of section 36E
17. 125 Amendment of section 36F
18. 126 Insertion of sections 36Z3 and 36Z4
19. 127 Amendment of section 38
20. 128 Amendment of section 39
21. 129 Amendment of section 53
22. 130 Amendment of Schedule 2
23. 131 Amendment of Schedule 2A
24. 132 Substitution of Schedule 4
25. 133 Insertion of Schedule 4ZA
26. 134 Amendment of Schedule 4A
Part 8 · Dentists: the european primary and specialist dental qualifications regulations 1998
1. 135 Amendment of the European Primary and Specialist Dental Qualifications Regulations 1998
2. 136 Amendment of regulation 2
3. 137 Amendment of regulation 3
4. 138 Substitution of regulation 4
5. 139 Amendment of regulation 7
6. 140 Amendment of regulation 8
7. 141 Amendment of regulation 9
8. 142 Insertion of regulation 9A
9. 143 Amendment of regulation 10
10. 144 Amendment of regulation 13
11. 145 Amendment of regulation 14
12. 146 Insertion of regulation 14A
13. 147 Repeal of regulations 16, 17, 18 and 21
14. 148 Insertion of Schedule A1
15. 149 Repeal of Schedule 1
16. 150 Repeal of Schedule 2
Part 9 · Dentists: other legislation
1. 151 Amendment of the Medicines Act 1968
2. 152 Amendment of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971
3. 153 Amendment of the Poisons Act 1972
4. 154 Amendment of the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations 2004
Part 10 · Nurses and midwives: nursing and midwifery order 2001
1. 155 Amendment of Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001
2. 156 Amendment of article 6
3. 157 Amendment of article 7
4. 158 Amendment of article 8
5. 159 Amendment of article 9
6. 160 Amendment of article 10
7. 161 Omission of article 11
8. 162 Amendment of article 13
9. 163 Amendment of article 14
10. 164 Amendment of article 15
11. 165 Amendment of article 19
12. 166 Amendment of article 37
13. 167 Amendment of article 38
14. 168 Substitution of article 39
15. 169 Insertion of article 39A
16. 170 Substitution of article 40
17. 171 Insertion of Schedule 2A
18. 172 Substitution of Schedule 3
19. 173 Amendment of Schedule 4
Part 11 · Nurses and midwives: other legislation
1. 174 The Nursing and Midwifery Council (Fees) Rules 2004
2. 175 The Nurses and Midwives (Parts of and Entries in the Register) Order of Council 2004
3. 176 The European Nursing and Midwifery Qualifications Designation Order of Council 2004
4. 177 The Nursing and Midwifery Council (Education, Registration and Registration Appeals) Rules 2004
Part 12 · Opticians: opticians act 1989
1. 178 Amendment of Opticians Act 1989
2. 179 Amendment of section 8
3. 180 Insertion of sections 8B, 8C and 8D
4. 181 Amendment of section 10
5. 182 Amendment of section 10A
6. 183 Amendment of section 11A
7. 184 Amendment of section 11B
8. 185 Amendment of section 28
9. 186 Amendment of section 29
10. 187 Amendment of section 36
11. 188 Amendment of Schedule 1A
Part 13 · Opticians: other legislation
1. 189 Amendment of the National Health Service Act 1977
2. 190 Amendment of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978
3. 191 Amendment of the Medicines (Contact Lens Fluids and Other Substances) (Exemption from Licences) Order 1979
4. 192 Amendment of the Medicines (Contact Lens Fluids and Other Substances) (Advertising and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1979
5. 193 Amendment of the Medicines (Sale or Supply) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 1980
6. 194 Amendment of the National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) Regulations 1986
7. 195 Amendment of the National Health Service (Service Committees and Tribunal) Regulations 1992
8. 196 Amendment of the General Optical Council (Testing of Sight by Persons Training as Ophthalmic Opticians) Rules 1993
9. 197 Amendment of the Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Order 1997
10. 198 Amendment of the Primary Care Trusts (Consultation on Establishment, Dissolution and Transfer of Staff) Regulations 1999
11. 199 Amendment of the Primary Care Trusts (Membership, Procedure and Administration Arrangements) Regulations 2000
12. 200 Amendment of the General Social Care Council (Appointments and Procedure) Regulations 2001
13. 201 Amendment of the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations 2004
14. 202 Amendment of the General Optical Council (Registration Rules) 2005
15. 203 Amendment of the National Health Service Act 2006
16. 204 Amendment of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006
17. 205 Amendment of the National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) (Scotland) Regulations 2006
Part 14 · Osteopaths: osteopaths act 1993
1. 206 Amendment of the Osteopaths Act 1993
2. 207 Insertion of section 5A
3. 208 Amendment of section 6
4. 209 Amendment of section 8
5. 210 Amendment of section 17
6. 211 Amendment of section 29
7. 212 Insertion of section 29A
8. 213 Amendment of section 37
9. 214 Amendment of section 41
Part 15 · Osteopaths: other legislation
1. 215 Amendment of the General Osteopathic Council (Registration) Rules 1998
2. 216 Amendment of the General Osteopathic Council (Professional Indemnity Insurance) Rules 1998
3. 217 Amendment of the General Osteopathic Council (Recognition of Qualifications) Rules 2000
Part 16 · Chiropractors: chiropractors act 1994
1. 218 Amendment of the Chiropractors Act 1994
2. 219 Insertion of section 5A
3. 220 Amendment of section 6
4. 221 Amendment of section 8
5. 222 Amendment of section 17
6. 223 Amendment of section 29
7. 224 Insertion of section 29A
8. 225 Amendment of section 37
9. 226 Amendment of section 43
Part 17 · Chiropractors: other legislation
1. 227 Amendment of the General Chiropractic Council (Registration) Rules 1999
2. 228 Amendment of the General Chiropractic Council (Professional Indemnity Insurance) Rules 1999
3. 229 Amendment of the General Chiropractic Council (Registration of Chiropractors with Foreign Qualifications) Rules 2002
Part 18 · Social workers: care standards act 2000
1. 230 Amendment of the Care Standards Act 2000
2. 231 Amendment of section 55
3. 232 Amendment of section 56
4. 233 Amendment of section 57
5. 234 Amendment of section 58
6. 235 Insertion of section 58A
7. 236 Amendment of section 60
8. 237 Amendment of section 61
9. 238 Substitution of section 64
10. 239 Amendment of section 65
11. 240 Amendment of section 66
12. 241 Amendment of section 68
13. 242 Amendment of section 71
Part 19 · Social workers: health and personal social services act (northern ireland) 2001
1. 243 Amendment of the Health and Personal Social Services Act (Northern Ireland) 2001
2. 244 Amendment of section 2
3. 245 Amendment of section 3
4. 246 Amendment of section 4
5. 247 Amendment of section 5
6. 248 Insertion of section 5A
7. 249 Amendment of section 7
8. 250 Amendment of section 8
9. 251 Amendment of section 11
10. 252 Amendment of section 12
11. 253 Amendment of section 13
12. 254 Amendment of section 15
13. 255 Amendment of section 18
Part 20 · Social workers: regulation of care (scotland) act 2001
1. 256 Amendment of the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001
2. 257 Amendment of section 44
3. 258 Amendment of section 45
4. 259 Amendment of section 46
5. 260 Insertion of sections 46A and 46B
6. 261 Amendment of section 47
7. 262 Amendment of section 50
8. 263 Amendment of section 51
9. 264 Amendment of section 57
10. 265 Amendment of section 77
Part 21 · Other health professions: health professions order 2001
1. 266 Amendment of the Health Professions Order 2001
2. 267 Amendment of article 6
3. 268 Amendment of article 7
4. 269 Amendment of article 8
5. 270 Amendment of article 9
6. 271 Amendment of article 10
7. 272 Amendment of article 12
8. 273 Insertion of article 13A
9. 274 Amendment of article 19
10. 275 Amendment of article 37
11. 276 Amendment of article 38
12. 277 Amendment of Schedule 3
Part 22 · Other health professions: other legislation
1. 278 Amendment of the Health Professions (Parts of and Entries in the Register) Order of Council 2003
2. 279 Amendment of the Health Professions Council (Registration and Fees) Rules 2003

Key facts

Type: Statutory instrument · UKSI 2007/3101
Made by: UK Government (statutory instrument)
Extent: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

History · 5 versions

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Amends 9: The General and Specialist Medical Practice (Education, Training and Qualifications) Order 2003 (revoked); The Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Order 2007 (revoked); The Controlled Drugs (Supervision of Management and Use) Regulations 2006; The General Medical Council (Fitness to Practise) Rules Order of Council 2004; The National Health Service (Performers Lists) Regulations 2004; The Primary Care Trusts (Membership, Procedure and Administration Arrangements) Regulations 2000; The General Chiropractic Council (Professional Indemnity Insurance) Rules Order 1999; The Primary Care Trusts (Consultation on Establishment, Dissolution and Transfer of Staff) Regulations 1999; The General Osteopathic Council (Professional Indemnity Insurance) Rules Order of Council 1998
Repeals 1: The General and Specialist Medical Practice (Education, Training and Qualifications) Order 2003 (revoked)

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a competent authority certificate
means a certificate issued by a competent authority in a relevant European State stating that the person named in the certificate has practised effectively and lawfully in that State— a as a midwife, or b as a nurse responsible for general care whose activities include full responsibility for the planning, organisation and carrying out of the nursing care of the patient, for at least three consecutive years or, for the purposes of articles 4(3)(b)(ii), 6(3)(b)(ii) and 8, two consecutive years, during the period of five years ending with the date of issue of the certificate.”
an article 41(2) certificate
means a certificate issued to a person by a competent authority in a relevant European State in accordance with article 41(2) of the Directive (procedures for the recognition of evidence of formal qualifications as a midwife), to the effect that the person, after qualifying as a midwife, has practised satisfactorily, for the period provided for in article 41(1)(a)(ii) or (c) of the Directive, as a midwife in a hospital or other health care establishment approved for the purposes of article 41(2) of the Directive. 3A In this Order, references to the Directive or to any provision of the Directive are references to the Directive, or to that provision of the Direct
basic dental training
means dental training that meets, or under article 22(a) of the Directive (part-time training) is to be treated as meeting, the requirements of article 34 of the Directive (basic dental training);
competent authority
means any authority or body of a relevant European State designated by that State for the purposes of the Directive as competent to— (a) receive or issue evidence of qualifications or other information or documents, or (b) receive applications and take the decisions referred to in the Directive, in connection with the practice of medicine;
condition
includes limitation. 10 Paragraphs (1) to (6) are not to be taken to prejudice the application, in relation to persons registered in Part 3 of the Register of Pharmacy Technicians, of any other provision of this Order under which a registered pharmacy technician's name may be removed from the Register of Pharmacy Technicians or under which a registered pharmacy technician's registration in that register may be suspended.”
declaration on oath
includes a solemn declaration. 4 This paragraph applies to a certificate which— a attests to A's good physical and mental health;
Directive 93/16/EEC
means Council Directive 93/16/EEC of 5th April 1993 to facilitate the free movement of doctors and the mutual recognition of their diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications (OJ No.
European-recognised qualifications
means qualifications which relevant European States are required by the Directive to recognise. 7 1 Sub-paragraph (2) applies where the Registrar receives the required renewal documents from a visiting practitioner who is entitled under this Schedule to provide occasional medical services. 2 The visiting practitioner is entitled to continue to provide occasional medical services, but paragraph 8 contains provision about the duration of entitlement continued under this sub-paragraph. 3 Sub-paragraph (4) applies where the Registrar receives the required renewal documents from a visiting practitioner— a who is not entitled under this Schedule to provide occasional medical services;
exempt person
means a person who— a is a national of a relevant European State other than the United Kingdom;
medical qualification
means a diploma, certificate or other evidence of qualifications as a doctor issued by a competent authority in a relevant European State;
non-UK dental qualification
means a dental qualification that is awarded to a person by a competent authority of a relevant European State other than the United Kingdom;
non-UK medical qualification
means a medical qualification that is awarded to a person by a competent authority of a relevant European State other than the United Kingdom.”
non-UK midwifery qualification
means a midwifery qualification that is awarded to a person by a competent authority of a relevant European State other than the United Kingdom;
non-UK nursing qualification
means a nursing qualification that— (a) attests to satisfaction of the training conditions specified in article 31 of the Directive (training of nurses responsible for general care), and (b) is awarded to a person by a competent authority of a relevant European State other than the United Kingdom;
non-UK pharmacy qualification
means a qualification in pharmacy that is awarded to a person by a competent authority of a relevant European State other than the United Kingdom;
non-UK specialist or GP qualifications
means specialist qualifications or qualifications in general practice that are awarded to a person by a competent authority of a relevant European State other than the United Kingdom.”
non-UK specialist qualification
means a qualification as a specialist dentist in orthodontics or oral surgery that is awarded to a person by a competent authority of a relevant European State other than the United Kingdom.”
registered dispensing optician
means a person whose name is in the register of dispensing opticians maintained under section 7 or in the register of visiting dispensing opticians from relevant European States maintained under section 8B;
registered optometrist
means a person whose name is in the register of optometrists maintained under section 7 or in the register of visiting optometrists from relevant European States maintained under section 8B;”
Relevant European State
means an EEA State or Switzerland. 7 “Exempt person” means— a a national of a relevant European State other than the United Kingdom, b a national of the United Kingdom who is seeking to engage in relevant social work by virtue of an enforceable Community right, or c a person who is not a national of a relevant European State but who is, by virtue of an enforceable Community right, entitled to be treated, as regards the right to engage in relevant social work, no less favourably than a national of a relevant European State;
relevant services
means services provided in pursuit of the established profession.”
serious, specific circumstances
has the same meaning as in article 56(2) of the Directive (exchange between authorities of information about disciplinary action etc.).”
the Directive
has the meaning given by section 5(4) above;”
The General Systems Regulations
means the European Communities (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2781). 6 “Relevant European State” means an EEA State or Switzerland. 7 “Exempt person” means— a a national of a relevant European State other than the United Kingdom, b a national of the United Kingdom who is seeking to engage in relevant social work by virtue of an enforceable Community right, or c a person who is not a national of a relevant European State but who is, by virtue of an enforceable Community right, entitled to be treated, as regards the right to engage in relevant social work, no less favourably than a national of a relevant European State;
the relevant court
means— a where the person concerned is entered in a specialist list, and his address in that list is in Scotland, the sheriff in whose sheriffdom that address is situated;
the relevant date
has the same meaning as in article 16(9).”
the relevant day
means the day on which the Registrar receives those documents;
the specified period
means— a in the case of an application pursuant to regulation 8(2)(b), the period of three months beginning with the relevant date;
the specified time
means, subject to paragraph (7)— a in relation to an application to which paragraph (4)(a) or (b) applies, the period of three months— i beginning with the relevant date, and ii ending with the date on which the Registrar of the GMC gives the applicant notice of the matters specified in paragraph (2);
visiting practitioner
means an exempt person to whom this Schedule applies;