The National Health Service (Vocational Training for General Medical Practice) (Scotland) Regulations 1998

Approval of training posts

8.—(1) A post falls within this regulation for the purposes of regulation 6(4) if it is–

(a) a post which is, on 30th September immediately before the start of employment in that post, approved for those purposes by the Joint Committee in accordance with paragraph (2);

(b) a post which is an educationally approved post for the purpose of acquiring prescribed experience under regulations made under section 32 of the National Health Service Act 1977;

(c) a post which is an educationally approved post for the purpose of acquiring prescribed experience under regulations made under article 8 of the Heath and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1978(1).

(2) The Joint Committee may approve a post for the purposes of paragraph (1) only if–

(a) it is approved by the Specialist Training Authority of the Medical Royal Colleges (“the STA”) pursuant to article 7 of the European Specialist Medical Qualifications Order 1995(2); or

(b) it is not so approved and the post is one for which there is no relevant Royal College or Faculty which is entitled to appoint a member of the STA pursuant to article 3(3) and Part I of Schedule 1 to that Order.

(1)

S.I. 1978/1907 (N.I.26).

(2)

S.I. 1995/3208.