The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2007 No. 3101

PART 3 MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS: THE GENERAL AND SPECIALIST MEDICAL PRACTICE (EDUCATION, TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS) ORDER 2003

Substitution of article 19

52.  For article 19 substitute—

“The Directive: designation of competent authorities etc.

19.— (1) In accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4), the GMC and the Board are designated as the competent authorities in the United Kingdom for the purposes of the Directive relating to specialists and general practitioners.

(2) The GMC shall in the United Kingdom be responsible for the recognition and registration of specialist qualifications and qualifications in general practice, and shall carry out (in particular) the functions specified in Part 1 of Schedule 7A.

(3) The Board shall in the United Kingdom be responsible for matters relating to training in general medical practice and specialist training, including the assessment of training for the purposes of certain applications for inclusion in the General Practitioner Register or the Specialist Register, and shall carry out (in particular) the functions specified in Part 2 of Schedule 7A.

(4) The Board is designated as the competent authority in the United Kingdom for the purposes of awarding the following qualifications—

(a) as regards general medical practice, CCTs in general practice and certificates of acquired rights;

(b) as regards the practice of a medical specialty, CCTs in a specialty listed in Schedule 3.

(5) In Schedule 7A, “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.”.