The Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Order of Council 2010

Recognised specialist qualifications granted outside the United Kingdom

10.—(1) The following are, for the purpose of article 8(1), recognised specialist qualifications granted outside the United Kingdom—

(a) a specialist qualification listed in Annex V, point 5.1.2 of the Directive which was awarded—

(i) in a relevant European State other than the United Kingdom;

(ii) on or after the reference date, not being evidence of training commenced by the holder before that date; and

(iii) in a recognised specialty;

(b) a specialist qualification listed in Annex V, point 5.1.2 of the Directive—

(i) which was awarded in a relevant European State other than the United Kingdom;

(ii) which was awarded following training commenced by the holder before the reference date;

(iii) which was awarded in a recognised specialty; and

(iv) where the holder of the qualification satisfies the Registrar (by means of a certificate of a competent authority of the relevant European State in which it was awarded or otherwise) that it accords with the standards laid down by Article 25 of the Directive;

(c) a specialist qualification which—

(i) was awarded in a relevant European State other than the United Kingdom;

(ii) was awarded in a recognised specialty;

(iii) does not satisfy all the minimum training requirements laid down by Article 25 of the Directive;

(iv) was awarded following training commenced by the holder before the reference date; and

(v) is accompanied by a certificate of a competent authority of any relevant European State that the holder has effectively and lawfully been engaged in the practice of the specialty in that State for at least three consecutive years during the five years preceding the date of the certificate;

(d) a specialist qualification in a recognised specialty which—

(i) has been obtained at any time in a relevant European State other than the United Kingdom;

(ii) does not correspond to the titles listed in Annex V, points 5.1.2 and 5.1.3 of the Directive; and

(iii) is accompanied by a certificate of a competent authority of that State to the effect that the qualification is evidence of training which satisfies the requirements of Article 25 of the Directive and is treated by that State as if it were a qualification listed in respect of the relevant specialty in relation to that State in Annex V, points 5.1.2 and 5.1.3 of the Directive;

(e) a specialist qualification which—

(i) was awarded in Spain to doctors who completed their specialist training before 1st January 1995, even if that training does not satisfy the requirements of Article 25 of the Directive;

(ii) was awarded in a recognised specialty; and

(iii) is accompanied by a certificate issued by a competent authority in Spain attesting that the person concerned has passed the examination in specific professional competence held in accordance with Article 27(2) of the Directive with a view to ascertaining that the person concerned possesses a level of knowledge and skill comparable to that of doctors who possess a specialist qualification listed in respect of the relevant specialty in relation to Spain in Annex V, points 5.1.2 and 5.1.3 of the Directive;

(f) a specialist qualification in a recognised specialty—

(i) which is evidence of training which does not accord with the standards laid down by Article 25 of the Directive, undertaken on the territory of the former German Democratic Republic and begun before 3rd April 1992;

(ii) where the holder of the qualification satisfies the Registrar (by means of a certificate of a competent authority in Germany or otherwise) that they are entitled by virtue of that qualification to practise their specialty throughout the territory of Germany on the same conditions as the holder of a qualification awarded in Germany and listed in Annex V, point 5.1.2 of the Directive; and

(iii) where evidence of the qualification is accompanied by a certificate of a competent authority in Germany that the holder has effectively and lawfully been engaged in the practice of the specialty in Germany for at least three consecutive years during the five years preceding the date of the certificate; and

(g) a specialist qualification which—

(i) was awarded by, or which relates to training started in, the territory specified in column (a) of the table before the date specified in the corresponding entry in column (b) of that table;

(ii) is accompanied by an attestation by a competent authority of the relevant European State specified in the corresponding entry in column (c) in that table to the effect that that qualification has, on its territory, the same legal validity as regards access to, and practice of, specialised medicine as a qualification awarded in that specialty in that State and listed in Annex V, point 5.1.2 of the Directive in respect of that State; and

(iii) is accompanied by a certificate from that authority that the holder has effectively and lawfully been engaged in the activity in question in that State for at least three consecutive years during the five years prior to the date of issue of that certificate.

	Column (a)	Column (b)	Column (c)
	Former Czechoslovakia	1st January 1993	Czech Republic
	Former Czechoslovakia	1st January 1993	Slovakia
	Former Soviet Union	20th August 1991	Estonia
	Former Soviet Union	21st August 1991	Latvia
	Former Soviet Union	11th March 1990	Lithuania
	Former Yugoslavia	25th June 1991	Slovenia

(2) In paragraph (1), “the reference date”, in relation to a relevant European State, means the date specified in relation to that State in the column entitled “Reference date” in Annex V, point 5.1.2 of the Directive.