TITLE III

FREEDOM OF ESTABLISHMENT
CHAPTER III

Recognition on the basis of coordination of minimum training conditions
Section 1

General Provisions

Specific circumstances
Article 23a
1
By way of derogation from the present Directive, Bulgaria may authorise the holders of the qualification of
‘
фелдшер
’
(feldsher) awarded in Bulgaria before
31 December 1999
and exercising this profession under the Bulgarian national social security scheme on
1 January 2000
to continue to exercise the said profession, even if parts of their activity fall under the provisions of the present Directive concerning doctors of medicine and nurses responsible for general care respectively.
2
The holders of the Bulgarian qualification of
‘
фелдшер
’
(feldsher) referred to in paragraph 1 are not entitled to obtain professional recognition in other Member States as doctors of medicine nor as nurses responsible for general care under this Directive.
Inserted by Council Directive 2006/100/EC of 20 November 2006 adapting certain Directives in the field of freedom of movement of persons, by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania.