PART 2MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS
CHAPTER 2AMENDMENT OF THE POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING ORDER OF COUNCIL 2010
Amendment of article 1015
1
Article 10 (recognised specialist qualifications granted outside the United Kingdom) is amended as follows.
2
In paragraph (1)(f)(iii), omit the “and” at the end.
3
After paragraph (1)(g) (after the table), insert—
h
a specialist qualification listed in Annex V, points 5.1.2 and 5.1.3 of the Directive—
i
which was awarded in Italy to doctors who started their specialist training after 31st December 1983 and before 1st January 1991 (even if the training concerned did not satisfy all the training requirements of article 25 of the Directive);
ii
which was awarded in a recognised specialty; and
iii
where evidence of the qualification is accompanied by a certificate of a competent authority in Italy stating that the holder has effectively and lawfully been engaged, in Italy, in the activities of a medical specialist in that specialty for at least seven consecutive years during the ten years preceding the date of the certificate.