PART 5 U.K.NURSES AND MIDWIVES

CHAPTER 2 U.K.AMENDMENT OF THE EUROPEAN NURSING AND MIDWIFERY QUALIFICATIONS DESIGNATION ORDER OF COUNCIL 2004

Insertion of article 8A U.K.

80.  After article 8 (qualifications in midwifery awarded following training in the former German Democratic Republic which complies with Directive requirements) M1 , insert—

“Qualifications in midwifery awarded in respect of training which started before 18th^{January 2016}

8A.— (1) A diploma in midwifery which has been awarded in a relevant European State and which was started before 18th January 2016 is an approved qualification for the purposes of registration if one of the conditions in paragraph (2) is satisfied.

(2) The conditions are—

(a) the admission requirement for starting the diploma was 10 years of general education;

(b) the diploma was equivalent to specific full time training as a midwife, comprising at least three years of theoretical and practical study comprising at least the training programme described in Annex V, point 5.5.1 of the Directive; or

(c) the diploma was equivalent to at least 18 months specific full time training as a midwife comprising at least the training programme described in Annex V, point 5.5.1 of the Directive and, before starting that diploma, the applicant completed training as a nurse responsible for general care and, in respect of that training as a nurse responsible for general care, can produce evidence that he or she holds a diploma that is listed in Annex V, point 5.2.2 of the Directive.”.

Marginal Citations

M1 Article 8 was substituted by S.I. 2007/3101.