The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2007

Amendment of article 12

75.  In article 12 (preregistration requirements for pharmacists in respect of qualifications and additional education, training or experience)—

(a) in paragraph (1)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (b), for “the Register of Pharmacists; or” substitute “Part 1 or 2 of the Register of Pharmacists;”,

(ii) after sub-paragraph (b) insert—

“(ba) he is an exempt person—

(i) whose case falls within regulation 3(9)(a) or (e) of the General Systems Regulations,

(ii) to whom regulations 20 to 26 of those Regulations apply by reason of the operation of regulation 3(4) of those Regulations, and

(iii) who is permitted to pursue the profession of pharmacist in the United Kingdom by virtue of Part 3 of those Regulations (having, in particular, successfully completed any adaptation period, or passed any aptitude test, that he may be required to undertake pursuant to that Part of those Regulations); or”, and

(iii) in sub-paragraph (c)—

(aa) at the beginning insert “subject to paragraph (1A),”, and

(bb) in paragraph (ii)(aa), after “referred to in sub-paragraph (b),” insert “and to whom sub-paragraph (ba) does not apply,”;

(b) after paragraph (1) insert—

“(1A) For the purposes of article 11(1)(a)(i), an exempt person who holds a qualification in pharmacy which—

(a) was granted otherwise than in a relevant European State, and

(b) has not previously been accepted by a relevant European State as qualifying him to practise as a pharmacist in that State,

is “appropriately qualified” only if his qualification is evidence of training in pharmacy that meets, or under article 22(a) of the Directive (part-time training) is to be treated as meeting, the requirements of article 44 of the Directive (training as a pharmacist).”; and

(c) in paragraph (3)—

(i) after “paragraph (1)(b)” insert “, (ba)”, and

(ii) for “the Pharmacy Qualifications Directive” substitute “the Directive”.