The European Nursing and Midwifery Qualifications Designation Order 1996

Qualifications in respect of which a diploma not specified in Schedule 2 is awarded in respect of training which complies with Directive requirements

6.—(1) A professional qualification in respect of which a diploma specified in paragraph (2) is granted in an EEA State shall have Community equivalence for the purposes of registration, provided that, if it is a midwifery qualification which falls within paragraph (3), it also satisfies paragraph (4).

(2) The diploma referred to in paragraph (1) is one which—

(a) is not specified in Part I (nursing diplomas) or Part II (midwifry diplomas) of Schedule 2; and

(b) is accompanied by a certificate issued by the competent authority of the State which granted the diploma to the effect that the latter—

(i) was granted following training in accordance with the provisions of the Second Nursing Directive (minimum standards of training for nurses) or, as the case may be, the Second Midwifery Directive (minimum standards of training for midwives), and

(ii) is treated by that State as if it were a qualification in respect of which a diploma is listed, in relation to that State, in Article 3 of the First Nursing Directive (nursing qualifications) or, as the case may be, Article 3 of the First Midwifery Directive (midwifery qualifications).

(3) Paragraph 4 applies to a midwifery qualification in respect of which a midwife holds a diploma referred to in paragraph (1) which—

(i) is required to be recognised by other EEA States in pursuance of Article 2 of the First Midwifery Directive only if the holder has undertaken professional practice in respect of which a certificate complying with Article 4 of that Directive is issued, or

(ii) would be required to be so recognised if it had been obtained on or after the date of entry into force of the First Midwifery Directive.

(4) A midwifery qualification referred to in paragraph (3) shall have Community equivalence for the purposes of registration only if the diploma referred to in paragraph (2) is accompanied by—

(a) an Article 4 certificate relating to the holder; or

(b) if the diploma was obtained before the date of entry into force of the First Midwifery Directive, a competent authority certificate relating to the holder.