1.This Directive shall apply to the activities of nurses responsible for general care.
2.For the purposes of this Directive ‘activities of nurses responsible for general care’ shall mean activities pursued by persons holding the following titles:
in Germany:
‘Krankenschwester’, ‘Krankenpfleger’;
in Belgium:
‘hospitalier(ère)/verpleegassistent(e)’, ‘infirmier(ère) hospitalier(ère)/ziekenhuisverpleger (-verpleegster)’;
in Denmark:
‘sygeplejerske’;
in France:
‘infirmier(ère)’;
in Ireland:
Registered General Nurse;
in Italy:
‘infermiere professionale’;
in Luxembourg:
‘infirmier’;
in the Netherlands:
‘verpleegkundige’;
in the united Kingdom:
[F3in Greece:
‘ [F1Διπλωματούχος ή πτυχιούχος νοσοκόμος, νοσηλευτής ή νοσηλεύτρια ;] ’ [F4;] ]
[F5in Spain:
‘ Enfermero/a diplomado/a; ’
in Portugal:
‘Enfermeiro’ [F6;] ]
‘ Diplomierte Krankenschwester/Diplomierter Krankenpfleger ’ ;
in Finland:
‘ sairaanhoitaja sjukskötare ’ ;
in Sweden:
‘ sjuksköterska ’ [F9;] ] ]
[F10in the Czech Republic:
‘ všeobecná sestra/všeobecný ošetřovatel ’;
in Estonia:
‘ õde ’;
in Cyprus:
‘ Εγγεγραμμένος Νοσηλευτής ’;
in Latvia:
‘ māsa ’;
in Lithuania:
‘ Bendrosios praktikos slaugytojas ’;
in Hungary:
‘ ápoló ’;
in Malta:
‘ Infermier Reġistrat tal-Ewwel Livell ’;
in Poland:
‘ pielęgniarka ’;
in Slovenia:
‘ diplomirana medicinska sestra / diplomirani zdravstvenik ’;
in Slovakia:
‘ sestra ’ [F11;] ]
[F12in Bulgaria:
‘ Медицинска сестра ’;
in Romania:
‘ asistent medical generalist ’.]
Textual Amendments
F1 Substituted by Council Directive of 30 October 1989 amending Directives 75/362/EEC, 77/452/EEC, 78/686/EEC, 78/1026/EEC and 80/154/EEC relating to the mutual recognition of diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications as doctors, nurses responsible for general care, dental practitioners, veterinary surgeons and midwives, together with Directives 75/363/EEC, 78/1027/EEC and 80/155/EEC concerning the coordination of provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action relating to the activities of doctors, veterinary surgeons and midwives (89/594/EEC).
F2 Substituted by Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Hellenic Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties.
F3 Inserted by Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Hellenic Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties.
F4 Substituted by Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties.
F5 Inserted by Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties.
F6 Substituted by Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Kingdom of Norway, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded (94/C 241/08).
F7 Inserted by Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Kingdom of Norway, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded (94/C 241/08).
F8 Substituted by Decision of the Council of the European Union of 1 January 1995 adjusting the instruments concerning the accession of new Member States to the European Union (95/1/EC, Euratom, ECSC).
F9 Substituted by Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded.
F10 Inserted by Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded.