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Education and trainingU.K.

15.—(1) The Council shall from time to time establish—

(a)the standards of education and training necessary to achieve the standards of proficiency it has established under article 5(2); and

(b)the requirements to be satisfied for admission to, and continued participation in, such education and training which may include requirements as to good health and good character.

F1(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3) The standards mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) shall include such matters as the outcomes to be achieved by that education and training.

(4) Before establishing the requirements referred to in paragraph (1) the Council shall consult such of those persons mentioned in article 3(14) as it considers appropriate.

(5) The Council shall—

(a)ensure that universities and other bodies in the United Kingdom concerned with such education and training are notified of the standards and requirements established under paragraph (1); and

(b)take appropriate steps to satisfy itself that those standards and requirements are met.

[F2(5A) The Council’s duties in paragraph (5), where these relate to nursing associates, are exercisable in relation to universities and other bodies in England only.]

(6) In performing the function mentioned in paragraph (5)(b) the Council may in particular, approve, or arrange with others to approve—

(a)a course of education or training which the Council is satisfied confers or would confer on persons completing it successfully the standards of proficiency mentioned in paragraph (1);

(b)qualifications which are granted following success in an examination, or some other appropriate assessment, taken as part of an approved course of education or training;

(c)institutions which the Council considers to be properly organised and equipped for conducting the whole or part of an approved course of education or training;

(d)such tests of competence or knowledge of English as it may require.

(7) In connection with paragraph (6), the Council may approve or arrange with others to approve a course of education or training run outside the United Kingdom by an institution to which paragraph (6)(c) applies.

(8) The Council shall from time to time publish a statement of the criteria which will be taken into account in deciding whether to give approval under paragraph (6).

(9) The Council shall maintain and publish a list of the courses of education or training, qualifications and institutions—

(a)which are for the time being approved under this Order; or

(b)which have been approved under this Order but which are no longer so approved, together with a record of the periods in respect of which they were approved.

(10) In this article a reference to education or training includes any course of education or training or test referred to in paragraph (6).

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Commencement Information

I1Art. 15(2)(4) in force at 5.3.2004 for specified purposes as notified in the London Gazette (Issue 57218, published 27.2.2004), see art. 1(2)(3)

I2Art. 15 in force at 1.8.2004 in so far as not already in force as notified in the London Gazette (Issue 57361, published 21.7.2004), see art. 1(2)(3)

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