(1)This section shall have effect for enabling a national of an EEA State to be employed for the purpose of enabling him to acquire the clinical experience under appropriate supervision which he needs in order to obtain a primary European qualification.
(2)A national of an EEA State who, but for the acquisition of suitable clinical experience, has completed the training required for a primary European qualification, shall be entitled to be registered provisionally under this section.
(3)Any person who—
(a)is not a national of an EEA State; but
(b)is, by virtue of a right conferred by article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No. 1612/68 M1, or any other enforceable Community right, entitled to be treated, for the purposes of access to and the practice of the medical profession, no less favourably than a national of such a State,
shall be treated for the purposes of subsections (1) and (2) as if he were such a national.
(4)Subsection (3) of section 15 above shall apply for the purposes of this section as it applies for the purposes of that.
(5)For the purposes of subsection (2), a person has completed the training required for a primary European qualification, but for the acquisition of suitable clinical experience, where he has obtained a medical degree which guarantees that he has fulfilled the requirements of Article 23, paragraph 1(a), (b) and (c) of Directive 93/16/EEC M2.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 15A inserted (4.12.2000) by S.I. 2000/3041, reg. 3
Marginal Citations
M1OJ No. L257, 19.10.68, p. 1.
M2OJ No. L165, 7.7.93, p. 1.