The Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001

EEA qualifications

14.—(1) For the purposes of article 13(1)(b) a qualification is one obtained outside the United Kingdom, to which an EC Directive applies and which the Privy Council has by order designated as being an approved qualification for the purposes of registration in the relevant part of the register.

(2) An order under paragraph (1) may provide—

(a) that a qualification is designated for the purposes of registration in a particular part of the register only if prescribed conditions required by a Directive issued by the Council of the European Communities are fulfilled, and different conditions may be prescribed with respect to the same qualification for different circumstances; and

(b) that the Council may require the applicant to satisfy specified additional conditions before being registered including the undertaking of training or education, working under supervision or the taking and passing of a test of competence.

(3) A person falling within the definition of “exempt person” shall be treated for the purposes of this article and article 13(1)(b) as if he were an EEA national.