PART 21OTHER HEALTH PROFESSIONS: HEALTH PROFESSIONS ORDER 2001

Amendment of Schedule 3277

In Schedule 3 M1 (interpretation), in paragraph 1—

a

omit the definitions of “EEA national” and “EEA State”;

b

for the definition of “exempt person” substitute—

“exempt person” means—

  1. a

    a national of a relevant European State other than the United Kingdom,

  2. b

    a national of the United Kingdom who is seeking access to, or is pursuing, a relevant profession by virtue of an enforceable Community right; or

  3. c

    a person who is not a national of a relevant European State but who is, by virtue of an enforceable Community right, entitled to be treated, for the purposes of access to and pursuit of a relevant profession, no less favourably than a national of a relevant European State;

c

after the definition of “exempt person” insert—

“General Systems Regulations” means the European Communities (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2007 M2;

d

in the definition of “national”, for “an EEA State” substitute “ a relevant European State ”;

e

after the definition of “Registrar” insert—

“relevant European State” means an EEA State or Switzerland;

f

after the definition of “United Kingdom country” add—

“visiting health professional from a relevant European State” means a person registered in exercise of entitlement under article 13A (visiting health professionals from relevant European States).