Cap. 464 Art. 43Acquired right to practise a health care profession.

(1) In those cases where the evidence of formal qualifications as doctor giving access to the professional activities of doctor with basic training and specialised doctor, as nurse responsible for general care, as dental practitioner, as specialised dental practitioner, as midwife and as pharmacist held by nationals of Member States does not satisfy all the training requirements provided for under national law, each relevant Council shall recognise as sufficient proof evidence of formal qualifications issued by those Member States in so far as such evidence attests successful completion of training which began before the reference dates laid down in the Sixth Schedule and the Second Schedule, and is accompanied by a certificate stating that the holders have been effectively and lawfully engaged in the activities in question for at least three consecutive years during the five years preceding the award of the certificate.

(2) In those cases where the relevant Council has adopted measures relating to acquired right benefiting Maltese nationals, it shall also grant nationals of other Member States the right to benefit from those measures, in so far as evidence of formal qualifications was issued before the date on which the relevant Council ceased to issue such evidence for the speciality concerned.