S.L. 451.4 Art. 9Admission to specialist medical training.

(1) Admission to specialist medical training shall be contingent upon completion and validation of a basic medical training programme as referred to in regulation 8(2) in the course of which the trainee has acquired the relevant knowledge of basic medicine.

(2) Specialist medical training shall comprise theoretical and practical training at a university or medical teaching hospital or, where appropriate, a medical care establishment approved for that purpose by the competent authorities or bodies. The minimum duration of specialist medical training courses referred to in Part Ic of Schedule 2 to the Health Care Professions Act shall be as stated in that Part. Training shall be given under the supervision of the competent authorities or bodies. It shall include personal participation of the trainee specialised doctor in the activity and responsibilities entailed by the services in question.

(3) Training shall be given on a full-time basis at specific recognised establishments. It shall entail participation in the full range of medical activities of the department where the training is given, including duty on call, in such a way that the trainee specialist devotes all his professional activity to his practical and theoretical training throughout the entire working week and throughout the year, in accordance with the procedures laid down by the competent authorities. These posts shall be the subject of appropriate remuneration.

(4) In the event that national legislation provides for partial exemptions from parts of the specialist medical training courses listed in Part 1c of the Second Schedule to the Health Care

Professions Act, then such exemptions shall:

(a) be applied on a case-by-case basis provided that that part of the training has been followed already during another specialist training course listed in Part 1c of the Second Schedule, for which the professional has already obtained the professional qualification in a Member State; and

(b) shall equate to not more than half of the minimum duration of the specialist medical training course in question. Any national legislation related to such partial exemptions shall be notified to the European Commission and other Member States by the relevant designated authority.

(5) The issuance of evidence of specialist medical training shall be contingent upon possession of evidence of basic medical training referred to in Part 1a of Schedule 2 to the Health Care Professions Act.