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What it regulates
In 1998 it changed the application dates for certain prevention qualifications and recognition of existing practitioners. Its time windows do not constitute a qualification route open today.
Who it applies to
Articles 1 and 2: new wording of final provision two and additional provision five of RD 39/1997.
Key provisions
Article 1 set 31 December 1998 as the effective date for regulation articles 36.2 and 37.2. The exception for article 35.2 retained the twelve-month period from the Regulation’s original publication.
Official referenceAdditional provision five distinguished practitioners continuing in their own company from equivalent-training certification valid elsewhere. Experience, training and degree conditions were not identical for the two routes.
Official referenceContinuing in the company required preventive experience from 1985: three years for intermediate functions; one year with a university degree or five without one for advanced functions, plus at least one hundred hours of specific training. The other conditions of the provision also applied.
Official referenceDuring 1998 the competent labour authority could certify equivalent training after assessing experience, training and, where appropriate, examinations. This route required at least three years’ experience from 1985 and one hundred hours of training; advanced level additionally required a university degree.
Official referenceHistory and versions
Initial publication: 01/05/1998 · Initial entry into force: 02/05/1998
BOE-A-1998-10209Amendment published on 1 May 1998 and effective the following day. The checked record lists no subsequent relationships for this instrument; later development is followed in the amended Regulation.
Transitional provisions and application notes
Published on 1 May 1998, it entered into force on 2 May 1998. The 1998 periods are closed; current qualifications for preventive functions must be checked against the present wording of RD 39/1997.
Official referenceThe absence of a separately consolidated version does not demonstrate total repeal. This sheet documents a historical amendment; it does not extend the equivalences to healthcare staff, who are subject to their specific rules.
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Official BOE legal relationships
Earlier references (3)
- Amends · BOE-A-1997-1853
- Cites · BOE-A-1997-14855
- Cites · BOE-A-1995-24292
