THE DECREE TWO THOUSAND HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SEVEN, OF TWENTY-THREE OF JULY, OF THE EXTINCT MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE, ESTABLISHED THE INTEGRATION IN THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SCHOOLS OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANTS UNTIL THEN EXISTING IN THE MEDICAL FACULTIES, DEPENDENT ON OTHER MINISTERIAL DEPARTMENTS OR THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FORESIGHT; AS PROVIDED FOR IN THE TRANSITIONAL PROVISION SECOND, PARAGRAPH SEVEN, OF THE GENERAL LAW OF THE EDUCATION AND FUNDING OF THE EDUCATIONAL REFORM CATORCE/A THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FOUR AUGUST.

IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SEVENTY-SEVENTY-EIGHT, THE FIRST COURSE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NURSING SCHOOLS WAS IMPLEMENTED, ACCORDING TO THE SYSTEM AND THE GENERAL EDUCATION LAW, AND THE SECOND ONE WAS INTRODUCED IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-EIGHT-SEVENTY-NINE, THE THIRD IN THE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-NINE, AFTER WHICH THE STUDENTS OF THE FIRST PROMOTION WILL CONCLUDE THEIR STUDIES, OBTAINING THE DEGREE OF DIPLOMA IN NURSING, WHICH WILL ENABLE THEM FOR THE PROFESSIONAL EXERCISE WITH THE RIGHTS, POWERS AND PREROGATIVES TO DETERMINE THE LEGAL PROVISIONS.

NOTWITHSTANDING THE ABOVE, THE CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES MAKE IT ADVISABLE TO EXTEND SUCH ENABLEMENT FOR THE PROFESSIONAL EXERCISE AND THE CORPORATE RIGHTS INHERENT TO THOSE WHO OBTAINED THE TITLE OF HEALTH TECHNICAL ASSISTANT ACCORDING TO THE PREVIOUS LEGISLATION, WITHOUT WAITING FOR THE EXPIRY OF THE DEADLINES SET IN THE AFOREMENTIONED DECREE TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SEVEN, OUT OF TWENTY-THREE OF JULY.

IN ITS VIRTUE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FAVORABLE REPORT ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL BOARD OF UNIVERSITIES AND EARS THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF EDUCATION AND THE STATE COUNCIL, ON A PROPOSAL FROM THE MINISTER OF UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH, PRIOR TO DELIBERATION OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS AT ITS MEETING OF THE DAY ELEVEN OF JANUARY, THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY, I HAVE:

ARTICLE FIRST. THE SECOND AND THIRD TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS, ONE AND TWO, OF THE ROYAL DECREE TWO THOUSAND HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SEVEN, OF TWENTY-THREE OF JULY, ON THE INTEGRATION INTO THE UNIVERSITY FROM THE SCHOOLS OF HEALTH TECHNICAL ASSISTANTS AS UNIVERSITY NURSING SCHOOLS.

ARTICLE SECOND. -HOMOLOGATED THE TITLES OF ATS, FROM THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE PRESENT ROYAL DECREE, TO THAT OF THE DIPLOMA IN NURSING, ESTABLISHED BY VIRTUE OF THE ROYAL DECREE TWO THOUSAND HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND SEVENTY AND SEVEN, OF TWENTY-THREE OF JULY, WITH THE SAME PROFESSIONAL, CORPORATE AND NOMINATIVE RIGHTS.

ARTICLE THIRD. -IT IS AUTHORIZED TO THE MINISTRY OF UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH TO DICTATE THE NORMS THAT IT CONSIDERS PRECISE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COURSE OF LEVELLING OF KNOWLEDGE FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE ACADEMIC CONVALIDATION FROM THE TITLE OF ATS BY THE DIPLOMA IN NURSING.

GIVEN IN MADRID TO ELEVEN OF JANUARY THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY. -JUAN CARLOS R.-MINISTER OF UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH, LUIS GONZÁLEZ SEARA.