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Art. 23 General provisions
(Art. 27 VPETA) 1 If there is an initial and more advanced federal professional examination for a given professional field, then the requirements for the more advanced of the two examinations will be higher. 2 Tertiary-level professional competences shall be based on internationally accepted standards.
Art. 24 Sponsorship of federal professional examinations
(Art. 28 para. 2 VPETA) 1 Professional organisations within the meaning of Article 1 paragraph 2 may request approval of federal professional examinations. 2 For this purpose, the professional organisations shall set aside the funds needed to offer and organise federal professional examinations. 3 Organisations that offer the corresponding federal professional examinations shall have the opportunity to act as sponsors. 4 The sponsorship agreement shall establish the rights and obligations of the organisations sponsoring federal professional examinations, in keeping with their size and economic capacity.
Art. 25 Prerequisites for approval of federal professional examinations
(Art. 28 para. 3 VPETA) 1 SERI shall approve only one initial and one advanced federal professional examination per professional field within a given economic branch. 2 SERI shall verify that: a. there is a public interest; b. there is no conflict with education policy or other public interest; c. there are enough sponsors to ensure that the examinations can be held all over Switzerland for the long-term; d. the content of the examinations matches the competences needed for the occupation; e. the title is clear, not misleading and cannot be mistaken for a title of any other qualification.
Art. 26 Procedure for obtaining authorisation
(Art. 28 para. 3 VPETA) 1 The group of sponsors shall submit draft examination regulations to SERI for approval. 2 SERI shall coordinate the content of examination regulations for related professions. 3 SERI may decide to consolidate examinations for specialised fields and areas of study that overlap. 4 If the draft examination regulations meet established criteria, SERI shall publish the approved examination regulations in the Federal Gazette and fix a 30-day period for objections. 5 Objections to the examination regulations must be submitted to SERI in writing and include reasons justifying the objection.
Art. 27 Supervision
(Art. 28 para. 2 and 3 VPETA) If the group of sponsors fails to adhere to examination regulations after receiving a warning, SERI may decide to transfer the rights to organise examinations to another group of sponsors or may revoke its approval of the examination regulations.
Art. 28 Professional education institutions
(Art. 29 para. 3 VPETA) Professional education institutions shall be regulated by an ordinance of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research (EAER) on study programmes at professional education institutions.
The name of this administrative unit was amended in application of Art. 16 para. 3 of the Publications Ordinance of 17 Nov. 2004 (AS 2004 4937) on 1 Jan. 2013. The amendment has been made throughout the text.
Art. 28a
Inserted by No I of the O of 15 Sept 2017 (AS 2017 5147). Repealed by Annex No 1 of the O of 14 Dec. 2018, with effect from 1 Feb. 2019 (AS 2019 155).