Paragraph 27 National Health Service (Professions Supplementary to Medicine) Regulations 1974

The National Health Service (Professions Supplementary to Medicine) Regulations 1974^f1 are amended in accordance with this paragraph.

In regulation 2 (interpretation), for paragraph (2) substitute—

“(2)

For the purposes of these Regulations a person is registered in respect of a profession if he is registered in the register maintained under article 5 of the Health Professions Order 2001^f2 in the part of the register which relates to that profession.”.

In regulation 3 (employment of officers), after paragraph (1A) insert—

“(1B)

No person shall be employed as an officer of an authority to which this regulation applies, in the capacity of clinical scientist or paramedic unless—

(a)

he is registered in respect of that profession; or

(b)

he is a person who has never been registered as a clinical scientist or paramedic, but who immediately before 9th July 2003 was employed in that capacity by an authority to which this regulation applies.

(1C)

No person shall be employed as an officer of an authority to which this regulation applies, in the capacity of speech and language therapist unless—

(a)

he is registered in respect of that profession; or

(b)

he is a person who satisfies one of the conditions set out in regulation 3 of the National Health Service (Speech Therapists) Regulations 1974^f3 (employment of officers).”.