Article 2 Class of nurse

For the purposes of section 25 of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 a nurse of the prescribed class shall be a nurse registered in any of the following parts of the register prepared and maintained in accordance with section 10 of the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979^f1:—

(a)

Part 3 (first level nurses trained in the nursing of persons suffering from mental illness);

(b)

Part 5 (first level nurses trained in the nursing of persons suffering from mental handicap);

(c)

Part 13 (nurses qualified following a course of preparation in mental health nursing); and

(d)

Part 14 (nurses qualified following a course of preparation in mental handicap nursing).

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Footnotes

f1: 1979 c. 36; for the parts of the register see S.I. 1983/667 as amended by S.I. 1989/104 and 1989/1455.