# Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979, Paragraph 23


In section 4(e) of the Nursing Homes Act 1975 for “ certified” substitute “ registered ” and for “ pupil midwife” substitute “ student midwife ” ; and at the end of section 4 insert—
“(2) In relation to any nursing home, a person is to be treated as a qualified nurse if he possesses such qualifications as the Secretary of State considers to be requisite in the provision of nursing care for patients in that home.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/36/schedule/7/paragraph/23 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/nurses-midwives-and-health-visitors-act-1979/schedule-7/paragraph-23
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