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The Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors (Entry to Training Requirements) Amendment Rules Approval Order 1988

S.I. 1988/1798 · Made 19 October 1988

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NURSES, MIDWIVES AND HEALTH VISITORS

Made 19th October 1988

Coming into force 9th November 1988

In exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 22(4) of the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979f1 I hereby approve the Rules made by the United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting and set out in the Schedule hereto.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1979 c. 36.

Contents

  1. Signature
  2. Schedule THE UNITED KINGDOM CENTRAL COUNCIL FOR NURSING, MIDWIFERY AND HEALTH VISITING
  3. 1Citation and interpretation
  4. 2Amendment of Rule 16 of the principal Rules
  5. Explanatory note

Signature

K. Clarke

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

19th October 1988

THE UNITED KINGDOM CENTRAL COUNCIL FOR NURSING, MIDWIFERY AND HEALTH VISITING

The United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 2(3) and 22(1), (2) and (3) of the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979f1, and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf having, in accordance with section 22(3) of the Act consulted the National Boards and representatives of groups likely to be affected by these Rules, hereby makes the following Rules, namely:

1Citation and interpretation

(1)

These Rules may be cited as the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors (Entry to Training Requirements) Amendment Rules 1988.

(2)

In these Rules “the principal Rules” means the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Rules 1983f1.

2Amendment of Rule 16 of the principal Rules

In Rule 16 of the principal Rulesf1—

(a)

after sub-paragraph (e) of paragraph (1) there shall be inserted—

“(f)

such vocational qualifications as the Council may from time to time approve as providing a standard of education appropriate to entry into such training”;

(b)

for paragraph (3) there shall be substituted—

“(3)

Where a person has complied with the requirements for enabling an application to be made for admission to Part 2, 4, 6 or 7 of the register as set out in paragraph (2) of rule 14 and has been so registered and such registration is not ineffective that person shall be eligible to apply for entry into training leading to admission to Part 1, 3, 5 or 8 of the register without complying with the requirements of paragraph (1) of this rule provided that she has practised for a minimum period of one year full-time (or practised part-time for an equivalent period) as a nurse subsequent to registration in Part 2, 4, 6 or 7 of the register”.

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Rules approved by this Order, and made by the United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting, further amend the Rules approved by the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Rules Approval Order 1983 as they relate to the minimum educational requirements for entry to professional training.

The rules approved by this Order specify a further, alternative minimum educational requirement for entry into training for Part 1, 3, 5 and 8 of the Register and amend the provisions for such entry into training in so far as they relate to persons already registered in Part 2, 4, 6 or 7 of the Register.