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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nurses-midwives-and-health-visitors-midwives-amendment-rules-approval-order-1998/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/2649",
  "legislation_title": "The Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors (Midwives Amendment) Rules Approval Order 1998",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThe Rules approved by this Order, which are 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, in relation to midwifery training and practice.\nThey amend the definition of an “emergency” for the purposes of the Rules and provide for entry to training on the basis of a qualification in Welsh (as an alternative to English). They also substitute new provision as to the responsibility and sphere of practice of a midwife and the administration of medicines and other forms of pain relief.",
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  "version": "current",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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