# The Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors (Midwives Training) Amendment Rules Approval Order 1990, Note: 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 (“the principal Rules”) as they relate to the training of student midwives for entry to Part 10 of the register of nurses, midwives and health visitors.
Rule 2 amends the provisions of Section A of Part V of the principal Rules. In particular, it substitutes new Rules 31, 32 and 33, to provide, respectively, for a programme of education (usually of three years' duration, but of 18 months' duration in the case of any student who is already registered in Part 1 or 12 of the register) to be undertaken by students seeking registration as midwives; to amend the provision for students whose programme of education is interrupted, and to prescribe the various midwifery skills which a programme of education is to instil in any student. Rule 35 of the principal Rules is amended to remove restrictions as to the time within which, and the number of occasions on which, a student midwife may present herself for an examination leading to qualification as a midwife. Minor amendments are also made to other Rules in Section A of Part V, and to the definitions in Rule 2(1) of the principal Rules, in consequence of these changes. Rule 3 makes transitional provision for those student midwives who have commenced training before the date on which the amending Rules come into force, in respect of whose training the existing Rules will continue to apply.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/1624/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/nurses-midwives-and-health-visitors-midwives-training-amendment-rules-approval-order-1990/note
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