# The Prison and Young Offenders Centre (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2009, Article 3: Rule 4 (Interpretation)


(1) Rule 4 (interpretation) shall be amended as follows.
(2) After the definition of “the Act” insert the following—
““the 1997 Order” means the Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Order 1997;
“Assistant Director of Prison Health Care” means the officer of the relevant Health and Social Care trust with responsibility for prison health care;
“the Board” means the Regional Health and Social Care Board established under the Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009;”.
(3) After the definition of “a governor” insert—
“Health and Social Care trust” means a Health and Social Care trust established under Article 10 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991;
“health care manager” means the officer who is in charge of the health care unit in a prison;
“health care officer” means an officer who has received specialist training in order to provide health care to prisoners;
“health care professional” means a person who is a member of a profession regulated by a body mentioned in section 25(3) of the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002;
“health care unit” means the unit in a prison where health care is provided to prisoners;”.
(4) The definition of “medical officer” is omitted.
(5) For the definition of “member of the Senior Civil Service” substitute “means a member of either the Home Civil Service or of the Northern Ireland Civil Service who is classified as a member of the Senior Civil Service and who works in the Northern Ireland Prison Service;”.
(6) After the definition of “member of the Senior Civil Service” insert—
““nurse independent prescriber” has the same meaning as in article 1(2) of the 1997 Order;”.
(7) After the definition of “the Ombudsman’s staff” insert—
““pharmacist independent prescriber” has the same meaning as in article 1(2) of the 1997 Order;
“prescription only medicine” has the same meaning as in article 1(2) of the 1997 Order;”.
(8) After the definition of “public holiday” insert—
““registered general practitioner” means a registered medical practitioner whose name is included on the General Practitioner Register kept by the General Medical Council;
“registered medical practitioner” means a fully registered person within the meaning of the Medical Act 1983 who holds a licence to practice under that Act;”.
(9) After the definition of “registered nurse” insert—
““residential manager” means an officer who is normally required by the governor to supervise a residential unit;
“residential officer” means an officer who is normally required by the governor to work in a residential unit;”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/429/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/prison-and-young-offenders-centre-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2009/article-3
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