The Special Procedure Licences (Wales) Regulations 2024

Definitions

9.  In this Schedule—

“approval certificate” (“tystysgrif gymeradwyo”) has the meaning given in section 70(1) of the Public Health (Wales) Act 2017;

“approved premises or vehicle” (“mangre neu gerbyd a gymeradwywyd”) means premises or a vehicle approved under section 70(1) of the Public Health (Wales) Act 2017, in respect of a special procedure, by the local authority;

“authorised insurer” (“yswiriwr awdurdodedig”) means, in relation to a policy of insurance, a person who may carry on in the United Kingdom the business of effecting or carrying out contracts of insurance of the sort provided under the policy of insurance;

“authorised officer” (“swyddog awdurdodedig”) has the meaning given in section 83 of the Public Health (Wales) Act 2017;

“client” (“cleient”) means a person on whom a special procedure is performed;

“insurance cover” (“sicrwydd yswiriant”) means a valid policy of insurance which was issued by an authorised insurer to insure the licence holder in respect of liabilities, in respect of illness, infection, injury and other non-infectious adverse health effects (including allergic reactions), arising from the performance of a special procedure;

“licence period” (“cyfnod y drwydded”), in relation to a special procedure licence, has the meaning given in section 59(8)(a) of the Public Health (Wales) Act 2017;

“mandatory approval conditions” (“amodau cymeradwyo mandadol”) means the conditions to which an approval certificate is subject to;

“relevant offence” (“trosedd berthnasol”) means an offence listed in section 66(8) of the Public Health (Wales) Act 2017;

“sharps” (“offer miniog”) means objects or instruments which are able to cut, graze, puncture or cause injury to the skin and includes all types of needles and single use razors;

“sharps bin” (“bin offer miniog”) means a rigid, specialised container that complies with the EWC Code 20 01 99(1) designed to safely dispose of sharps associated with the performance of special procedures;

“special procedures work area” (“man gwaith triniaethau arbennig”) means a designated area or room used for the purpose of performing a special procedure which—

(a)

must include at least—

(i)

1 workstation,

(ii)

1 wash hand basin,

(iii)

1 waste bin,

(iv)

1 sharps bin (if applicable), and

(b)

may also include other facilities and equipment to support the performance of the special procedure;

“workstation” (“gweithfan”) means the part of the special procedures work area which contains—

(a)

a bed, chair or similar, on which a client sits or lies on to undergo a special procedure performed by a licence holder,

(b)

a chair or stool which the licence holder sits on to perform the special procedure (if applicable), and

(c)

a work surface that is used for the placement and storage of the instruments and products used by the licence holder to perform the special procedure.

(1)

A European Waste Catalogue (“EWC”) Code is a six-digit code used to identify waste (hazardous and non hazardous) as listed in the European Waste Catalogue. An EWC Code (amongst other things) identifies the controls that apply to the movement and management of the waste. EWC Code 20 01 99 relates to hazardous, infectious clinical waste as set out on page 47, paragraph 4.99 of the Welsh Health Technical Memorandum. See https://nwssp.nhs.wales/ourservices/specialist-estates-services/specialist-estates-services-documents/whtms-library/whtm-07-01-safe-management-of-healthcare-waste-pdf/.