Nursing careE+W
49 Exclusion of nursing care from community care servicesE+W
(1)Nothing in the enactments relating to the provision of community care services shall authorise or require a local authority, in or in connection with the provision of any such services, to—
(a)provide for any person, or
(b)arrange for any person to be provided with,
nursing care by a registered nurse.
(2)In this section “nursing care by a registered nurse” means any services provided by a registered nurse and involving—
(a)the provision of care, or
(b)the planning, supervision or delegation of the provision of care,
other than any services which, having regard to their nature and the circumstances in which they are provided, do not need to be provided by a registered nurse.
Commencement Information
I1S. 49 partly in force; s. 49 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 70(2); s. 49 in force for E. for certain purposes at 1.10.2001 by S.I. 2001/3294, arts. 1(3), 3(1); s. 49 in force for W. for certain purposes at 3.12.2001 by S.I. 2001/3807, arts. 1(3), 2
I2S. 49 in force at 1.4.2003 for E. in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2003/850, art. 2