The Registered Health Care Profession (Designation No. 2) Order 2003 No. 2462

2.  The profession of paramedics, being a profession mentioned in section 60(2) of the Health Act 1999(1), by virtue of being regulated by the Health Professions Order 2001(2) is hereby designated as a health care profession(3) for the purposes of—

(a) the definition of “registered health care professional” in section 11(2) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and section 38(2A) of the Transport and Works Act 1992; and

(b) the definition of “health care professional” in section 31(9A) of the Transport and Works Act 1992.

(1)

1999 c. 8; section 60(2) is amended by the Health Professions Order 2001 (S.I. 2002/254).

(2)

S.I. 2002/254.

(3)

Health care profession is defined in section 11(2) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and sections 31(9A) and 38(2A) of the Transport and Works Act 1992 as any profession mentioned in section 60(2) of the Health Act 1999 other than the profession of practising medicine and the profession of nursing.