Nurses and Midwives (Parts of and Entries in the Register) Order of Council 2004

Citation, commencement and interpretation U.K.

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Nurses and Midwives (Parts of and Entries in the Register) Order of Council 2004 and shall come into force on 1st August 2004.

(2) In this Order—

“the Order” means the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001;

“District Nurse and Health Visitor Formulary” means—

(a)

the Nurse Prescribers' Formulary for District Nurses and Health Visitors Appendix in the British National Formulary M1 ; or

(b)

the Nurse Prescribers' Formulary for District Nurses and Health Visitors in Part XVII B(i) of the Drug Tariff, or, in Scotland, the Nurse Prescribers' Formulary for Community Nurses and Health Visitors in Part 8B of the Drug Tariff, or, in Northern Ireland, the Nurse Prescribers' Formulary for District Nurses and Health Visitors in Part IXB of the Drug Tariff;

“Drug Tariff” means—

(a)

in England and Wales, the Drug Tariff published under regulation 18 (standards of, and payments for, drugs and appliances) of the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 1992 M2 ;

(b)

in Scotland, the statement published under regulation 9 (payments to pharmacists and standards of drugs and appliances) of the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1995 M3 ; and

(c)

in Northern Ireland, the Drug Tariff published under regulation 9 (standards of, and payments for, drugs and appliances) of the Pharmaceutical Services Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 M4 ;

“Extended Formulary” means—

(a)

the Nurse Prescribers' Extended Formulary Appendix in the British National Formulary; or

(b)

the Nurse Prescribers' Extended Formulary in Part XVII B(ii) of the Drug Tariff, or, in Scotland, the Nurse Prescribers' Extended Formulary in Part 8C of the Drug Tariff, or, in Northern Ireland, the Nurse Prescribers' Extended Formulary in Part IXC of the Drug Tariff;

“first level nurse” means a nurse registered in Sub-Part 1 of the Nurses' Part of the register;

“old register” means the register maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Council pursuant to paragraph 10 of Schedule 2 to the Order;

“recordable qualification” means a qualification which is not a qualification leading to admission to a Part of the register and which—

(a)

meets the standards set by the Council; or

(b)

is obtained outside the United Kingdom and which the Council is satisfied is equivalent to a qualification of the type referred to in paragraph (a);

“second level nurse” means a nurse registered in Sub-Part 2 of the Nurses' Part of the register;

“specialist community public health nurse” means a registered nurse or midwife who is also registered in the Specialist Community Public Health Nurses' Part of the register.

Marginal Citations

M1 The British National Formulary (“BNF”) is published by the British Medical Association and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain under the authority of a Joint Formulary Committee which comprises representatives of those two bodies and of the UK Health Departments. The BNF is revised twice yearly and changes are made between issues.

M2 S.I. 1992/662; regulation 18 has been amended by S.I. 1993/2451, 1995/664, 1999/696, 2002/551, 2469, 2861 and 3189, and 2003/1084.

M3 S.I. 1995/414. Relevant amendments were made by S.S.I. 2002/111.

M4 S.R. 1997/381. Relevant amendments were made by S.R. 2001/222 and 2002/92.