PART 7Supplementary and final provision
Interpretation
204Meaning of “health professional” and “social work professional”
1
In this Act, “health professional” means any of the following—
a
a registered medical practitioner;
b
a registered nurse or midwife;
c
a registered dentist within the meaning of the Dentists Act 1984 (see section 53 of that Act);
d
a registered dispensing optician or a registered optometrist within the meaning of the Opticians Act 1989 (see section 36 of that Act);
e
a registered osteopath with the meaning of the Osteopaths Act 1993 (see section 41 of that Act);
f
a registered chiropractor within the meaning of the Chiropractors Act 1994 (see section 43 of that Act);
g
h
a registered pharmacist or a registered pharmacy technician within the meaning of the Pharmacy Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/231) (see article 3 of that Order);
i
a registered person within the meaning of the Pharmacy (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 (S.I. 1976/1213 (N.I. 22)) (see Article 2 of that Order);
j
a child psychotherapist;
k
a scientist employed by a health service body as head of a department.
2
In this Act, “social work professional” means any of the following—
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a person registered as a social worker in the register maintained by Social Work England under section 39(1) of the Children and Social Work Act 2017;
b
a person registered as a social worker in the register maintained by Social Care Wales under section 80 of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 2);
c
a person registered as a social worker in the register maintained by the Scottish Social Services Council under section 44 of the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 8);
d
a person registered as a social worker in the register maintained by the Northern Ireland Social Care Council under section 3 of the Health and Personal Social Services Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 (c. 3 (N.I.)).
3
In subsection (1)(a) “registered medical practitioner” includes a person who is provisionally registered under section 15 or 21 of the Medical Act 1983 and is engaged in such employment as is mentioned in subsection (3) of that section.
4
In subsection (1)(k) “health service body” means any of the following—
a
the Secretary of State in relation to the exercise of functions under section 2A or 2B of, or paragraph 7C, 8 or 12 of Schedule 1 to, the National Health Service Act 2006;
b
a local authority in relation to the exercise of functions under section 2B or 111 of, or any of paragraphs 1 to 7B or 13 of Schedule 1 to, the National Health Service Act 2006;
c
a National Health Service trust first established under section 25 of the National Health Service Act 2006;
d
a Special Health Authority established under section 28 of the National Health Service Act 2006;
e
an NHS foundation trust;
f
the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence;
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NHS England;
h
a National Health Service trust first established under section 5 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990;
i
a Local Health Board established under section 11 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006;
j
a National Health Service trust first established under section 18 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006;
k
a Special Health Authority established under section 22 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006;
l
a Health Board within the meaning of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978;
m
a Special Health Board within the meaning of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978;
n
a National Health Service trust first established under section 12A of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978;
o
the managers of a State Hospital provided under section 102 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978;
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q
a special health and social care agency established under the Health and Personal Social Services (Special Agencies) (Northern Ireland) Order 1990 (S.I. 1990/247 (N.I. 3));
r
a Health and Social Care trust established under Article 10 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1)).