1989 No. 104

NURSES, MIDWIVES AND HEALTH VISITORS

The Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors (Parts of the Register) Amendment Order 1989

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 10(2) and (4)(b) of the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 19791 and of all other powers enabling me in that behalf, having consulted the United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting in accordance with section 10(5) of that Act, I hereby make the following Order:–

Citation and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors (Parts of the Register) Amendment Order 1989 and shall come into force on 20th February 1989.

Amendment of Order2

The Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors (Parts of the Register) Order 19832 is amended as follows:–

a

Article 3 (closure of Part 9 of the register) is revoked;

b

in Schedule 1 (Parts of the register) for “Part 9” to “fever” there is substituted “Part 9—Nurses who are trained in the nursing of persons suffering from fever and who either were registered as such on 1st July 1983, or are not registered in, and cannot be admitted to, any other Part of the register”.

K. ClarkeOne of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

(This Note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors (Parts of the Register) Order 1983 which specifies the various parts of the register of qualified nurses, midwives and health visitors. Part 9 of that register (fever nurses), which from 1st July 1983 has been closed, is re-opened and its scope is extended to nurses who, though not registered in that Part on that date, are trained in nursing of those suffering from fever but cannot be admitted to any other Part of the register.