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2.—(1) For the purposes of section 5(4) of the Mental Health Act 1983 (power to detain patient in hospital for maximum of 6 hours) a nurse of the prescribed class shall be a nurse registered in any part of the register maintained under section 7 of the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1997(1) which is mentioned in paragraph (2).
(2) The parts of the register are:—
(a)part 3 (first level nurses trained in the nursing of persons suffering from mental illness);
(b)part 4 (second level nurses trained in the nursing of persons suffering from mental illness (England and Wales));
(c)part 5 (first level nurses trained in the nursing of persons suffering from learning disabilities);
(d)part 6 (second level nurses trained in the nursing of persons suffering from learning disabilities (England and Wales));
(e)part 13 (nurses qualified following a course of preparation in mental health nursing);
(f)part 14 (nurses qualified following a course of preparation in learning disabilities nursing)(2).
1997 c. 24. For the parts of the register see S.I. 1983/667, amended by S.I. 1989/104, 1989/1455 and 1998/2623.
Parts 13 and 14 of the register were added by S.I. 1989/1455.
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