The Health Professions (Parts of and Entries in the Register) Order of Council 2003

Statutory Instruments

2003 No. 1571

HEALTH CARE AND ASSOCIATED PROFESSIONS

HEALTH PROFESSIONS

The Health Professions (Parts of and Entries in the Register) Order of Council 2003

Made

13th June 2003

Laid before Parliament

17th June 2003

Coming into force

9th July 2003

At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 13th day of June 2003

By the Lords of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council

Their Lordships, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by article 6(1), (2), and (3)(a), (b) and (g) of the Health Professions Order 2001(1), and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, and having consulted the Health Professions Council in accordance with article 6(4) of that Order, hereby make the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Health Professions (Parts of and Entries in the Register) Order of Council 2003 and shall come into force on 9th July 2003.

(2) In this Order, “the Order” means the Health Professions Order 2001;

“old register” means a register maintained by the Health Professions Council pursuant to paragraph 11 of Schedule 2 to the Order and listed in column 1 of Schedule 2 to this Order.

Parts of the register

2.  It is hereby determined that the register shall be divided into the parts specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order.

Designated titles

3.  The designated titles in relation to each part of the register are the titles set out in column 2 of Schedule 1 to this Order opposite the part of the register specified in column 1.

Registration of persons already registered in accordance with the Professions Supplementary to Medicine Act 1960

4.  If a person on 8 July 2003 is registered in an old register, that person shall be registered with effect from 9 July 2003 in the part of the register which is listed in column 2 of Schedule 2 to this Order opposite the title of the old register in which he is registered on 8 July 2003.

Entries in Welsh as well as in English

5.  A title, qualification or other entry referred to in article 6(3) of the Order, which is recorded in the register in accordance with rule 3 of the Health Professions Council (Registration and Fees) Rules(2) in respect of a registered professional whose registered address is in Wales, may be recorded in the register in Welsh as well as in English.

Entries indicating qualifications or competence

6.—(1) The entries in Parts 3 and 5 of the register may include such entry indicating the possession by a registrant of qualifications or competence in life sciences or physiological sciences, as the Council consider appropriate.

(2) Where a chiropodist holds a certificate of competence—

(a) issued by a Board under the Professions Supplementary to Medicine Act 1960(3) or by the Health Professions Council; and

(b) referred to in the following provisions of Schedule 5 to the Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Order 1997(4) (exemption for certain persons from section 58(2) of the Medicines Act 1968)—

(i) in Part I (exemption from restrictions on sale or supply), paragraph 10 (certificate of competence in the use of specified medicines), or

(ii) in Part III (exemption from restriction on administration), paragraph 1 (certificate in the use of analgesics),

the register may indicate that he holds such a certificate.

A.K. Galloway

Clerk of the Privy Council

Articles 2 and 3

SCHEDULE 1 Parts of the register

Column 1	Column 2
Parts of the Register	Designated title
Part 1—Arts Therapists: Music, Drama or Art	Art Therapist, Art Psychotherapist, Dramatherapist, Music Therapist
Part 2—Chiropodists (Chiropodists and Podiatrists)	Chiropodist, Podiatrist
Part 3—Clinical Scientists	Clinical Scientist
Part 4—Dietitians	Dietitian, Dietician
Part 5—Medical Laboratory Technicians (Biomedical Scientists)	Medical Laboratory Technician (Biomedical Scientist)
Part 6—Occupational Therapists	Occupational Therapist
Part 7—Orthoptists	Orthoptist
Part 8—Paramedics	Paramedic
Part 9—Physiotherapists	Physiotherapist, Physical Therapist
Part 10—Prosthetists and Orthotists	Prosthetist and Orthotist, Prosthetist, Orthotist
Part 11—Radiographers: Diagnostic or Therapeutic	Radiographer, Diagnostic Radiographer, Therapeutic Radiographer
Part 12—Speech and Language Therapists	Speech and Language Therapist, Speech Therapist

Article 4

SCHEDULE 2 Registration of persons already registered in an old register

Column 1	Column 2
Old Register	Part of the new register
Arts Therapists	Part 1
Chiropodists	Part 2
Clinical Scientists	Part 3
Dietitians	Part 4
Medical Laboratory Technicians	Part 5
Occupational Therapists	Part 6
Orthoptists	Part 7
Paramedics	Part 8
Physiotherapists	Part 9
Prosthetists and Orthotists	Part 10
Radiographers	Part 11
Speech and Language Therapists	Part 12

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order determines the parts into which the register established and maintained under article 5 of the Health Professions Order 2001 is to be divided, and the designated titles which may be used only by persons included in the register. The Order also provides for persons who are included in a register which is superseded by the register to be included in the new register; for certain entries to be in Welsh as well as in English; and for the register to include entries indicating the possession of qualifications or competence.

(1)

S.I. 2002/254.

(2)

S.I. 2003/1572.

(3)

1960 c. 66.

(4)

S.I. 1997/1830, the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1998/108 and S.I. 1998/2081.