The Registered Health Care Profession (Designation No. 2) Order 2003

Statutory Instruments

2003 No. 2462

ROAD TRAFFIC

TRANSPORT AND WORKS

The Registered Health Care Profession (Designation No. 2) Order 2003

Made

25th September 2003

Laid before Parliament

3rd October 2003

Coming into force

1st November 2003

In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the definition of “registered health care professional” in section 11(2) of the Road Traffic Act 1988(1) and section 38(2A) of the Transport and Works Act 1992(2) and by the definition of “health care professional” in section 31(9A) of the Transport and Works Act 1992(3), the Secretary of State hereby makes the following Order:

1.  This Order may be cited as the Registered Health Care Profession (Designation No. 2) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st November 2003.

2.  The profession of paramedics, being a profession mentioned in section 60(2) of the Health Act 1999(4), by virtue of being regulated by the Health Professions Order 2001(5) is hereby designated as a health care profession(6) for the purposes of—

(a) the definition of “registered health care professional” in section 11(2) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and section 38(2A) of the Transport and Works Act 1992; and

(b) the definition of “health care professional” in section 31(9A) of the Transport and Works Act 1992.

Hazel Blears

Minister of State

Home Office

25th September 2003

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order enables, from 1st November 2003, paramedics registered under Part 8 of the register maintained under the Health Professions Order 2001 by the Health Professions Council to take samples under section 7 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and sections 31 and 38 of the Transport and Works Act 1992.

(1)

1988 c. 52: the definition of “registered health care professional” was inserted by section 55(3) of the Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30).

(2)

1992 c. 42; the definition of “registered health care professional” was inserted by section 58(10) of the Police Reform Act 2002.

(3)

The definition of “health care professional” was inserted by section 58(3) of the Police Reform Act 2002.

(4)

1999 c. 8; section 60(2) is amended by the Health Professions Order 2001 (S.I. 2002/254).

(5)

S.I. 2002/254.

(6)

Health care profession is defined in section 11(2) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and sections 31(9A) and 38(2A) of the Transport and Works Act 1992 as any profession mentioned in section 60(2) of the Health Act 1999 other than the profession of practising medicine and the profession of nursing.