Health
Care (Registration) (Prescribed Qualifications) (Amendment No. 6) (Jersey) Order 2019
Made 14th October 2019
Coming into
force 15th October 2019
THE CHIEF MINISTER makes this Order under
Articles 3 and 17 of the Health Care (Registration) (Jersey) Law 1995[1] –
1 Article 2A inserted
After Article 2 of the Health Care (Registration) (Prescribed
Qualifications) (Jersey) Order 2003[2], there is inserted –
“2A Consequential provision
For the purposes of the Health
Care (Registration) (Jersey) Law 1995[3], a person who is,
immediately before the commencement of this Article, registered in respect of the
following registrable occupations is taken to be registered as a nurse
independent prescriber –
(a) a midwife prescribing practitioner;
(b) a nurse prescribing practitioner; and
(c) a specialist community public health nurse prescribing
practitioner.”.
2 Schedule (prescribed
qualifications) amended
In the Schedule to the Health Care
(Registration) (Prescribed Qualifications) (Jersey) Order 2003[4] –
(a) the entry numbered 5A1 is deleted;
(b) for the entry numbered 5B1, there is substituted –
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“5B1.
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Qualification consisting of –
(a) entry in the register established and
maintained under article 5 of the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001 of
the United Kingdom as –
(i) a
midwife,
(ii) a
registered nurse: first level, or
(iii) a
specialist community public health nurse;
(b) notation on that register as a nurse independent
prescriber or nurse supplementary prescriber; and
(c) a reasonable degree of experience, and of continuing
professional development, in prescribing prescription only medicines
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Nurse independent prescriber”;
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(c) after the entry numbered 6A there is
inserted the following entry –
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“6AB.
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Qualification consisting of –
(a) entry as an optometrist in the register
established and maintained under Section 7 of the Opticians Act 1989 of
the United Kingdom;
(b) notation on that register as an optometrist
independent prescriber; and
(c) a reasonable degree of experience, and of continuing
professional development, in prescribing prescription only medicines
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Optometrist independent prescriber”;
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(d) after the entry
numbered 8 there is inserted the following entry –
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“8A.
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Qualification consisting of –
(a) entry as a paramedic in the register
established and maintained under article 5 of the Health Professions
Order;
(b) notation on that register as a paramedic
independent prescriber; and
(c) a reasonable degree of experience, and of continuing
professional development, in prescribing prescription only medicines
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Paramedic independent prescriber”;
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“8B.
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Qualification consisting of –
(a) entry as a pharmacist in the register
established and maintained under article 19 of the Pharmacist Order 2010
of the United Kingdom;
(b) notation on that register as a pharmacist
independent prescriber; and
(c) a reasonable degree of experience, and of continuing
professional development, in prescribing prescription only medicines
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Pharmacist independent prescriber”;
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(e) after the entry
numbered 9 there is inserted the following entry –
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“9AA.
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Qualification consisting of –
(a) entry as a physiotherapist in the register
established and maintained under article 5 of the Health Professions
Order;
(b) notation on that register as a physiotherapist
independent prescriber; and
(c) a reasonable degree of experience, and of continuing
professional development, in prescribing prescription only medicines
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Physiotherapist independent prescriber”;
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(f) after the entry
numbered 9A there is inserted the following entry –
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“9B.
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Qualification consisting of –
(a) entry as a podiatrist in the register
established and maintained under article 5 of the Health Professions
Order;
(b) notation on that register as a podiatrist
independent prescriber; and
(c) a reasonable degree of experience, and of continuing
professional development, in prescribing prescription only medicines
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Podiatrist independent prescriber”;
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(g) the entry numbered 10A1
is deleted;
(h) after the entry
numbered 11 there is inserted the following entry –
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“12.
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Qualification consisting of –
(a) entry as a therapeutic radiographer in the
register established and maintained under article 5 of the Health
Professions Order;
(b) notation on that register as a therapeutic
radiographer independent prescriber; and
(c) a reasonable degree of experience, and of continuing
professional development, in prescribing prescription only medicines
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Therapeutic radiographer independent prescriber”.
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3 Citation and commencement
(1) This Order may be cited as the Health Care
(Registration) (Prescribed Qualifications) (Amendment No. 6) (Jersey)
Order 2019.
(2) This Order commences on 15th October 2019.
senator j.a.n. le fondré
Chief Minister