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 , 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

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• (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

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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

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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

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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

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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[^f00002] 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

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• (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[^f00003] 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[^f00004] (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.

SCHEDULE 1 — Parts of the register

SCHEDULE 2 — Registration of persons already registered in an old register

Signed

A.K. Galloway — Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 2002/254.

[^f00002]: S.I. 2003/1572.

[^f00003]: 1960 c. 66.

[^f00004]: S.I. 1997/1830, the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1998/108 and S.I. 1998/2081.

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• (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;

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

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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.

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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.

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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 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.

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• (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 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 (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.

• (3) The entries in Parts 2 (Chiropodists and Podiatrists), 9 (Physiotherapists) and 11 (Radiographers: Diagnostic or Therapeutic) of the register may include an entry indicating that a registrant is qualified to order drugs, medicines and appliances as a supplementary prescriber for the purposes of the Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Order 1997.

• (4) The Council may also include such entry in the register as it considers appropriate to indicate that a registrant possesses any other qualification (whether or not it is an approved qualification) or competence in a particular field or at a particular level of practice.

Editorial notes

[^c5050091]: S.I. 2002/254.

[^c5050101]: S.I. 2003/1572.

[^c5050111]: 1960 c. 66.

[^c5050121]: S.I. 1997/1830, the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1998/108 and S.I. 1998/2081.

[^key-66afd32eb1d00f6b79b7bfab48ff2a38]: Words in Sch. 1 substituted (27.7.2004) by The Health Professions (Operating Department Practitioners and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/2033), arts. 1(2), 11(a)(i)

[^key-e2af72f86e602c898d264a2040a3b5ee]: Words in Sch. 1 substituted (27.7.2004) by The Health Professions (Operating Department Practitioners and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/2033), arts. 1(2), 11(a)(ii)

[^key-7979e7eed2b3899812204e1a1a4b0f49]: Words in Sch. 1 substituted (27.7.2004) by The Health Professions (Operating Department Practitioners and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/2033), arts. 1(2), 11(b)

[^key-f7e5ca533e0acea7a267f112d2e2148c]: Words in Sch. 1 added (18.10.2004) by Health Professions (Parts of and Entries in the Register) (Amendment) Order of Council 2004 (S.I. 2004/2522), arts. 1, 2(a)

[^key-ddce3542aa1ad75dc28c751f22f46fa2]: Words in Sch. 1 added (18.10.2004) by Health Professions (Parts of and Entries in the Register) (Amendment) Order of Council 2004 (S.I. 2004/2522), arts. 1, 2(b)

[^M_F_987067d7-ea92-4220-82a6-37f054cf9269]: Art. 6 para. (3)(4) inserted (21.08.2006) by The Health Professions (Parts of and Entries in the Register) (Amendment) Order of Council 2006 (S.I. 2006/1996), arts. 1, 2

[^key-a1c777467f432c92c5a3b22b81c49b9e]: Art. 6A inserted (1.7.2009) by The Health Care and Associated Professions (Miscellaneous Amendments and Practitioner Psychologists) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1182), art. 1(9), Sch. 4 para. 8(a); S.I. 2009/1357, art. 2(1)(c)

[^key-ab6f8a2cb489413b6978c51cada848fc]: Words in Sch. 1 added (1.7.2009) by The Health Care and Associated Professions (Miscellaneous Amendments and Practitioner Psychologists) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1182), art. 1(9), Sch. 4 para. 8(b)(i); S.I. 2009/1357, art. 2(1)(c)

[^key-caa09cc8b351b13ebc2b3e09ce363aea]: Words in Sch. 1 added (1.7.2009) by The Health Care and Associated Professions (Miscellaneous Amendments and Practitioner Psychologists) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1182), art. 1(9), Sch. 4 para. 8(b)(ii); S.I. 2009/1357, art. 2(1)(c)

[^key-00afdcc6ae96e1f3695ebf3fd5f28ad4]: Words in Sch. 1 added (1.4.2010) by The Health Professions (Hearing Aid Dispensers) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/233), arts. 1(3), 10(a) (with arts. 4-6)

[^key-619b875aa8096227f3ed86b9a54f5db5]: Words in Sch. 1 added (1.4.2010) by The Health Professions (Hearing Aid Dispensers) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/233), arts. 1(3), 10(b) (with arts. 4-6)

[^key-b7383a41851b900d28536135014a82fa]: Words in Sch. 1 omitted (2.12.2019) by virtue of The Children and Social Work Act 2017 (Consequential Amendments) (Social Workers) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1094), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 1(b)(i); S.I. 2019/1436, reg. 2(b)

[^key-ff1fdc78a354e98d2bdee161f1800639]: Words in Sch. 1 omitted (2.12.2019) by virtue of The Children and Social Work Act 2017 (Consequential Amendments) (Social Workers) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1094), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 1(b)(ii); S.I. 2019/1436, reg. 2(b)

[^M_F_597e4c8a-d1f1-4f3d-830f-465547a7f6d6]: Words in art. 1(2) substituted (2.12.2019) by virtue of The Children and Social Work Act 2017 (Consequential Amendments) (Social Workers) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1094), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 1(a); S.I. 2019/1436, reg. 2(b)

[^key-6a155e590dbeedd3852992a7a2fb375b]: Art. 7 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/593), reg. 1(2), Sch. 8 para. 16 (with reg. 12A, Sch. 8 Pt. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1394, regs. 4, 16(6)-(13)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Annotations denoting visiting health professionals from relevant European States

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Entries indicating the fields of competence of practitioner psychologists

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Entries in Part 14 of the register are to include such entries as the Council considers appropriate to indicate whether the registrant’s field of competence is as a clinical psychologist, a counselling psychologist, an educational psychologist, a forensic psychologist, a health psychologist, an occupational psychologist, a sport and exercise psychologist, or a combination of these.

Annotations denoting visiting health professionals from relevant European States