UK Statutory Instrument 2002 United Kingdom

Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001

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29 compliance obligations, 1 practical guide · 2 journeys

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  • Any Person 6

Plus 23 non-business duties on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.

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What this Act requires

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Part I — GENERAL

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s.application to nursing associates

Application to nursing associates

Part II — The Practice Committees

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Part III — REGISTRATION

s.008

Access to register etc.

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • NMC must provide public access to the nursing and midwifery register Statutory regulator
s.009

Registration

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • NMC must process and decide on registration applications within set timeframes Statutory regulator
s.012

Lapse of registration

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • NMC must ensure registration does not lapse during fitness to practise cases Statutory regulator
s.art013

Article 13: further provision relating to specified state professionals

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • NMC must specify and schedule competency tests for certain overseas professionals Statutory regulator
s.indemnity arrangements

Indemnity arrangements

  • Maintain appropriate professional indemnity insurance Any Person
s.supplementary provisions as to necessary knowledge

Supplementary provisions as to necessary knowledge of English

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • NMC must publish guidance on English language requirements Statutory regulator
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s.european qualifications

European qualifications

s.temporary annotations with regard to emergencies i

Temporary annotations with regard to emergencies involving loss of human life or human illness etc.

s.temporary registration in emergencies involving lo

Temporary registration in emergencies involving loss of human life or human illness etc

s.transitional provisions relating to admission to t

Transitional provisions relating to admission to the register

Part IV — EDUCATION AND TRAINING

s.015

Education and training

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • NMC must set and monitor nursing and midwifery education standards Statutory regulator
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Part V — FITNESS TO PRACTISE

s.026

The Investigating Committee

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • NMC Investigating Committee must follow standard procedures for allegations Statutory regulator
s.034

Legal assessors

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • NMC must appoint legal assessors to advise on legal questions Statutory regulator
s.035

Medical assessors

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • NMC must appoint and manage medical assessors Statutory regulator
s.036

Registrant assessors

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • NMC must appoint registrant assessors and may pay employer allowances Statutory regulator
s.information for specified state professionals

Information for specified state professionals

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • NMC must provide regulatory information and respond to enquiries Statutory regulator
s.review of decisions by the council

Review of decisions by the Council

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • NMC Council may review fitness to practise decisions Statutory regulator
s.the fitness to practise committee

The Fitness to Practise Committee

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • NMC Fitness to Practise Committee must consider referred cases Statutory regulator
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s.assessment of necessary knowledge of english

Assessment of necessary knowledge of English

s.exercise of council functions by the registrar or

Exercise of Council functions by the Registrar or officers of the Council

s.exercise of investigating committee functions by t

Exercise of Investigating Committee functions by the Registrar or officers of the Council

Part VI — APPEALS

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Part VII — EEA PROVISIONS

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s.european professional card

European professional card

s.visiting general systems nurses from relevant euro

Visiting general systems nurses from relevant European States

s.visiting general systems nursing associates from r

Visiting general systems nursing associates from relevant European States

Part VIII — MIDWIFERY

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Part IX — OFFENCES

s.044

Offences

Unlimited fine
  • Falsely claiming to be a registered nurse, midwife, or nursing associate Any Person

Part X — MISCELLANEOUS

s.051

Finances of the Council

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • NMC may charge fees to registered professionals Statutory regulator
s.052

Accounts of the Council

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • NMC must maintain and publish audited annual accounts Statutory regulator
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Schedules

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s.sch002a

VISITING MIDWIVES, AND CERTAIN VISITING NURSES, FROM RELEVANT EUROPEAN STATES

s.sch002b

Directive 2005/36/EC : European professional card

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NMC

Nursing and Midwifery Council

Statutory regulator for nurses, midwives, and nursing associates in the UK. Maintains the professional register, sets education standards, and investigates fitness to …

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