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Health Care (Registration) (Jersey) Law 1995: Instructions for Law Drafting

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A decision made on 26 July 2019

Ministerial decision reference: MD-C-2019-0082

Decision summary title:

Amendments to the list of registrable occupations under the Health Care (Registration) (Jersey) Law 1995 – Instructions for Law Drafting

Decision summary author

Policy Principal,

Strategic Policy, Performance and Population

Is the decision summary public or exempt? 

Public

Report title:  

Amendments to the list of registrable occupations under the Health Care (Registration) (Jersey) Law 1995 – Instructions for Law Drafting

Report author or name of

person giving report

Policy Principal,

Strategic Policy, Performance and Population

Is the report public or exempt?

Public

Decision and reason for the decision

The Chief Minister decided to ask the Principal Legislative Drafter to prepare amendments to the Health Care (Registration) (Jersey) Law 1995 and to the Health Care (Registration) (Prescribed Qualifications) Order 2003 on the basis of instructions to be provided by the Department for Strategic Policy, Performance and Population.

 

Law drafting instructions are required to enable a wider range of healthcare professionals to prescribe medicines to the same extent that they can in the UK.  It was previously recommended that non-medical prescribing be extended to other healthcare professionals once nurse prescribing was well established in Jersey.  Law Drafting instructions were issued by the Minister for Health and Social Services (MD-HSS-2019-0001).  As the Chief Minister holds the power to amend orders under the Health Care (Registration) (Jersey) Law 1995 further law drafting instructions are required.

Resource implications: There are no resource implications arising from this Ministerial Decision.

Action required

Policy Principal, Strategic Policy, Performance and Population to forward instructions to the Principal Legislative Drafter.

Signature

 

 

Position

Senator John Le Fondré

Chief Minister

 

 

 

Date signed

 

Effective date of the decision

 

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