The Health Professions (Parts of and Entries in the Register) (Amendment) Order of Council 2006

• Citation: S.I. 2006/1996
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Health Professions (Parts of and Entries in the Register) (Amendment) Order of Council 2006 and shall come into force on 21st August 2006.

Section 2 Amendment of article 6 of the Health Professions (Parts of and Entries in the Register) Order of Council 2003

In the Health Professions (Parts of and Entries in the Register) Order of Council 2003 , in article 6 (entries indicating qualifications or competence), after paragraph (2) insert—

(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.