reg 7 Entries indicating qualifications or competence
(1) The entries in the register are to include such entry as the Council considers appropriate to indicate a qualification held by, or field of practice of, a registrant as provided for in paragraphs (2) to (7). (2) In the case of a first level nurse, a midwife or a specialist community public health nurse, a qualification to order drugs, medicines and appliances— (a) as a community practitioner nurse prescriber; (b) as a nurse independent prescriber; (c) as a nurse independent/supplementary prescriber. (3) In the case of a first level nurse a recordable qualification in— (a) adult nursing; (b) mental health nursing; (c) learning disabilities nursing; (d) children’s nursing; (e) general practice nursing; (f) community mental health nursing; (g) community learning disabilities nursing; (h) community children’s nursing; and (i) district nursing, which shall be recorded in the Nurses' Part of the register. (4) In the case of a first level nurse or a midwife, a recordable qualification as a lecturer or practice educator. (5) In the case of a first level nurse, his field of practice, that is to say adult nursing, mental health nursing, learning disabilities nursing or children’s nursing. (6) In the case of a second level nurse, his field of practice, that is to say adult nursing, mental health nursing, learning disabilities nursing, general nursing or fever nursing. (7) In the case of a specialist community public health nurse, a qualification in health visiting, occupational health nursing, school nursing or family health nursing which— (a) meets the standards set by the Council; or (b) is obtained outside the United Kingdom and which the Council is satisfied is equivalent to a qualification of the type referred to in paragraph (a). (8) The Council may also include such entry 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.