The Adults with Incapacity (Requirements for Signing Medical Treatment Certificates) (Scotland) Regulations 2007

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Adults with Incapacity (Requirements for Signing Medical Treatment Certificates) (Scotland) Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on 23rd March 2007.

Requirements to be satisfied by relevant health professional signing medical treatment certificate

2.  The requirements prescribed for the purposes of section 47(1A)(b) of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 are that the person concerned must have completed and passed the course entitled “Adults with Incapacity: Part 5 Amendment – Assessment of Incapacity for Health Professionals” administered by Napier University, Craiglockhart Campus, Edinburgh(1).

LEWIS MACDONALD

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

21st February 2007