Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland (Qualifications, Training and Experience of Medical Visitors) Regulations 2010 and come into force on 15th November 2010.
(2) In these Regulations, “the Act” means the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003.
(3) For the purposes of regulation 2(a)(ii) and (b)(iii) whole-time equivalent is to be calculated by multiplying the full length of the person’s experience by the following fraction:—
Qualifications, training and experience required for Medical Visitors
2. The qualifications, training and experience prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 7C(1) of schedule 1 to the Act are—
(a)in the case of all persons, that the person is a medical practitioner and either (or both)—
(i)is a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists;
(ii)has a minimum of four years’ whole-time equivalent experience of providing psychiatric services;
(b)in the case of at least one person, that—
(i)the person satisfies the requirements of paragraph (a);
(ii)the person’s name is included in the Specialist Register kept by the General Medical Council pursuant to section 34D of the Medical Act 1983(1) as a specialist in psychiatry; and
(iii)since the date of inclusion in the Specialist Register the person has had a minimum of five years’ whole-time equivalent experience of providing psychiatric services.
NICOLA STURGEON
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
7th October 2010