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The Mental Health (Patient Representation) (Prescribed Persons) (Scotland) Regulations 2017
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3.—(1) The following classes of person are prescribed for the purposes of section 250(7)(1) of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003:—
(a)persons providing independent advocacy services;
(b)medical practitioners;
(c)arts therapists, dieticians, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, practitioner psychologists and speech and language therapists;
(d)persons employed in the provision of, or managing the provision of, a care service;
(e)registered nurses;
(f)social workers; and
(g)solicitors.
(2) The classes of person mentioned in paragraph (1)(c) are prescribed only if they are registered with the Health and Care Professions Council.
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Relevant provisions of section 250 of the 2003 Act are applied to declarations mentioned in section 257A(7) of that Act by subsection (8) of that section. Section 257A was inserted by section 25(2) of the 2015 Act.
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