49Exclusion of nursing care from community care services
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(1)Nothing in the enactments relating to the provision of community care services shall authorise or require a local authority, in or in connection with the provision of any such services, to—
(a)provide for any person, or
(b)arrange for any person to be provided with,
nursing care by a registered nurse.
(2)In this section “nursing care by a registered nurse” means any services provided by a registered nurse and involving—
(a)the provision of care, or
(b)the planning, supervision or delegation of the provision of care,
other than any services which, having regard to their nature and the circumstances in which they are provided, do not need to be provided by a registered nurse.