EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Adults with Incapacity (Requirements for Signing Medical Treatment Certificates) (Scotland) Regulations 2007 in respect of the requirements which must be satisfied by any of the persons mentioned in section 47(1A)(b) of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 (a dental practitioner, an ophthalmic optician, a registered nurse or an individual who falls within such description of persons as may be prescribed by Scottish Ministers) in order for that person to be authorised to sign a certificate for the purposes of section 47(1). The requirements prescribed in relation to these persons are that they must have their knowledge of the assessment of capacity certified by a Scottish further or higher education institution or by NHS Education for Scotland.