Part 2

Health and Social Care Professions etc.

The Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care

Section 25D: interpretation
25E
1
This section applies for the purposes of section 25D.
2
“
Voluntary register
” means a register of persons in which a person is not required by an enactment to be registered in order to be entitled to—
a
use a title,
b
practise as a member of a profession,
c
engage in work that involves the provision of health care,
d
engage in work of a description given in section 60(2ZC) of the Health Act 1999 (social care work in England), or
e
participate in studies that come within section 25D(2) or (3).
3
Where an enactment imposes a requirement of that kind which applies to part only of the United Kingdom, a register is to be regarded as a voluntary register in so far as it applies to any part of the United Kingdom to which the requirement does not apply.
4
The reference in subsection (2) to an enactment does not include a reference to an enactment in so far as it imposes a requirement of that kind which applies—
a
only to work or practice of a particular kind, and
b
only when work or practice of that kind is engaged in for particular purposes.
5
In subsections (2) to (4), “
enactment
” means an enactment contained in, or in an instrument made under—
a
an Act of Parliament,
b
an Act of the Scottish Parliament,
c
an Act or Measure of the National Assembly for Wales, or
d
Northern Ireland legislation.
6
“
Unregulated health professional
” means a member of a profession—
a
which is concerned with the physical or mental health of individuals, but
b
to which section 60(2) of the Health Act 1999 does not apply.
7
“
Unregulated health care worker
” means a person engaged in work which—
a
involves the provision of health care, but
b
is not work which may be engaged in only by members of a profession.
8
In subsections (2) and (7), “
health care
” includes—
a
all forms of health care for individuals, whether relating to physical or mental health, and
b
procedures that are similar to forms of medical or surgical care but are not provided in connection with a medical condition.
9
“
Unregulated social care worker in England
” means a person engaged in social care work in England within the meaning of section 60 of the Health Act 1999.
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Pt. 2 title substituted (1.12.2012) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), ss. 222(5), 306(4); S.I. 2012/2657, art. 2(3)
S. 25 crossheading substituted (1.12.2012) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), ss. 222(4), 306(4); S.I. 2012/2657, art. 2(3)
Ss. 25D-25F inserted (1.12.2012) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), ss. 228, 306(4); S.I. 2012/2657, art. 2(3)
S. 25E(10)(11) omitted (2.12.2019) by virtue of Children and Social Work Act 2017 (c. 16), s. 70(2), Sch. 4 para. 7; S.I. 2019/1436, reg. 2(r)