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  Health and Care Bill - New Clause 12 - Protection of the Title of âNurseâ
  
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  @ MP voted aye to make it an offence for someone to practice or carry on business using the name or title "nurse" unless they are a Registered Nurse or specialist community public health nurse; with exceptions for veterinary, dental and nursery nurses. 
  
  @ MP voted no not to make it an offence for someone to practice or carry on business using the name or title "nurse" unless they are a Registered Nurse or specialist community public health nurse; with exceptions for veterinary, dental and nursery nurses. 
  
  
  The majority of MPs voted not to make it an offence for someone to practice or carry on business using the name or title "nurse" unless they are a Registered Nurse or specialist community public health nurse; with exceptions for veterinary, dental and nursery nurses. 
  
  MPs were considering the Health and Care Bill.[1][2][3]
  
  The proposed new clause rejected in this vote was titled: ''Protection of the title of ânurseâ'' and stated:
  
  :â(1) A person may not practise or carry on business under any name, style or title containing the word ânurseâ unless that person is registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council and entered in sub part 1 or 2 of the register as a Registered Nurse or in the specialist community public health nursing part of the register.
  
  :(2) Subsection (1) does not prevent any use of the designation âveterinary nurseâ, âdental nurseâ (for which see section 36K of the Dentists Act 1984) or ânursery nurseâ.
  
  :(3) A person who contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level four on the standard scale
  
  
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  * [1] [https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3022 Parliament's webpage on the Health and Care Bill], Parliament.uk
  * [2] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-02/0183/210183.pdf Health and Care Bill as amended in Public Bill Committee,  2 November 2021], Parliament.uk
  * [3] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-02/0140/en/210140en.pdf Explanatory notes to the Health and Care Bill as introduced on 6 July 2021], Parliament.uk
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