209 Power to regulate social workers etc in England

Part 7 Regulation of Health and Social Care Workers

Orders under section 60 of the Health Act 1999

209  Power to regulate social workers etc in England

(1)     Section 60 of the Health Act 1999 (regulation of health care professions etc) is amended as follows.

(2)     In subsection (1), after paragraph (b) insert—

“(ba)     regulating the social work profession in England,

(bb)     modifying the regulation of the social work profession in England, so far as appears to Her to be necessary or expedient for the purpose of securing or improving the regulation of the profession or the services which it provides or to which it contributes,”.

(3)     In that subsection, after paragraph (bb) insert—

“(bc)     regulating social care workers in England who appear to Her to require regulation in pursuance of this section,

(bd)     modifying the regulation of social care workers in England, so far as appears to Her to be necessary or expedient for the purpose of securing or improving their regulation or the services which they provide or to which they contribute,”.

(4)     In subsection (2), at the end of each of paragraphs (c) and (d), insert “(other than the social work profession in England)”.

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