NMC Code / Article 44
Dear Nursing and Midwifery Council,
Would you please clarify the legalities of Article 44.
1) Is it a criminal offence under Article 44 for a nurse and / or midwife to be employed / work without registration?
2) If a nurse / midwife is employed / works without registration what is the maximum penalty that can be applied to the offender?
3) If a nurse / midwife is found to be employed / working without registration and this is a criminal offence, is the NMC legally bound to inform the Police?
4) Is it a criminal offence for an employer to knowingly / unknowingly operate their business with a nurse / midwife who is found to be employed without registration?
5) Is the NMC legally bound to inform the Police of employers operating a business with unregistered staff?
6) Again, what is the maximum penalty that can be applied to an employer?
7) Finally, if these failings are criminal would the NMC please provide historical evidence of the number of cases where the maximum penalties have been applied either by the NMC itself or by the Police.
Yours faithfully,
Mark Bates Bsc
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Dear Mark Bates ,
Thank you for your email. We acknowledge receipt of your request.
The statutory time-frame for responses are:
* 20 working days - Freedom of Information requests.
* 30 days - Data Subjects Rights Requests (under the GDPR)
If you need the information in an alternative format, we will do all we
reasonably can to help. When you submit a request to us, we may ask for
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and in accordance with our Retention and Disposal Schedules.
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Thank you.
Freedom of Information & Data Protection Officers
Records and Archives Team
Nursing and Midwifery Council
23 Portland Place
London
W1B 1PZ
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