Paul
The document you refer to is a legal document relating to the Private
and Voluntary Health Care [England] Regulations 2001
Statute 2001 No 3968.
As such it appears to carry the force of law in its recommendations.
However
it does not define: a certificated laser protection advisor. or what
may be interpreted as "have access to".
My [personal] interpretation is that the clinic must have had an
auditable formal contract with a "cert LPA" to receive
advice in the setting up of the service. This does not imply an ongoing
contract but it needs to define how it might access such
advice.
The other interesting issue tucked away in the primary regulation [
para 42-1] is that the protocols for treatment must be drawn up by
someone in the relevent discipline. This would appear to exclude many
GPs from drawing up or certifying a protocol as
is currently often the case.
Another issue to be resolved is : what is the training requirement for
an IPLS?
The lid is off and the worms are away...
As far as I can tell they have not published the regulation this side
of the Severn yet.
Kind regards
Bill Davies
>>> [log in to unmask] 04/17/02 10:13am >>>
In this dept. of Health document with a subtitle of "Independent
Health
Care" on p.156 P1.4 states
"Laser and intense light users have access to safety advice from a
certificated laser protection adviser".
Does this mean it is a legal requirement under the Care Standards Act
2000 ?
I know there is advice coming soon from the IPEM Scientific Interest
group
but I had an immediate query on this.
Paul N Brown
Principal Medical Physicist
Dept. Medical Physics
Frenchay Hospital
Bristol BS16 1LE
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