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Exhibition of Motives
The Order of Nursing, as a professional public association, was created by the
Decree-Law No 104/98 of April 21, having the same diploma approved of its Statute,
in the direction of promoting and regulating the discipline of the professional practice of nurses,
in terms of ensuring compliance with the inherent deontological standards, ensuring the
pursuit of the public interest and dignity of the exercise of nursing.
The recognition of the importance of nurses in the professional and scientific community
in the health system is now also substantiated by the amendment of the Statute, by way of
of the developments verified in the 11 years in the meantime decorated. Effectively, the changes in the
health system and in the education system, as well as the changes themselves in the activity of
nursing, pose new challenges and requirements as to professional development
of the nurses, so amending the Statute of the Order of Nurses reveals itself
appropriate to new requirements, redefining the conditions of access to the profession. Pretends,
thus ensuring that the Order of Nursing possesses the indispensable mechanisms for the
warranty of the exercise of the profession by whom it is holder of the necessary qualifications for
a quality nursing exercise.
In particular, a tuteled professional exercise period is planned for the assignment of the
definitive title of nurse practitioner and defines the specific framework for the assignment of the
title of expert.
On the other hand, instrumental changes are made as they are the composition and the
competencies of the nursing board and the creation of technical commissions for the
advise.
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Finally, transitional arrangements are envisaged with a view to facilitating the move to the
current system of admission and assignment of professional titles, safeguarding the
possibility of option to all students who find themselves enrolled in the courses of
degree in Nursing, prior to the entry into force of this Law.
It was heard the Order of Nursing.
The Board of Rectors of the Portuguese Universities and the Council shall be heard
Coordinator of the Higher Polytechnic Institutes.
Thus:
Under the terms of the paragraph d) of Article 197 (1) of the Constitution, the Government presents to the
Assembly of the Republic the following proposal for a law:
Article 1.
Amendment to the Status of the Order of Nursing
Articles 1, 2, 3, 7, 9, 20, 27, 28, 29, 30, 34, 40, 40, 40, 40, 40, 40, 40, 40, 40, 40
77, 93, 94, 98, and 100 and 100 of the Statute of the Order of Nursing, approved by the
Decree-Law No. 104/98 of April 21, shall be replaced by the following:
" Article 1.
[...]
1-A Order of Nurses, hereafter abbreviately designated by Order,
is the representative public association of the registered nurses with habilitation
academic and professional law legally required for the exercise of the respective
profession.
2-[...].
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Article 2.
[...]
1-[...].
2-[...]:
a) [...];
b) [...];
c) [...];
d) The regional section of the Autonomous Region of the Azores;
e) The regional section of the Autonomous Region of Madeira;
3-[ Revoked ].
4-[...].
5-[ Revoked ].
Article 3.
[...]
1-[...].
2-[...]:
a) [...];
b) [...];
c) [...];
d) [...];
e) Regulate the conditions of enrolment in the Order of Nursing and
of readmission of professional exercise, in the legally terms
applicable;
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f) Check the satisfaction of the conditions of enrolment to which the
articles 6 and 7;
g) Assign the professional title of nurse practitioner and specialist nurse practitioner
with issuance of the inert professional ballot;
h) Carry out and keep up to date the registration of all nurses;
i) [ Previous point (g) ];
j) [ Previous point (h) ];
l) [ Previous point (i) ];
m) [ Previous point (j) ];
n) [ Previous point l) ];
o) [ Previous point (m) ];
p) [ Previous paragraph (n) ];
q) [ Previous point (o) ].
3-[...].
Article 6.
[...]
1-[...].
2-A enrollment in the Order is done in the regional section of the area of residence or
professional domicile of the candidate.
3-Can sign up in the Order:
a) The holders of Portuguese upper courses, which confirm, at the date
of the completion, the legally required habilitation for the initial training
in nursing;
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b) The holders of the general nursing course or legal equivalent;
c) The holders of senior foreign nursing courses, which
have obtained equivalence, in the legal terms, to a higher course of
Portuguese nursing.
4-Can also sign up in the Order:
a) The nationals of member states of the European Union in the terms of the
applicable standards;
b) The nationals of other states with whom Portugal has concluded
agreement, in the terms provided for in special law.
5-To candidates who have not made their training in establishment
of Portuguese education is required, in the regulatory terms, the subjection to a
proof of communication that aims to assess the ability to understand and
communication, in Portuguese language, within the scope of the professional exercise of
nursing.
6-[ Previous Article No 5 ].
7-Compete for regional governing boards to accept or refuse enrollment
as an effective member of the Order, the candidates from the area of the regional section.
8-Accept the inscription, is issued provisional professional ballot signed by the
bastonary.
Article 7.
[...]
1-The title of nurse practitioner recognizes scientific, technical and human competence
for the provision of general nursing care to the individual, the family and the
community, at the three levels of prevention.
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2-The title of nursing is assigned to the member who makes proof of habilitation
legal in Nursing, provided that verified the requirements set out in paragraphs 3
and 4 of the previous article and in the conditions of the following article.
3-The title of specialist nurse practitioner recognizes scientific competence,
technical and human to provide, in addition to general care, care of
nursing specialty nursing in specific areas of nursing.
4-The title of specialist nursing is assigned to the holder of the title of
nurse practitioner, after weighting of the formative and certification processes of
skills, in a clinical area of expertise.
5-The titles are awarded by the Order, pursuant to paragraphs 2 and 4, and inscribed
on the professional ballot.
Article 8.
[...]
1-[...].
2-A enrollment as an effective member process in the terms provided for in the
articles 6 and 7, with the issuance of definitive professional ballot.
3-[ Previous Article No 4 ].
4-[ Previous Article No 5 ].
Article 9.
[...]
1-[...]:
a) [...];
b) [...];
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c) [...].
2-[...]:
a) [...];
b) [...];
c) To members who have not attended or have not obtained
take advantage of the assessment referred to in Article 7.º-A.
3-A Professional ballot is always returned to the Order, by the holder, in the
situations provided for in the preceding paragraphs.
Article 12.
[...]
[...]:
a) [...];
b) [...];
c) [...];
d) [...];
e) [...];
f) [...];
g) [...];
h) [...];
i) [...];
j) [...];
l) [...];
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m) [...];
n) Approve new specialties, upon proposal of the council
directive;
o) [ Previous paragraph (n) ].
Article 20.
[...]
1-[...]:
a) [...];
b) [...];
c) [...];
d) [...];
e) [...];
f) [...];
g) Assign the quality of corresponding member;
h) [...];
i) [...];
j) Propose to the approval of the general assembly the creation of new
specialties;
l) [ Previous point (j) ];
m) [ Previous point l) ];
n) [ Previous point (m) ];
o) [ Previous paragraph (n) ];
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p) [ Previous point (o) ];
q) [ Previous paragraph (p) ];
r) [ Previous point (q) ];
s) [ Previous point r) ];
t) [ Previous point (s) ];
u) [ Previous point (t) ].
2-[...].
Article 27.
[...]
1-The tax council is composed of a president, a vice president and
five vowels.
2-The president and the vice chairman of the tax council are elected by suffrage
direct and universal, from among the actual members with at least five
years of exercise of the profession.
3-The vowels are, by inherence, the chairmen of the regional tax councils.
Article 28.
[...]
[...]:
a) [...];
b) [...];
c) [...];
d) [...];
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e) [...];
f) Participate, without a right to vote, at the meetings of the governing board,
whenever this one considers it convenient.
Article 29.
[...]
1-The nursing board is composed of a president and 10 vowels and is
the professional body of the Order.
2-The President and five vowels are elected by direct and universal suffrage,
in one list.
3-The remaining five vowels are, by inherence, the chairs of the councils
of regional nursing.
4-The members of the nursing board have to hold at least five
years of professional exercise.
5-The chair of the nursing board has to hold at least 10 years
of professional exercise.
6-The members referred to in paragraph 4, if they are specialists, have to be holders
of different specialties.
Article 30.
[...]
[...]:
a) Define the criteria and the validation matrix for the individualization of the
specialties;
b) Draw up the regulation for the process of recognition of new
specialties, to be proposed to the governing board;
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c) Recognizing specialties in nursing to propose to the board
directive;
d) To draw up the regulation of individual skills certification to
propose to the governing board;
e) To draw up the regulation of assigning of the title of the nursing and the
specialist nurse practitioner, to propose to the governing board;
f) Set the standards of nursing care, to propose to the board
directive;
g) Follow up the development of methods, instruments and
programmes for continuous improvement of the quality of care, at the level
national and international;
h) Collaborate with national or international entities within the framework of
quality;
i) Keep up with the professional exercise and nurture and accompany the
development of training in nursing;
j) Give advice on training models, the creation and general structure
of the nursing courses;
l) Proceed to the definition of the criteria for the determination of the suitability and
formative capacity of health establishments and services, in the
scope of the professional nursing exercise;
m) Nurturing research in nursing, as a means of
development of the professional exercise;
n) To promote the development of scientific and professional relations,
in the different fields of nursing, at the national level and
international;
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o) Carry out studies and deliver opinions on specific subjects of
nursing;
p) Supporting the governing and jurisdictional board in professional affairs
in the field of general nursing care;
q) Elaborate and approve your internal regulation.
Article 31.
[...]
1-The nursing board works at the headquarters of the Order and gathers by
convocation of its president.
2-Support the functioning of the nursing board the commission of
certification of competences, the quality commission of care of
nursing and the commission of research and development.
3-The nursing board prepares the regulation of commissions.
4-In the first session of each quadriennium the nursing board designates,
of among its elected members, those who integrate each of the committees and,
of these, what preside.
5-The nursing board is advised by recognized experts
competence in the scope of training accreditation, individual certification
of skills and research and development as well as in scope
of the quality of nursing care, integrating the same, the
respective committees, in the terms of the regulation.
6-The experts referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be appointed by the council
directive, on a proposal from the nursing board.
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7-In the specific technical areas the nursing board is advised
by the presidents of the colleges of the specialties.
Article 34.
[...]
1-[...].
2-[...]:
a) [...];
b) [...];
c) [...];
d) [...];
e) [...];
f) [...];
g) Deliberating on acceptance and refusal to sign up as a member
effective of the Order;
h) Promote the registration of the actual members, issue the ballots
professionals and carry out the respective revalidation;
i) Ensure the necessary conditions for the effectivation of the process of
individual certification of competences;
j) [ Previous point (h) ];
l) [ Previous point (i) ];
m) [ Previous point (j) ] ;
n) [ Previous point l) ];
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o) [ Previous point (m) ] ;
p) [ Previous paragraph (n) ] ;
q) [ Previous point (o) ] ;
r) [ Previous paragraph (p) ].
Article 37.
Composition and competence
1-The regional nursing board is made up of a president and
four vowels, being elected on a single list, by direct suffrage.
2-The members referred to in the previous point, if they are specialists, have to
be holders of different specialties.
3-[ Previous n. º2 ].
a) Promoting the development and scientific, technical, cultural and
professional of its members at the regional level;
b) To ensure compliance with the quality standards of care for
nursing and for the quality of the professional exercise of nurses;
c) Stimulate the implementation of systems for continuous improvement of the
quality of the professional exercise of the nurses;
d) Accompany the professional exercise in the area of the respective section
regional;
e) Follow up on the development of training and research in
nursing in the area of the regional section;
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f) Check the fulfilment of the requirements set out in Article 6 and 7.
for the purpose of enrolment in the Order, in the area of the respective section
regional, in accordance with the respective regulation;
g) Ensuring the realization of the individual certification process of
skills, in the area of the respective regional section, according to the
respective regulation;
h) To propose to the regional governing board the admission to the Order, in the area of
respective regional section;
i) Assign the titles of nurse practitioner and nurse specialist.
Article 39.
[...]
1-[...].
2-[...].
3-[...].
4- [ Revoked ].
Article 40.
[...]
1-[...].
2-[...].
3-Whenever it proves necessary to proceed to mid-term elections for
any of the organs of the Order, the respective mandate shall not exceed the duration
of the mandate of the remaining bodies.
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Article 77.
[...]
1-[...]:
a) Medical information and product marketing delegate
doctors or partner or company manager with such activity;
b) Pharmacist, pharmacy technician or owner, partner or manager of
proprietary pharmacy company;
c) Owner, partner or manager of proprietary laboratory company
of clinical analysis, preparation of pharmaceutical products or of
technical-sanctuary equipment;
d) Owner, partner or manager of agency owning agency
mortuary;
e) [...].
2-[...].
3-[...].
Article 93.
[...]
[...]:
a) The percentage of the product of the enrolment fees or others, set at
general assembly;
b) The percentage of the amount of the monthly contributions of your
members, fixed by the general meeting;
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c) The product of the editorial activity;
d) The product of the provision of services and other activities;
e) Legacies, donations and subsidies;
f) [ Previous point (g) ]:
g) [ Previous point (h) ];
h) [ Previous point I )].
Article 94.
Revenue from regional sections
They constitute revenue from the regional sections:
a) The percentage of the product of the enrolment fees or other affections to the
respective regional section, set at the general meeting;
b) [ Previous point (a) ];
c) [ Previous point (b) ];
d) [ Previous paragraph (c) ];
e) [ Previous point (d) ].
Article 98.
Conditions for the exercise of the members of the organs of the Order
1-Members of the executive bodies of the Order who are employees by
account of others are entitled, for the exercise of their duties in the framework of
posts for which they were elected, to:
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a) Unpaid leave, with the maximum duration of the respective
mandate, to be allocated under the employment law applicable to each
worker;
b) A credit of hours corresponding to 24 days of work per year, which
can use in half-day periods, which count, for all the
legal effects such as effective service.
2-Members of the non-executive bodies of the Order shall enjoy the right to
24 justified falters, which count for all legal effects as a service
effective, save as to remuneration or retribution.
3-A The communal order, by idoidal and safe means, including mail
electronic, to the employing entities of which they depend on the members of the
your organs, the dates and the number of days that these need for the
exercise of the respective functions.
4-A communication provided for in the preceding paragraph is made in advance
minimum of five days, or, in case of meetings or activities of nature
extraordinary of the organs of the Order, as soon as they are summoned.
Article 100.
[...]
1-In all, how much is not provided for in this Statute and in the
regulations drawn up by the jurisdictional board, regarding the instruction
and to the tramping of the disciplinary procedure, follows, with the necessary
adaptations, the Disciplinary Status of Workers Performing Duties
Public.
2-[...]. "
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Article 2.
Addition to the Statute of the Order of Nursing, approved by the Decree-Law
n. 104/98, of April 21
Articles 7-A, 7-B and 31-A, to the Statute of the Order of Nursing, are adjourned.
approved by Decree-Law No. 104/98 of April 21, with the following wording:
" Article 7.
Tuteled professional exercise
1-The exercise of the nursing profession implies the initial frequency of a
tuteled professional exercise phase.
2-The tutelage professional exercise period has an initial duration no
greater than nine months, counted from the date of the placement in
establishment provider of health care whose suitability is
recognized for the purpose.
3-After the completion of the tuteled professional exercise period, in the event of
verification of negative opinion, duly substantiated, issued by
clinical supervisor, there is place for the final assessment of harnessing by a
jury duly accredited by the Order.
4-In cases where the assessment referred to in the preceding paragraph confirms the
opinion negative, the Order maintains the transient nature of the inscription
initially assigned, until the completion of new exercise period
tuteled professional, of a duration not exceeding six months, and without prejudice to the
provisions of the following number.
5-If the person concerned does not attend the second period of professional exercise
tuteled, or ending it without harnessing, the inscription is cancelled.
6-The period of tuteled professional exercise is always remunerated, in the
general terms.
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7-Procedures for clinical supervisors, designated by the
Order from among nurses, the conditions of their intervention, the parameters
of appreciation of the tuteled professional exercise, as well as the remaining aspects
regulations, are established by the portaria to be issued by the member
Government responsible for the area of health.
Article 7-B
Title of specialist nurse practitioner
1-The title of specialist nurse practitioner recognizes scientific competence,
technical and human to provide, in addition to general care, care of
specialist nursing in the clinical area of your specialty and is assigned
to professionals who, already holders of the title of nursing, meet the
conditions required and possess one of the following qualifications:
a) Postgraduate courses which, in the terms of the diploma of institution,
confirm competence for the provision of specialized care.
b) They have shown, in the exercise of their duties, during period
temporal appropriate to the respective clinical areas of specialization,
proven technical habilitation and professional experience.
2-In any of the cases set out in the preceding paragraph, the assignment of
title for the exercise of the competent specialty depends on the
recognition, on the part of the Order, of the corresponding competences.
3-The procedures and too much conditions for the recognition provided for in the
previous number are defined by porterie of the member of the Government
responsible for the area of health, heard the ministry responsible for the area of the
higher education.
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4-The curricula of the postgraduate courses referred to in the a) of paragraph 1, well
as the legal instruments for your approval, lack the opinion of the
Order.
Article 31 To
Colleges of specialties
1-The colleges of the specialties are the professional bodies, constituted
by the members who hold the professional title of the respective specialty.
2-Each college elects a table, with a president and two secretaries, by
direct and single-list suffrage, from among its members, with at least
five years of specialized professional exercise.
3-The presidents of the colleges of the specialties integrate the commission of
research and development.
4-Are competences of the colleges of specialties:
a) To promote the development of scientific and professional relations,
among the members of the specialty;
b) Elaborate studies on specific subjects of the specialty;
c) Define the specific skills of the specialty, to be proposed to the
directive board;
d) Draw up formative programmes in the respective specialty, to be proposed to the
directive board;
e) Accompany the specialist professional exercise;
f) Set quality standards of nursing care
specialized and to ensure that they are complied with in the financial year
specialized professional;
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g) Elaborate and approve your internal regulation.
5-Are competences of the table of the college:
a) Drive the work of the college;
b) To follow up on the deliberations of the college;
c) Issue opinions, in accordance with the one set out in the Regulation
internal;
d) Support the governing and jurisdictional boards in professional affairs
in the field of specialized nursing care;
e) Draw up a biennial report on the state of the development of the
specialty and recommendations.
6-The opinions in the specific scientific and technical area are binding. "
Article 3.
Abrogation standard
Paragraphs 3 and 5 of Article 2 (4), Article 39 (4) and Article 99 of the Staff Regulations are repealed.
of the Order of Nursing, approved by the Decree-Law No. 104/98 of April 21.
Article 4.
Transitional standards
1-Keep in place the titles of nurse and nurse specialist assigned to the
shelter from the previous regime.
2-Nursing course holders, the training of which has been completed before the
entry into force of the amendments made by this Act in the Statute of the Order of the
Nurses by the present law, and those who complete the degree course in Nursing
by December 31, 2009, as well as all those who require their enrolment in the Order
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of the Nurses up to that date, are entitled to be assigned the title of nurse practitioner
in accordance with the regime constant in Articles 6, 7 and 8 of the said Statute in its
originated version.
3-The holders of the habilitations referred to in Portaria No 268/2002 of March 13, whose
formation if it commenced before the entry into force of this Law, as well as those
that they are holders of legally instituted courses before the entry into force of that
would portaria and who confer right to the title of expert, are entitled to be
assigned the title of specialist nurse practitioner, in the respective clinical area, for the effects
provided for in Article 7 (3) of the Statute of the Order of Nursing in its version
originary.
4-Students who find themselves enrolled in the degree course in Nursing before the
entry into force of the amendments made by this Law Statute of the Order of the
Nurses, are entitled to opt for:
a) Require to be assigned the title of nurse practitioner under the terms of the scheme
constant in Articles 6, 7 and 8 of the Statute of the Order of Nursing in its
originated version,
b) Require to be assigned the title of nurse practitioner under the terms of the scheme
constant in Articles 6, 7 and 8 of the Statute of the Order of Nursing in the
wording given by this Law.
5-The elections of the chair of the tax council, of the members of the nursing board
and of the regional nursing boards, and the directions of the colleges, provided for in the
articles 27, 29 and 37 of the Statute of the Order of Nursing, in the wording given by the
present law, they carry out up to 150 days after the publication of this Law.
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6-The regulations of the process of individual competency certification, of
weighting of formative processes, of determination of idoneity and capacity
formative of health establishments and services and the allocation of professional titles
of nurse practitioner and specialist nurse practitioner, are approved by the general assembly, up to 120
days after the taking of possession of the nursing board, may the deadline be extended
for equal period.
7-A enrolment as an effective member of the Order and the assignment of the professional titles of
nurse and specialist nurse practitioner prosecute under the terms of Articles 6, 7 and 8.
of the Statute in its originary version for a period of 150 days after the approval of the
regulations referred to in the preceding paragraph, may the time limit be extended by equal
period.
8-The governing board appoints a commission consisting of nursing care nurses
general and of each of the specialties recognized by the Order, at the date of the publication of the
this law, which it proposes to the regional governing boards for admission and allocation of the
nursing and nursing specialist titles within the term and terms set out in Article 7 of the
Status of the Order of Nursing, in the wording given by this Law.
9-The internal regulations of colleges are approved in a high school assembly, up to 120
days after taking possession of the table of the college, may the deadline be extended by equal
period.
Article 5.
Courses obtained in Portuguese-speaking countries
1-During the period of one year from the entry into force of this Law, it may also
be awarded the title of the nurse under Article 6 of the Statute of the Order of the
Nurses, in the wording given by this Law, to professionals enabled with courses
of nursing, of a non-higher level, completed in the Portuguese official speaking countries,
by national citizens of those countries or of Portuguese nationality since,
cumulatively, these courses:
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a) Be officially recognized in the country in which it was imparted, and in it give access to the
exercise of the activity of nurse practitioner;
b) They have been provided in educational establishment recognised by the
competent authorities of the respective country;
c) They have been completed, with use, by December 31, 1992;
d) They possess the minimum duration of three years in full time;
e) Possess plan of studies similar to one of the study plans of the course of
general nursing approved in Portugal from 1965.
2-Are still necessary conditions for the assignment of the title of nurse to verification
that the holders of the courses referred to in the preceding paragraph were to be integrated into the
nursing career in Portugal at the start date of the statute of the Order of the
Nurses approved by the Decree-Law No. 104/98 of April 21 and the verification of the
possession of an overall schooling equivalent to an schooling with one of the following
levels:
a) At the minimum of 10 years of schooling, for the courses started up to the academic year
of 1978/1979;
b) To the supplementary course of secondary education, for the courses started from the
lective year 1979/1980;
c) At 12 th year of schooling for the courses started from the academic year
1988/1989.
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3-For the purposes of the previous figures, the person concerned must submit an application
directed at the Bastonary of the Order of Nursing, accompanied by the following
documents:
a) Diploma, letter of course, certificate or legally equivalent document, donde
consents the date of completion of the nursing course;
b) Study plan of the course, with indication of the curriculum units, hourly load
total and by discipline, including theoretical teaching, practical, theoretical-practical and teaching
clinical;
c) Document issued in Portugal by the relevant departments of the ministry
responsible for the area of higher education, proving the equivalence of the
general education possessed;
d) Photocopy of the identity card or passport.
4-In the case of those concerned who wish to apply for enrolment with the Order and
prove to be integrated in the nursing career provided for in the Decree-Law
n ° 437/91 of November 8, do not possess all the documents referred to in the
previous number, the Order of Nursing evaluates, for the purpose of allotment of the title
nurse practitioner, their experience having on a demonstrative account to be issued by the
directional board of the Regional Health Administration of the area of activity,
or by the maximum management body of the hospital in which they are found to be performing duties.
5-In the event of any misgivings, as to the requirements referred to in the preceding paragraphs,
may the Order of Nursings contact directly, or through the
Embassies of Portugal or consular services, the competent authorities of the
respective countries.
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Article 6.
Republication
It is republished in annex, which is an integral part of this Act, the Statute of the Order of the
Nurses, approved by the Decree-Law No. 104/98 of April 21, with the current wording.
Article 7.
Entry into force
This Law shall come into force on the January 1, 2010.
Seen and approved in Council of Ministers of April 9, 2009
The Prime Minister
The Minister of the Presidency
The Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
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ANNEX
STATUS OF THE ORDER OF NURSES
CHAPTER I
General provisions
Article 1.
Nature
1-A Order of the Nurses, hereafter abbreviated by Order, is the
public association representative of the nurses enrolled with academic habilitation and
professional legally required for the exercise of the respective profession.
2-A Order enjoys legal personality and is independent of the organs of the State, being
free and autonomous within the scope of its assignments.
Article 2.
Scope
1-A Order exercises the assignments conferred in this Statute on the territory of the
Portuguese Republic, has its registered office in Lisbon and consists of regional sections.
2-The regional sections referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be as follows:
a) The Northern Regional Section, with registered office in the Port and corresponding area of acting
to the districts of Braga, Bragança, Porto, Viana of the Castle and Vila Real;
b) The Regional Section of the Centre, with headquarters in Coimbra and area of acting
corresponding to the districts of Aveiro, White Castle, Coimbra Guard, Leiria and
Viseu;
c) The Regional Section of the South, based in Lisbon and corresponding area of acting
to the districts of Beja, Évora, Faro, Lisbon, Portalegre, Santarém and Setúbal;
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d) The regional section of the Autonomous Region of the Azores;
e) The regional section of the Autonomous Region of Madeira.
3-[ Revoked ].
4-A Order may create, where necessary, delegations or other forms of
representation on the national territory.
5-[ Revoked ].
Article 3.
Attributions
1-A Order has as fundamental disigns to promote the defence of the quality of the
nursing care provided to the population, as well as development, the
regulation and control of the exercise of the nursing profession, ensuring the
observance of the rules of ethics and professional deontology.
2-Are attributions of the Order:
a) To ensure the social function, dignity and prestige of the nursing profession,
promoting the professional and scientific valorisation of its members;
b) To ensure compliance with the rules of professional deontology;
c) Contribute, through the elaboration of studies and formulation of proposals, to the
definition of health policy;
d) Define the level of professional qualification of nurses and regulate the
exercise of the profession;
e) Regulate the conditions of enrolment in the Order of Nurses and reentry
of professional exercise, in the legally applicable terms;
f) Check the satisfaction of the conditions for enrolment to which Articles 6 and 7 are referred to;
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g) Assign the professional title of nurse practitioner and nurse specialist with
issuance of the inert professional ballot;
h) Carry out and keep up to date the registration of all nurses;
i) Protecting the title and profession of nurse practitioner by promoting legal procedure
against whom use or exercise the profession illegally;
j) Exercising disciplinary jurisdiction over the nurses;
l) To promote solidarity among its members;
m) To foster the development of training and research in nursing,
pronounce on the training models and the general structure of the courses of
nursing;
n) Be heard in legislative processes that respect the pursuit of their
attributions;
o) Provide the scientific and technical collaboration requested by any national entity
or foreign, public or private, when there is public interest;
p) To promote the exchange of ideas, experiences and scientific knowledge between
its members and counterparts, national or foreign, that if
dedicate themselves to the problems of health and nursing;
q) Collaborate with the class organizations that represent the nurses in
matters of common interest, on its own initiative or on the initiative of those
organizations.
3-It Is still incumbent upon the Order to represent the nurses to the organs of sovereignty and
collaborate with the State and too many public entities whenever they are in question subjects
related to the pursuit of the tasks of the Order, specifically in the actions
to access citizens ' access to health care and nursing care.
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Article 4.
Cooperation
1-A Order may cooperate with any national or foreign organizations, of
scientific, professional or social nature, which aim at the exercise of the nursing profession.
2-A The Order should promote and intensify cooperation, at the international level, in the
domain of the nursing sciences, notably with scientific institutions of the countries
of Portuguese official language and countries of the European Union.
Article 5.
Insignia
The Order is entitled to use emblem, standart and own stamps, of model to be approved
by the general meeting, on a proposal from the governing board.
CHAPTER II
Inscription, titles, members
Article 6.
Inscription
1-A award of the professional title, its use and the exercise of the nursing profession
depend on enrolment as an effective member of the Order.
2-A enrollment in the Order is made in the regional section of the area of residence or domicile
professional.
3-Can sign up in the Order:
a) The holders of Portuguese upper courses, which confirm, at the date of completion,
the legally required habilitation for the initial training in nursing;
b) The holders of the general nursing course or legal equivalent;
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c) The holders of senior foreign nursing courses, who have
obtained equivalence, in the legal terms, to an upper course of nursing
Portuguese.
4-Can also sign up in the Order:
a) The nationals of member states of the European Union in the terms of the standards
applicable;
b) The nationals of other States with whom Portugal has established agreement, or
is bound, in the terms provided for in special law.
5-To candidates who have not done their training in educational establishment
portuguese is required, in the regulatory terms, to be subject to a proof of communication
which aims to assess the ability to understand and communicate, in Portuguese language, in the
scope of the professional nursing exercise.
6-A enrollment in the Order can only be refused on grounds of the lack of qualifications
legal for the exercise of the profession, or in inhibition by judicial sentence carried over in
judged, or by incompatibility of functions.
7-Compete to regional governing boards accept or refuse enrolment as
effective member of the Order, the candidates from the area of the regional section.
8-Accept the inscription, is issued provisional professional ballots signed by the bastonary.
Article 7.
Headings
1-The title of nurse practitioner recognizes scientific, technical and human competence for the
provision of general nursing care to the individual, the family and the community, in the
three levels of prevention.
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2-The title of nursing is assigned to the member who makes proof of legal habilitation in
nursing, provided that the requirements provided for in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the previous article have been verified
and in the conditions of the following article.
3-The title of specialist nurse practitioner recognizes scientific, technical and human competence
to provide, in addition to general care, specialized nursing care in areas
specific nursing.
4-The title of specialist nurse is assigned to the holder of the title of the nurse practitioner, after
weighting of formative processes and skills certification, in a clinical area
of specialization.
5-The titles are assigned by the Order, pursuant to paragraphs 2 and 4, and inscribed on the ballot
professional.
Article 7-The
Tuteled professional exercise
1-The exercise of the nurseryline profession implies the initial frequency of a phase of
tuteled professional exercise.
2-The tutelage professional exercise period has an initial duration not exceeding nine
months, counted from the date of the placement in establishment provider of care of
health whose idoneity is recognized for the purpose.
3-After the completion of the tutelage professional exercise period, in case of verification
of a negative opinion, duly substantiated, issued by clinical supervisor, there is place at
final assessment of harnessing by a jury duly accredited by the
Order.
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4-In cases where the assessment referred to in the preceding paragraph confirms the negative opinion,
the Order maintains the transient nature of the initially assigned inscription, until the conclusion
of new period of tuteled professional exercise, of a duration not exceeding six months, and
without prejudice to the provisions of the following number.
5-If the person concerned does not attend the second period of tuteled professional exercise,
or end without harnessing, the inscription is cancelled.
6-The period of tuteled professional exercise is always remunerated, in the general terms.
7-Procedures for clinical supervisors, designated by the Order of between
nurses, the conditions of their intervention, the parameters of assessment of the exercise
tuteled professional, as well as the remaining regulatory aspects, are established by
would be able to issue by the member of the Government responsible for the area of health.
Article 7-B
Title of specialist nurse practitioner
1-The title of specialist nurse practitioner recognizes scientific, technical and human competence
to provide, in addition to general care, specialized nursing care in the area
clinic of your specialty and is assigned to the professionals who, already holders of the title of
nurse, meet the required conditions and possess one of the following habilitation:
a) Postgraduate courses which, in the terms of the institution diploma, confirm
competence for the provision of specialized care;
b) They have shown, in the exercise of their functions, during time period
appropriate to the respective clinical areas of specialization, proven habilitation
technical and professional experience.
2-In any of the cases constant from the preceding number, the assignment of title to the
exercise of the competent specialty depends on the recognition, on the part of the Order,
of the corresponding competences.
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3-The procedures and too much conditions for the recognition provided for in the number
previous are defined by porterie of the member of the Government responsible for the area of health,
heard the ministry responsible for the area of higher education.
4-The curricula of the postgraduate courses referred to in the a) of paragraph 1, as well as the
legal instruments for your approval, lack the opinion of the Order.
Article 8.
Members
1-A Order has effective, honorary and corresponding members.
2-A enrolment as an effective member process in accordance with the terms provided for in Article 6 and 7,
with issuance of professional ballot.
3-A The quality of honorary member can be awarded to individuals or collectives
whereas, developing or having developed activities of recognised merit and interest
public, have contributed to the digniation and prestige of the nursing profession and
are considered deserving of such a distinction.
4-In the quality of corresponding members can be admitted members of
foreign counterparts that confirm equal treatment to members of the
Order.
Article 9.
Suspension and exclusion of members
1-The inscription and the corresponding exercise of rights shall be suspended:
a) To members who require it;
b) To the members to whom disciplinary penalties for suspension are applied;
c) To members who find themselves in a situation of supervenient incompatibility
with the exercise of the nursing profession.
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2-It is cancelled the inscription:
a) To the members who request it for having left voluntarily to exercise the
professional activity;
b) To members who have been punished with the disciplinary penalty of expulsion;
c) To members who have not attended or have not obtained use
in the evaluation referred to in Article 7.º-A.
3-A The professional ballot is always returned to the Order, by the holder, in the foreseen situations
in the previous numbers.
CHAPTER III
Organization
Article 10.
Organs
1-Are national bodies of the Order:
a) The general meeting;
b) The governing board;
c) The bastonary;
d) The jurisdictional council;
e) The tax council;
f) The board of nursing.
2-Are regional bodies of the Order:
a) The regional assemblies;
b) The regional governing boards;
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c) The regional jurisdictional boards;
d) The regional tax councils;
e) The regional nursing boards.
SECTION I
National bodies of the order
SUBSECTION I
The general assembly
Article 11.
Composition
The general meeting consists of all the nursing staff members with
enrollment in force in the Order.
Article 12.
Competence
It shall compete with the general meeting:
a) Approve the plan of activities and the budget presented by the council
directive;
b) Approve the report and accounts submitted by the governing board;
c) Deliberating on the proposed amendments to the Statutes;
d) Deliberating on proposals from national bodies and approving motions and recommendations
of a professional and associative character;
e) To deliberate on the alteration or extinction of national or regional bodies;
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f) Deliberating on the creation of delegations or other forms of representation, heard
the regional sections, under the terms of this Statute;
g) Set the value of quotas and fees for the issuance and renewal of the ballots
professionals;
h) Set the percentage of the value of the quotization to be allocated to the regional sections;
i) To approve the regulations necessary for the pursuit of the purposes of the Order;
j) To appreciate the activity of national bodies, approve motions and recommendations of
professional and associative character;
l) Take a position on the exercise of the profession, status and guarantees of the nurses;
m) Pronouns on issues of a scientific, technical and professional nature;
n) Approve new specialties, upon proposal of the governing board;
o) Deliberating on all matters that are not understood in the
specific competences of the remaining organs of the Order.
Article 13.
Health
1-A General meeting shall convenor, in ordinary session, until March 31 of
each year, to exercise the powers provided for, inter alia, in the points a) and b) from the
n. 2 of the previous article.
2-A General meeting shall convenor, in ordinary session, until May 30 of the 3.
year of the quadriennium, preferably on the international day of the nurse practitioner, particularly for
exercise the powers provided for in points f) , g) , j) , l) and m) of paragraph 2 of the previous article.
3-A General assembly meets in extraordinary session when the superior interests of the
Order the advisor, on the initiative:
a) From the chairman of the table of the general meeting;
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b) Of the governing board;
c) Of the tax council;
d) From 5% of the nursing staff members, with enrollment in force and in full
exercise of your rights.
4-At the meeting of the general meeting provided for in paragraph 2 may participate in the members
fees and correspondents through their representatives, without the right to vote.
Article 14.
Seat of meetings
1-General meeting meetings can be held in each of the cities ' headquarters
regional sections.
2-The extraordinary meetings of the general assembly are held in Lisbon.
Article 15.
Convocation and disclosure
1-General meeting meetings are convened by the chair of the table, by means of
advertisements published in two national expansion papers, with the minimum advance of
30 days.
2-Documents to be considered in the assembly shall be disclosed to the members with the
minimum advance of 15 days.
3-A convocation of extraordinary meetings shall be made for one of the 15 days following the
application presentation and with the minimum in advance of forty-eight hours on the date
of the respective achievement.
4-Of the convening of the general meeting shall appear on the order of proceedings.
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Article 16.
Operation and validity of deliberations
1-A General assembly takes place on the day and time designated in the convocation, when they are
present 5% of the actual members. In the lack of quorum, it takes place thirty minutes later,
with any number of members.
2-The deliberations of the general meeting are valid when they are respected
formalities of the convocation and to relay on matters of its constant competence of the
order of works.
3-A The change in the order of business by the assembly can only take place when they are
present at least 10% of the members of the Order.
4-The deliberations of the Assembly on proposed amendments to the Statute of the Order only
are valid when suffraged by four-fifths of the respective effective members
present at the meeting.
5-A General assembly convened pursuant to paragraph 5-A d) of Article 13 (3) shall only have
place when at least two thirds of the applicants are present.
6-The faltose applicants are prevented from exercising the right to convene the
general assembly until end of term and for period not less than two years.
Article 17.
Table of the general meeting
1-A The table of the general assembly is composed of a president, a
Vice president and four secretaries.
2-The chairman of the table of the general assembly is elected in the general terms.
3-The vice-president and secretaries are the presidents of the regional assemblies.
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4-Plays the competences of Vice President the President of the regional assembly
on whose head office is held the meeting.
Article 18.
Competence of the members of the table
1-Compete to the President to convene the assembly, pursuant to this Statute, and
direct the meetings.
2-Compete the vice president to replace the president in his or her fallout or impediments.
3-Compete to the Secretaries the elaboration of the minutes, which will be read and approved in the
the following general meeting, and co-adjuvate the president in the necessary acts to the normal
functioning of the assembly.
SUBSECTION II
From the governing board
Article 19.
Composition
1-The governing board is composed of the bastonary and for 10 vowels, of which 5 are
elected in the general terms, the remaining being the Chairpersons of the governing boards
regional.
2-In the first session of each quadriennium, the governing board designates from among its
elected members two vice-presidents, two secretaries and a treasurer.
3-The bastonary may, when judging advisable, convene for the board meetings
directive the chairpersons of the jurisdictional, tax and nursing boards, which they will have,
in that case, right to vote.
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Article 20.
Competence
1-Compete to the governing board:
a) Drive the services of the Order at the national level;
b) Define the position of the Order in the face of the organs of sovereignty and the Administration
Public in respect of relatione with its assignments;
c) Issue opinion on draft legislative diplomas or regulations that
interested in the training for and the exercise of nursing and proposing the changes
understand convenient;
d) Issue opinion, on its initiative or at the request of the competent official entities,
on the various subjects related to the exercise of nursing,
specifically on the organization of the services that it is concerned with;
e) Carry out the deliberations of the general meeting;
f) Draw up and submit to the approval of the general meeting the business plan, the
budget, the report and the annual accounts;
g) Assign the quality of corresponding member;
h) Promote the collection of revenue and authorize the expenses, accept donations and legacies
made to the Order;
i) Developing the relations of the Order with national or foreign institutions of the
same nature;
j) Propose to the approval of the general meeting the creation of new specialties;
l) Propose to the approval of the general meeting the value of quotas, fees and other charges
to be paid by the members of the Order;
m) To draw up and maintain updated the files of the members of the Order;
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n) Managing the heritage of the Order;
o) Elaborate and propose, after hearing from the regional councils and opinion of the council
jurisdictional, the regulations necessary for the implementation of this Statute and the
pursuit of the tasks of the Order, for approval by the general meeting;
p) Elaborate and approve your internal regulation;
q) Organize and make publishing a periodical magazine as an informative body of the
Order;
r) To promote the holding of congresses, conferences, seminars and other activities
scientific research aimed at the development of nursing, in collaboration with the
regional governing boards, and may include other professional organizations;
s) Designating nurses who, in representation of the Order, must integrate commissions
possible or permanent;
t) Constitute commissions for the execution of tasks or studies on matters of
interest of the Order;
u) Exercise the remaining powers that the law or regulations ascribe to you.
2-The governing board may delegate to some of its members any of the
competencies indicated in the previous number.
Article 21.
Health
1-The governing board meets ordinarily, when summoned by its Chairman,
at least once a month.
2-The governing board meets extraordinarily on the initiative of the President or the
solicitation, in writing, of one-third of its members.
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3-The President is obliged to hold the convening of the meeting whenever the majority of the
vowels to request you in writing, indicating the subject you wish to see treated.
SUBSECTION III
From the bastonary
Article 22.
Bastonary of the Order
1-The bastonary is the president of the Order and, by inherence, chairman of the board
directive.
2-The bastonary is elected in the general terms.
Article 23.
Competence
1-Compete to the bastonary:
a) Represent the Order in judgment and outside of it, specifically in the face of the organs of
sovereignty;
b) Driving the services of the Order of national scope;
c) Chairing the governing board;
d) Confer possession of the elected members to the national bodies and appreciate their
requests for exoneration;
e) Dispatching the current expedient of the governing board;
f) Chair of the scientific committee of the magazine of the Order;
g) Watch, wanting, the meetings of all the collegiate bodies of the Order, only having
right to vote in the organs to which he chairs;
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h) Please appeal to the jurisdictional council of the deliberations of all bodies
of the Order that judges contrary to the laws, regulations or the interests of the Order
or of its members;
i) Exercise the remaining powers that the law or regulations confirm to you.
2-The bastonary can delegate competencies in any of the vice-presidents of the
directional board.
SUBSECTION IV
Court of law
Article 24.
Composition
1-The jurisdictional council constitutes the supreme court of the Order and is
composed of 1 president and 10 vowels.
2-The president and five vowels are elected by direct and universal suffrage, in one list.
3-The remaining five vowels are, by inherence, the presidents of the jurisdictional boards
of the regional sections.
4-The vowels referred to in the preceding paragraph shall not be able to perform their duties when
deal with interposed appeal in process in which they have had intervention, want to prowling
the decision resorted to, whether taking otherwise position on issues raised in the
feature.
Article 25.
Competence
1-Compete to the jurisdictional council:
a) Judging the interposed resources of the deliberations of the various organs or their
members;
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b) Profer final decision on all disciplinary procedures;
c) Deliberating on the application of the members of the Order of renunciation to their
positions and temporary suspension of their duties;
d) Deliberating on the loss of positions in the Order;
e) Deliberating on the replacement of its members;
f) Institute procedure for implementation of nurses with shares in debt to the
Order;
g) To exercise the disciplinary power with respect to all members of the Order;
h) To draw up the opinions made to you by the chairman of the council
directive on professional and deontological exercise.
2-The jurisdictional council is assisted by a legal advisor, appointed by the board
directive.
3-Of the deliberations of the sections rests with the full council.
4-The council, to operate in full, sets the matters that must be dealt with by the
sections.
5-Compete, in exclusive, to the jurisdictional council, in plenary session:
a) Proceed to the replacement of the bastonary, in the event of permanent impediment, to
ratify at the general meeting of the Order in the following ordinary session;
b) Confer the title of honorary member to nurses who have left the
exercise of nursing after havation exercised for at least 25 years
with noticeable merit, by proposal of the governing board;
c) Judging the interposed resources of the decisions of the sections;
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d) Draw up proposals for amendment of the deontological code for submission to the
voting of the general meeting;
e) Elaborate and propose changes to the disciplinary regiment for submission to the
approval of the general meeting;
f) Elaborate and approve your internal regulation.
Article 26.
Health
1-The jurisdictional council functions at the headquarters of the Order and gathers when summoned by the
your president.
2-In the first session of each quadriennium, the jurisdictional council elects from among its
members two vice-presidents and four secretaries.
3-The jurisdictional council meets in plenary session and by sections, each of them
consisting of five members.
4-A The composition of the sections is set at the first session of each exercise.
5-The president of the jurisdictional council presides over the plenary sessions and the 1 th section, with
right to vote, and may also preside, without right to vote, to 2 th section, to which it is presided,
in the absence of the president, by one of the vice-presidents.
6-Each section is secretariated by one of the secretaries.
7-Sections act validly when four fifths of their
members.
8-The deliberations are taken by a majority, avails of the president of quality voting.
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SUBSECTION V
Tax advice
Article 27.
Composition
1-The tax council is composed of a president, a vice president and five vowels.
2-The Chairman and the Deputy Chairman of the tax council shall be elected by direct suffrage and
universal, from among the actual members with at least five years of exercise of the
profession.
3-The vowels are, by inherence, the chairmen of the regional tax councils.
Article 28.
Competence
Compete for the tax council:
a) Appreciate quarterly accounting for the national scope of the Order;
b) Issue opinion on the annual report, accounts and budget prepared by the
directional board, to be submitted to the general meeting;
c) Submit proposals to the governing board that it considers appropriate to improve
the patrimonial and financial situation of the Order;
d) Scrutinizing the washed actas at the meetings of the governing board;
e) Elaborate and approve your own regiment;
f) Participate, without a right to vote, at the meetings of the governing board, whenever this
consider it convenient.
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SUBSECTION VI
Board of Nursing
Article 29.
Composition
1-The board of nursing is the professional body of the Order.
2-The nursing board is composed of a president and ten vowels.
3-The president and five vowels are elected by direct and universal suffrage, in one list.
4-The remaining five vowels are, by inherence, the chairmen of the boards of
regional nursing.
5-The members of the nursing board have to hold at least five years of
professional exercise.
6-The chair of the nursing board has to hold at least 10 years of exercise
professional.
7-The members referred to in paragraph 3, if they are specialists, have to be holders of
different specialties.
Article 30.
Competence
It is incumbent on the nursing board:
a) Define the criteria and the validation matrix for the individualization of the
specialties;
b) Draw up the regulation for the process of recognition of new
specialties to be proposed to the governing board;
c) Recognizing specialties in nursing to propose to the governing board;
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d) To draw up the regulations for individual certification of skills and processes
formations to be proposed to the governing board;
e) To draw up the regulation of the award of professional titles, to be proposed to the
directive board;
f) Define the standards of nursing care, to be proposed to the governing board;
g) Follow up on the development of methods, instruments and programmes of
continuous improvement of the quality of care, at the national and international level;
h) Collaborate with national or international entities in the framework of quality;
i) To foster and monitor the development of training in nursing;
j) Give opinion on the training models, the creation and general structure of the courses
of nursing;
k) Undertake the accreditation of post-graduate training in nursing, for the purposes of
professional exercise,
l) Nurturing research in nursing, as a means of development of the
professional exercise;
m) To promote the development of scientific and professional relationships, in the different
fields of nursing, at the national and international level;
n) Undertake studies and deliver opinions on specific nursing subjects;
o) Support the governing and jurisdictional board in professional affairs in the field
of general nursing care;
p) Elaborate and approve your internal regulation.
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Article 31.
Health
1-The board of nursing works at the headquarters of the Order and gathers by convocation of its
president.
2-Support the functioning of the nursing board the certification commission of
competencies, the quality commission of nursing care and the commission of
research and development.
3-The nursing board prepares the regulation of commissions.
4-In the first session of each quadriennium the nursing board designates, from among the
their elected members, those who integrate each of the committees and, of these, what they preside over.
5-The nursing board is advised by experts of recognized competence in the
scope of the accreditation of training, individual certification of skills and the
research and development as well as in the scope of the quality of care of
nursing, integrating the same, the respective committees, in the terms of the regulation.
6-The experts referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be appointed by the governing board, under
proposal of the nursing board.
7-In the specific technical areas the nursing board is advised by the
presidents of the colleges of specialties.
Article 31-The
Colleges of specialties
1-The colleges of the specialties are the professional bodies, consisting of the members
that hold the professional title of the respective specialty.
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2-Each college elects a table, with a president and two secretaries, by suffrage
direct and on a single list, from among its members, with at least five years of
specialized professional exercise.
3-The presidents of the colleges of the specialties integrate the research committee and
development.
4-Are competences of the colleges of specialties:
a) To promote the development of scientific and professional relations, among the
members of the specialty;
b) Elaborate studies on specific subjects of the specialty;
c) Define the specific skills of the specialty, to be proposed to the board
directive;
d) Draw up formative programmes in the respective specialty, to be proposed to the council
directive;
e) Accompany the specialist professional exercise;
f) Define quality standards of specialized nursing care and ensure by
observance of them in the specialized professional exercise;
g) Elaborate and approve your internal regulation.
5-Are competences of the table of the college:
a) Drive the work of the college;
b) To follow up on the deliberations of the college;
c) Issuing opinions, in accordance with the one set out in the Rules of Procedure;
d) Support the governing and jurisdictional boards in professional affairs in the field
of specialized nursing care;
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e) To draw up a biennial report on the state of the development of the specialty and
recommendations-
6-The opinions in the specific scientific and technical area are binding.
SECTION II
The regional bodies
SUBSECTION I
The regional assembly
Article 33.
Composition and competence
1-A Regional assembly consists of all nursing staff members
enrolled in the regional section, with enrollment in force.
2-Compete to the regional assembly:
a) Approve the plan of activities and the budget submitted by the governing board
regional;
b) Approve the report and accounts submitted by the regional governing board;
c) Deliberating on matters of a regional scope;
d) To appreciate the activity of regional bodies and to approve motions and recommendations of
professional and associative character of regional scope;
e) Passing the necessary regulations for the pursuit of the competences of the organs
regional;
f) Pronount on all matters that are not understood in the
competences of the other regional bodies and which are presented to it by the
regional governing council.
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Article 34.
Health
1-Regional assemblies meet ordinarily once a year, until March 31,
for the exercise of its powers provided for in the previous article, on the initiative of the
chairman of the regional assembly.
2-Regional assemblies meet extraordinarily when superior interests
of the Order at the regional level advises him, on the initiative of the President of the assembly
regional, the chairman of the regional governing council, the chairman of the fiscal council
regional or when required in accordance with Article 12 (3) (d)
3-The regional assemblies are directed by a table consisting of a president and
two secretaries, elected by direct suffrage by the actual members enrolled in the respective
regional section.
4-Regional assemblies can only deliberate validly on matters of their
competence and to enact within the purposes of the Order.
5-The deliberations of the regional assemblies have the nature of recommendations, not
binding the Order as a national framework body.
SUBSECTION II
Regional governing council
Article 35.
Composition and competence
1-The governing board of the regional sections shall be composed of a President, a
secretary, a treasurer and two vowels, elected by direct suffrage, on a single list, by the
actual members with enrollment in force in the respective regional section.
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2-Compete to the regional governing council:
a) To promote the activities of the Order at the regional level, according to the general lines
of acting defined by the national governing council;
b) Represent the regional section;
c) Managing the activities of the regional section pursuant to this Statute and
respective regulations;
d) Administer the patrimonial and financial assets entrusted to you and celebrate the
legal business necessary for the exercise of their competences;
e) Elaborate and submit to the approval the plan of activities and the budget for each
year, until March 31 of the current year;
f) Submit to the approval the report and accounts relating to the previous calendar year up to 31 of
March of the following;
g) To deliberate on the acceptance and refusal of enrolment as an effective member of the Order;
h) Promote the registration of the actual members, issue the professional ballots and
carry out the respective revalidation;
i) Ensure the necessary conditions for the effectivation of the certification process
individual of competences;
j) Organizing and directing administrative services;
l) Accompany the professional exercise in the area of the respective regional section;
m) Promoting disciplinary actions, through the regional jurisdictional or the
national jurisdictional council;
n) Send annually to the national governing board a report on the exercise of the
nursing in the respective region;
o) Pronounce on all matters that are committed to it;
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p) Cooperate with all regional and national bodies in the pursuit of assignments
of the Order;
q) To ensure the dignity of the nurses and to ensure respect for their rights,
freedoms and guarantees at the regional level;
r) Ensure the quality of nursing services provided to the population and
promote the measures that it considers relevant at the regional level.
SUBSECTION III
Regional jurisdictional council
Article 35.
Composition and competence
1-The regional jurisdictional council consists of three effective members with, by
less, five years of exercise of the profession, elected by direct suffrage, on a single list.
2-Compete to the regional jurisdictional council to instruct the disciplinary procedures that
respect the members of the Order, with the exception of those who are of the competence of the
court advice.
3-Of the decisions of the regional jurisdictional board are to be appean to the council
jurisdictional, in the terms of the disciplinary regulation.
SUBSECTION IV
Regional tax council
Article 36.
Composition and competence
1-Regional tax councils are composed of three effective members with, by
less, five years of exercise of the profession, elected by direct suffrage, on a single list,
being the first the president.
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2-Compete to regional tax councils:
a) Examine, at least quarterly, the financial management of the competence of the
regional governing boards;
b) Give advice on the report and accounts, as well as on the budget proposal,
presented by their respective regional governing boards;
c) Participate, without a right to vote, at the meetings of the respective governing boards,
where they consider it convenient;
d) Scrutinising the washable minutes at the meetings of the regional governing council.
SUBSECTION V
Regional nursing board
Article 37.
Composition and competence
1-The regional nursing board is made up of a president and four vowels,
being elected on a single list, by direct suffrage.
2-The members referred to in the previous point, if they are specialists, have to be holders of
different specialties.
3-Compete to the regional nursing board:
a) Promoting scientific, technical, cultural and professional development and valorisation
of its members at the regional level;
b) To ensure compliance with the quality standards of nursing care and
for the quality of the professional exercise of the nurses;
c) To stimulate the implementation of systems for continuous improvement of the quality of the
professional exercise of the nurses;
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d) Accompany the professional exercise in the area of the respective regional section;
e) Follow up on the development of training and research in nursing in
area of the regional section;
f) Check the fulfilment of the requirements set out in Article 6 and 7 for the purpose of
enrollment in the Order, in the area of the respective regional section, according to the
respective regulation;
g) Ensuring the realization of the process of individual competency certification,
in the area of the respective regional section in accordance with the respective regulation;
h) To propose to the regional governing board the admission to the Order, in the area of the respective
regional section;
i) Assign the titles of nurse practitioner and nurse specialist.
SUBSECTION VI
General provisions
Article 38.
Operation of regional bodies
1-The functioning of the regional governing council obeys the regulation by it
drawn up and approved by the respective regional general meeting.
2-The operation of the remaining regional bodies shall comply with the regulation drawn up by the
own bodies, with opinion of the regional governing council, and approved by the assembly
respective regional general.
3-The opinion of the regional governing board referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be mandatory and
not binding.
4-In the lack of regulation, the regional bodies apply to the established standards
for national bodies, with due adaptations.
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5-The conflicts of competence of regional bodies, positive or negative, are
subjected to the deliberation of the jurisdictional board.
CHAPTER IV
Elections
Article 39.
Elections
1-Elections are made by universal, direct and secret suffrage, exercised presentially
or by correspondence.
2-Are voters and can be elected to the organs of the Order the member nurses
herds with enrollment in force, which do not find themselves in any situation of
impediment.
3-Without prejudice to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, they may only be elected to bastonary and
for members of the jurisdictional board the nurses who possess, respectively,
at least 15 and 10 years of professional exercise.
4-[ Revoked ].
Article 40.
Mandate
1-The holders and members of the organs of the Order are elected for mandates with the duration
of four years, to be started on January 1 and to end on December 31.
2-The holders and members of the organs of the Order may not be elected by more than two
consecutive mandates.
3-Whenever it proves necessary to proceed to mid-term elections for any of the
organs of the Order, the respective term of office shall not exceed the term of the remainder of the remaining
organs.
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Article 41.
Submission of applications
1-Applications for national and regional bodies are submitted before the
presidents of the tables of the general assembly and regional assemblies, respectively.
2-The deadline for submission of applications runs until October 31 of the last year of the
respective mandate.
3-Each application must be subscribed for by a minimum of 100 members, effective for the
national bodies, and from 25, for regional bodies.
Article 42.
Date of elections
1-Elections for the organs of the Order take place between 1 and December 15 of the last
year of the four-year quadrien, on the date that is designated by the President of the General Meeting, under
proposal of the chairman of the governing board, heard the chairs of the councils
regional directives.
2-Elections for national and regional bodies arise, at the same time, in the same
date.
Article 43.
Organization of the electoral process
1-A The organisation of the electoral process competes at the table of the general assembly and the tables of the
regional assemblies, which should, in particular:
a) Convene the election assemblies;
b) Arrange the electoral notebooks;
c) To promote the constitution of the supervisory committees.
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2-With the marking of the date of the elections, it is designated by the table of the general meeting a
electoral commission, made up of five effective members, in representation of each
of the regional sections.
3-The chairman of the electoral commission is elected from among its members.
4-The electoral commission competes:
a) Confirm the organization of the electoral notebooks;
b) Appreciate the complaints about the electoral notebooks;
c) Check the regularity of applications;
d) Decide the complaints about the electoral process;
e) Decide the resources on the electoral process;
f) Enjoy the reports of the supervisory commissions.
Article 44.
Assembly elections
1-A Election assembly works on voting sections, one in each regional section,
taking over the desks of the regional assemblies functions of polling stations.
2-When this is warranted, the electoral commission may constitute other voting sections,
fixing the composition of the respective polling tables by indication of the respective desks
of the regional assemblies.
3-A convocation of the electoral assembly fixed the time of operation of the sections of
vote, for a period not less than twelve hours.
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Article 45.
Commission of surveillance
1-In each regional section a supervisory commission shall be constituted, composed of the
chairman of the respective regional assembly and by a representative of each of the lists
competitors or bidders, to which they will start their duties on the day following the term of the
period of submission of applications.
2-Representatives of the competing lists must be nominated with the presentation of the
respective applications.
3-Members of the supervisory committees may not be candidates in the elections nor
integrate the organs of the Order.
Article 46.
Competence of supervisory commissions
It is incumbent on the supervisory committees:
a) Scrutinizing the electoral act;
b) Draw up reports of any irregularities, to be delivered to the correspondents
desks of the regional assemblies, and copy to the electoral commission.
Article 47.
Election campaign
1-A Order will attend in the election campaign charges of each list in amount
equal for all of them.
2-Comholdings shall be fixed by the national governing council or by the boards
directives of the regions, as it deals with elections for national or regional bodies.
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Article 48.
Feature
1-Can be inferred from the electoral act's claim within five working days, with
foundation in irregularities, which must be submitted to the regional assembly desk.
2-From the decision of the regional assembly table is up to appeal to the electoral commission.
3-Claims and appeals are decided within five working days of the date of the
respective presentation.
Article 49.
Proclamation of results
1-There are no outstanding resources, the proclamation of the winning lists is made on the deadline
of 10 working days.
2-They are winners of the lists that get the most votes.
3-The winning lists for the regional bodies are proclaimed by the respective desks
of the regional assemblies.
4-The winning lists for national bodies are proclaimed by the assembly table
general.
Article 50.
Possession of the elected members
1-The outgoing president of the general assembly confers possession of the elected members to the
national bodies.
2-The outgoing chairpersons of the regional assemblies confer possession of the elected members
for the regional bodies.
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Article 51.
Resignation to office
Any member of the organs of the Order may request the chairman of the board
jurisdictional the resignation of the office or the temporary suspension of the exercise of the duties
correspondents on duly substantiated grounds, and may not the term of
suspension being more than six months.
Article 52.
Substitutions
1-In the case of resignation or expiry of the term of office, on disciplinary grounds or by death,
of the president of collegiate body of the Order, the respective body, at the first meeting
ordinary subsequent to the fact, elects from among its members a new president and enters
the first alternating member of the respective list.
2-In the case of resignation or expiry of the term of office, on disciplinary grounds or death, of
another member of the collegiate body, is he replaced by the first alternate member of the list.
3-In the cases provided for in the preceding paragraphs, substitutes carry out duties until the
term of the current term.
CHAPTER V
Disciplinary action
SECTION I
General provisions
Article 53.
Disciplinary responsibility
1-Nurses are subject to the disciplinary jurisdiction of the Order, under the terms provided for
in this Statute and in the respective regulations.
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2-A disciplinary liability to the Order coexists with any others foreseen
by law, and it may, however, be determined to suspend the disciplinary procedure until the decision
to profer in another jurisdiction.
3-Whenever the practice of exercise of nursing results in violation of standards of
deontological nature, it is recognized to the Order the power to institute inquiry or
disciplinary procedure under this Statute.
Article 54.
Disciplinary power
The disciplinary power is exercised by the jurisdictional board.
Article 55.
Disciplinary offence
1-Constitutes disciplinary offence all action or omission that viole, dolosa or
negligently, the duties laid down in this Statute, in the deontological code or
the remaining legal provisions applicable to the exercise of nursing.
2-Any persons, natural or legal, may give notice to the Order of the
practice, by nurses in it inscribed, of facts likely to constitute infringement
discipline.
Article 56.
Prescription of disciplinary responsibility
1-A The disciplinary responsibility prescribes three years after the finalization of the acts or
omissions that have constituted it, unless before the course of time there is place to any
representations targeting the respective clearance.
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2-A disciplinary responsibility prescribes as well, and without prejudice to the established in the
previous number, if, having been presented to any organ of the Order participation or
complaint targeting nurse practitioner, is not triggered disciplinary procedure or inquiry
within four months.
3-A disciplinary liability, if related to criminal liability, prescribes us
deadlines of the latter, when higher.
4-The application for cancellation of the inscription as a member of the Order does not cease to
disciplinary responsibility for previously practiced offences.
Article 57.
Legitimacy
1-It has legitimacy to intervene in disciplinary procedure, in the terms of the number
next, who participates in fact that constitutes disciplinary offence.
2-Regardless of the schedule in the preceding paragraph, any person with an interest
direct, in respect of the facts involved, may intervene in the procedure, requiring and
claiming what it has for convenient.
3-The holders of the organs of the Order may apply for disciplinary proceedings,
regardless of participation.
4-From the decision to institute or non-disciplinary procedure rests with the board
jurisdictional
Article 58.
Secret nature of the process
1-Until the notification of the prosecution, the disciplinary process is secret.
2-The instructor may, however, authorize the consultation of the process by the person concerned or by the
defendants, when there is no inconvenience to the instruction.
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3-The defendants and any interested, if nursing, who do not respect the secret nature
of the process incur disciplinary responsibility.
Article 59.
Desistance
The dismissal of disciplinary procedure by the person concerned extinguishes the responsibility
discipline, unless the imputed fact affects the dignity and prestige of the Order, of the
nursing or the accused nurse practitioner, fit to this, in last case, apply for their
continuation.
SECTION II
From the penalties
Article 60.
Disciplinary and ancillary feathers
1-The disciplinary penalties are as follows:
a) Warning written;
b) Censorship written;
c) Suspension of professional exercise up to five years;
d) Expulsion.
2-The accessory feathers are as follows:
a) Loss of fees;
b) Publicity of the penalty.
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3-A The incidental penalty of the loss of fees consists in the return of the fees already
received with origin in the professional act the subject matter of the offence punished or, in the case of
have not yet been paid, in the loss of the right to receive them, and only the penalty may be
applied cumulatively with the suspension penalty up to five years.
4-A advertising of the penalty consists of the afixing of notice in health establishments, or
publication in media, nationwide, regional or local media, of the penalty
applied.
5-A application of any of the penalties referred to in points b) , c) and d) of paragraph 1 a member
of any organ of the Order implies the resignation of the office.
Article 61.
Graduation of feathers
In the application of the penalties shall be due to the professional and disciplinary background of the
argued, to the degree of guilt, to the consequences of the offence and to all the other circumstances
attenuating or aggravating.
Article 62.
Application of penalties
1-A The warning penalty is applicable to light offences.
2-A The penalty of censorship applies to serious offences to which it does not match the penalty of
suspension or expulsion.
3-A The suspension penalty is applicable to the following offences:
a) Disobedience to determinations of the Order that correspond to the exercise of
linked powers assigned by law;
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b) Violation of any duties enshrined in law or in the deontological code and which
target the protection of life, health, wellbeing or dignity of people, the
that should not correspond to higher sanction.
4-The cover-up of the illegal exercise of nursing is punishments with a suspension penalty
never less than two years.
5-A The expulsion penalty is applicable:
a) When it has been committed disciplinary offence which also constitutes a crime
punishable with a prison sentence of more than three years;
b) When you check for notorious professional incompetence, with danger to health
of individuals or the community;
c) When concealment occurs or participation in the violation of rights of
personality of patients.
SECTION III
From the instruction of the disciplinary process
Article 63.
Competence and instruction
1-A The instruction of the disciplinary procedure is the jurisdiction of the jurisdictional board of
regional section of the domicile of the accused.
2-In the instruction must the instructor make the material truth prevail, remove the
obstacles to your regular and rapid progress and refuse whatever is useless or dilatory, without
prejudice to the right of defence and the principle of adversarial.
3-The instructor may request the making of representations to the chairman of the board
regional governing in whose area the facts in question were practiced.
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4-In the instruction of the procedure are permissible all means of proof permitted in
right.
Article 64.
Term of the statement
1-A The instruction may not exceed the two-month period.
2-Finda the instruction, the instructor proposes:
a) Dispatch of prosecution;
b) Dispatch of archiving.
3-Must be proposed archiving dispatch:
a) When it has been collected evidence rather than if it has not verified infringement, of the
argued not to have practiced or to be legally inadmissible the procedure;
b) When it has not been possible to obtain sufficient evidence of the verification of the
infringement or who the agents were from.
4-Mediant opinion reasoned, the regional jurisdictional council sends the case to the
court advice.
SECTION IV
Prosecution and defence
Article 65.
Dispatch of prosecution
1-Received the process, the jurisdictional board shall provide dispatch within eight
days.
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2-The dispatch of prosecution shall specify the identity of the accused, the facts of which it is
imputed, the circumstances in which they were practiced, legal and regulatory standards
violated and the extenuating or aggravating circumstances already ascertained.
Article 66.
Notification of the prosecution
1-A notification of the charge sheet is made in person or by registered letter, with notice of
receipt, within a maximum of eight days from the date of the respective dispatch.
2-A notification is made for the professional domicile of the accused, or for your residence
customary, if it does not have the enrollment in place.
3-In the case of absence in an uncertain part, or abroad, the notification is made by edital
to be affixed at the professional domicile or at your habitual residence.
Article 67.
Deadline for the defence
1-The deadline for the submission of the defence is 20 days.
2-If the accused is notified abroad or by edital, the time frame for the defence is
established between 30 and 60 days.
Article 68.
Exercise of the right of defence
1-The defendants may constitute counsel at any stage of the proceedings, in the general terms
of the right, which he watches, wanting, the respective interrogation.
2-A defence shall be submitted to the rapporteur of the jurisdictional board, in writing, and to expose
clearly and concisely the facts and the reasons that substantiate them.
3-With the defence, it may be argued to present the rol of witnesses, up to three for each fact,
join documents and apply for any representations.
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4-Required representations may be refused, in reasoned order by the
instructor, when to show manifestly impertinent or unnecessary for the
clearance of the truth.
Article 69.
Report
1-Received the defense, the instructor must inquire the witnesses and gather the rest
proof-of-evidence offered by the accused within 20 days.
2-Finda the instruction, shall the instructor draw up, within 30 days, the report on the
evidence produced, which can conclude, if it so understands, by the presentation of its opinion.
Article 70.
Decision of the court of law
1-The report is presented to the board for decision, being laundered and signed the
respective judgment.
2-The penalties provided for in Article 62 (3), (3) and (5) may only be applied by
deliberation of the plenary that obtains unanimity.
Article 71.
Notification of the decision
1-Final decisions are notified to the defendants and those interested in the terms of the article
65.
2-A decision that applies for suspension or expulsion penalty is also notified to the entity
employer of the offender.
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SECTION V
Execution of the penalties
Article 72.
Competence
1-Compete to the chairman of the regional governing council to give execution to all decisions
rendered in the proceedings in which nurses with a professional domicile are accused in the
area of the respective section.
2-Compete to the President of the regional jurisdictional council to ensure compliance with the
penalty applied.
Article 73.
Non-compliance with the disciplinary penalty
1-When the accused does not comply with the penalty that has been applied to him, the chairman of the board
regional jurisdictional suspending the enrollment of the punishing nurse, until its full
compliance.
2-Compliance with the suspension penalty must commencement on the immediate day at the date of
respective notification.
3-If at the date of the commencement of the suspension is suspended or cancelled the enrolment of the accused, the
compliance with the penalty is commencement from the immediate day to the one in which the
lifting of the suspension of enrollment or re-enrollment and still from the term of the
previous suspension penalty.
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CHAPTER VI
From professional deontology
SECTION I
Rights, duties in general and incompatibilities
Article 74.
General arrangement
All the Nurses members of the Order have the rights and duties arising from the
present Staff Regulations and legislation in force, pursuant to the following articles.
Article 75.
Rights of members
1-Constituts rights of the actual members:
a) Exercising freely the profession, without any kind of limitations other than the
arising from the deontological code, the current laws and the regulation of the
exercise of nursing;
b) Use the professional title that has been awarded to you;
c) Participate in the activities of the Order;
d) Intervene in the general and regional assemblies;
e) Consult the minutes of the assemblies;
f) Require the convening of general or regional assemblies;
g) Electing and being elected to the organs of the Order;
h) Use the services of the Order.
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2-Constitutions still rights of the actual members:
a) Be heard in the drafting and application of the legislation regarding the profession;
b) Respect for their political, religious, ideological and philosophical convictions;
c) Enjoy working conditions that guarantee respect for the deontology of the
profession and by the right of the client to quality nursing care;
d) The conditions for access to training for updating and refinement
professional;
e) The objection of conscience;
f) The information on the aspects related to clinical diagnosis, treatment
and well-being of individuals, families and communities in their care;
g) Benefit from the editorial activity of the Order;
h) Complain and appeal of the deliberations of the organs of the Order contrary to the provisions
in this Statute, regulations and other applicable legislation;
i) Participate in the life of the Order, particularly in its working groups;
j) Request the intervention of the Order in the defence of your rights and interests
professionals, to guarantee their dignity and the quality of the services of
nursing.
3-Constituent rights of the honorary and corresponding members:
a) Participate in the activities of the Order;
b) Intervene, without a right to vote, at the general meeting and regional assemblies.
Article 76.
Duties in general
1-The actual members are obliged to:
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a) To exercise the profession with the appropriate scientific and technical knowledge, with the
respect for life, human dignity and the health and well-being of the population,
adopting all measures that aim to improve the quality of care and
nursing services;
b) To comply with and to ensure compliance with the legislation regarding the exercise of the profession;
c) Compliance with the international conventions and recommendations that are to them
applicable and which have respectively been ratified or adopted by the
competent organs of sovereignty;
d) Exercise the posts so that they have been elected or appointed and comply with the
respective mandates;
e) To collaborate on all initiatives that are of interest and prestige for the profession;
f) Contribute to the digniation of the profession;
g) Participate in the pursuit of the purposes of the Order;
h) Comply with the emerging obligations of this Statute, of the deontological code and
other applicable legislation;
i) Communicate the facts that they have knowledge of and can commit to
dignity of the profession or the health of individuals or are likely to violate the
legal standards of the exercise of the profession;
j) Communicate the extravio of the professional ballot within five working days;
l) Communicating the change of professional domicile and the new address within 30
working days;
m) Pay the quotas and fees in force.
2-The honorary and corresponding members are required to:
a) Comply with the provisions of the Statute and the regulations established by the Order;
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b) Participate in the pursuit of the purposes of the Order;
c) Contribute to the dignified nature of the Order and the profession;
d) To provide commissions and working groups for the collaboration that is requested to them.
CHAPTER VI
From professional deontology
SECTION I
Rights, duties in general and incompatibilities
Article 77.
Incompatibilities
1-The exercise of the nursery profession is incompatible with the title of the posts and the
exercise of the following activities:
a) A delegate of medical information and marketing of medical products or
partner or company manager with such activity;
b) Pharmacist, pharmacy technician or owner, partner or company manager
owner, of pharmacy;
c) Owner, partner or manager of proprietary company, laboratory of analysis
clinics, preparation of pharmaceutical products or technical equipment-
toilets;
d) Owner, partner or manager of proprietary company, of funeral agency;
e) Any others that by law are deemed incompatible with the exercise of the
nursing.
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2-Members of the Order who are in a situation of incompatibility, under the terms of the
previous number, must apply for suspension of your enrolment within the maximum 30 days
after the possession of the respective office.
3-Not being the facts communicated to the Order within 30 days, may the council
regional court to propose the suspension of enrollment.
SECTION II
From the deontological code of the nurse practitioner
Article 78.
General principles
1-Nursing interventions are carried out with the concern of the defence of the
freedom and dignity of the human person and the nurse practitioner.
2-Are universal values to be observed in the professional relationship:
a) The equality;
b) Responsible freedom, with the ability to choose, having in attention the good
common;
c) Truth and justice;
d) Altruism and solidarity;
e) Competence and professional outreach.
3-Are guiding principles of the activity of nurses:
a) The inherent responsibility for the role assumed before the society;
b) The respect for human rights in the relationship with customers;
c) The excellence of the exercise in the profession in general and in the relationship with others
professionals.
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Article 79.
Of deontological duties in general
The nurse practitioner, by enrolling in the Order, assumes the duty of:
a) Comply with the deontological standards and the laws governing the profession;
b) Take responsibility for the decisions it makes and for the acts it practices or delegates;
c) To protect and defend the human person from practices that contravene the law, ethics or the
quite common, not least when deprived of indispensable competence
professional;
d) Be sympathetic to the community, in a special way in the event of a crisis or disaster,
acting always in accordance with your area of expertise.
Article 80.
From duty to the community
The nurse practitioner, being responsible to the community in promoting health and in the
appropriate response to the needs in nursing care, assumes the duty to:
a) Know the needs of the population and the community in which it is inserted;
b) Participate in community orientation in the search for solutions to the problems of
health detected;
c) Collaborate with other professionals in programs that respond to needs
of the community.
Article 81.
Of human values
The nurse practitioner, in his exercise, observes the human values by which to govern the
individual and the groups in which this one integrates and assumes the duty to:
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a) Taking care of the person without any economic, social, political, ethnic discrimination,
ideological or religious;
b) Safeguarding the rights of children, protecting them from any form of abuse;
c) Safeguarding the rights of the elderly person by promoting their physical independence,
mental and social and the self-adhesive, with the aim of improving its quality of
life;
d) Safeguarding the rights of the person with disabilities and actively collaborating in their
social reinsertion;
e) Abstain from value judgements on the behaviour of the assisted person and not
to impose its own criteria and values within the framework of the consciousness and philosophy of
life;
f) Respect and make respect for the political, cultural, moral and religious choices of the
person and create conditions so that she can exercise, in these areas, her rights.
Article 82.
From rights to life and quality of life
The nurse practitioner, in the respect of the right of the person to life throughout the vital cycle, takes over the
duty to:
a) Ascribe to the life of any person equal value, by which it protects and defends life
human in all circumstances;
b) To respect the bio-psychosocial, cultural and spiritual integrity of the person;
c) Participate in professional efforts to cherish life and quality of life;
d) Refuse participation in any form of torture, cruel treatment, inhuman
or degrading.
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Article 83.
From the right to care
The nurse practitioner, in the respect of the right to care in health or illness, assumes the duty to:
a) Co-responsibility for the care of the individual in good time, so as to
there are no delays in the diagnosis of the disease and its treatment;
b) Orienting the individual to another health professional better placed to
respond to the problem, when the application exceeds its competence;
c) Respect and enable the individual the freedom of choice to be taken care of by another
nurse practitioner, when such an option is feasible and does not endanger your health;
d) d) Ensuring continuity of care by faithfully registering the observations and
interventions carried out;
e) Keep yourself at your job while not replaced, when your
absence to interfere with continuity of care.
Article 84.
Of the duty of information
In respect of the right to self-determination, the nurse practitioner assumes the duty to:
a) To inform the individual and the family with regard to nursing care;
b) Respect, defend and promote the right of the person to informed consent;
c) Attend with responsibility and care all the request for information or
explanation made by the individual in nursing care;
d) Inform about the resources to which the person may have access, as well as on the
way to get them.
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Article 85.
Of the duty of secrecy
The nurse practitioner, thank you to keep professional secret about what you take knowledge in the
exercise of your profession, assumes the duty of:
a) To consider confidential all information about the recipient of care and the
family, whatever the source;
b) Sharing the relevant information only with those who are implicated in the plan
therapeutic, using as guiding criteria the well-being, physical safety,
emotional and social of the individual and family, as well as their rights;
c) Disclose confidential information about the individual and family in the situations alone
provided for in the Act, and shall, to such effect, resort to deontological advice and
legal;
d) Maintain the anonymity of the person whenever your case is used in situations of
teaching, research or monitoring of quality of care.
Article 86.
From respect for intimacy
Listening to the feelings of pudor and interiority inherent in the person, the nurse practitioner
assumes the duty of:
a) Respect the intimacy of the person and protect it from interference in your private life and in the
of your family;
b) Safeguard always, in the exercise of its functions and in the supervision of tasks which
delega, the privacy and intimacy of the person.
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Article 87.
Of respect for the terminally ill
The nurse practitioner, by accompanying the patient on the different steps of the terminal phase, takes over the
duty to:
a) Defend and promote the right of the patient to the choice of the place and the people who
wishes to accompany you in the terminal stage of life;
b) Respect and make respect for the manifestations of loss expressed by the patient at stage
terminal, by the family or persons who are close to you;
c) Respect and make respect for the body after death.
Article 88.
Of the excellence of the exercise
The nurse practitioner seeks, in the entire professional act, the excellence of the exercise, taking over the
duty to:
a) Regularly analyse the work carried out and recognize possible failures that
deserve change in attitude;
b) Seeking to fit the quality standards of care for the concrete needs of the
person;
c) Keep the continuous update of your knowledge and use it in a way
competent the technologies, without forgetting the permanent and in-depth training
in the human sciences;
d) To ensure, by all means within their reach, the working conditions that
allow to exercise the profession with dignity and autonomy, by communicating, through
of the competent pathways, the deficiencies which prejudice the quality of care;
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e) Ensure quality and ensure the continuity of care of activities that
delegating, taking responsibility for the same;
f) Abstain from exerting duties under the influence of substances likely to produce
disturbance of physical or mental faculties.
Article 89.
From humanization of care
The nurse practitioner, being responsible for the humanization of nursing care, assumes
the duty to:
a) Give, when it provides care, attention to the person as a single whole, inserted
in a family and a community;
b) Contribute to creating the environment conducive to the development of the potentials
of the person.
Article 90.
From duties to the profession
Aware that their action is passed on to the whole profession, the nurse takes over the
duty to:
a) Keep in the performance of your activities, in all circumstances, a standard
of personal conduct that dignifies the profession;
b) Be sympathetic to the other members of the profession in order to the elevation of the level
professional;
c) Proceed with correction and urbanity, abstaining from any personal criticism or
derogatory allusion to colleagues or other professionals;
d) Abstain from receiving benefits or gratuities in addition to the remuneration to which you have
right;
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e) To refuse participation in advertising activities of pharmaceutical products and
technical-sanitary equipment.
Article 91.
From duties to other professions
As a member of the health team, the nurse practitioner takes on the duty of:
a) Acting responsibly in your area of expertise and recognizing specificity
of the other health professions, respecting the limits imposed by the area of
competence of each;
b) Working in articulation and complementarity with the remaining professionals of
health;
c) To integrate the health team, in any service in which you work, collaborating, with
the responsibility it is on its own, in decisions on the promotion of health, the
prevention of disease, treatment and recovery, promoting the quality of the
services.
Article 92.
From the objection of conscience
1-The nurse practitioner, in the exercise of his / her right of conscientious objector, assumes the duty
from:
a) Proceed under the internal regulations of the Order governing the
behaviours of the objector, so as not to prejudice the rights of persons;
b) Declare, in a timely manner, your quality of conscientier objector, so that
are assured, at the indispensable minimum, the care to be provided;
c) To respect the personal, philosophical, ideological or religious beliefs of the person and
of the other members of the health team.
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2-The nurse practitioner will not be able to suffer any personal or professional injury by the exercise
of your right to the objection of conscience.
CHAPTER VII
Revenues, expenses and funds of the Order
Article 93.
Revenue of the Order at the national level
They constitute revenue of the Order, at the national level:
a) The percentage of the product of the enrolment fees or other, set in assembly
general;
b) The percentage of the amount of the monthly contributions of its members, fixed
by the general meeting;
c) The product of the editorial activity;
d) The product of the provision of services and other activities;
e) Legacies, donations and subsidies;
f) The income of the goods that are affected by it;
g) The interest of deposit accounts;
h) Any other recipes assigned to it by virtue of the law.
Article 94.
Revenue from regional sections
They constitute revenue from the regional sections:
a) The percentage of the product of the enrolment fees or other allocations to the respective
Regional section, set at the general meeting;
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b) The percentage of the amount of the monthly contributions of the members enrolled in the
respective regional section, set at the general meeting;
c) The product of the regional scope activities developed by the respective
services;
d) The income of the movable and immovable property of the Order allocated to the regional section;
e) Any other recipes assigned to it by law or by deliberation of the
general assembly.
Article 95.
Expenses of the Order
They are expenses of the Order as for installation, of personnel, of maintenance, of operation and
all the remaining necessary for the pursuit of their assignments.
Article 96.
Constitution of the reserve fund
1-It consists of a reserve fund, represented in cash deposited,
corresponding to 20% of the annual balance of the management accounts.
2-The reserve fund is intended to cope with extraordinary expenses.
Article 97.
Termination of accounts
The accounts of the Order are closed on December 31 of each year.
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CHAPTER VIII
Final provisions
Article 98.
Conditions for the exercise of the members of the organs of the Order
1-The members of the executive bodies of the Order who are employees on account of
outrain are they entitled, for the exercise of their duties in the scope of the posts for which they were
elected, a:
a) Unpaid leave, with the maximum duration of the respective mandate, to be awarded
pursuant to the employment law applicable to each employee;
b) A credit of hours corresponding to 24 days of work per year, which may
use in half-day periods, which count, for all legal effects, as
effective service.
2-Members of the non-executive bodies of the Order enjoy the right to 24 falters
justified, which count for all legal effects as effective service, save as to the
remuneration or retribution.
3-A The communal order, by idoidal and safe means, including e-mail, to
employing entities of which they depend on the members of their bodies, the dates and the
number of days that they need for the exercise of their respective functions.
4-A communication provided for in the preceding paragraph is made with a minimum advance notice of
five days, or, in the event of meetings or activities of an extraordinary nature of the organs of the
Order, as soon as they are summoned.
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Article 99.
[ Revoked ]
Article 100.
Subsidiary law
1-In all, how much is not provided for in this Statute and in the Regulations
drawn up by the jurisdictional council, concerning the instruction and the tramway of the
disciplinary procedure, follows, with the necessary adaptations, the Disciplinary Statute
of workers performing public duties.
2-A counting of deadlines is made under the terms of the established in the Code of Procedure
Administrative.