The information collated was analyzed in terms of the education, regulation, scopes of practice and specialization of such workers.
A desk review is conducted on the education, regulation, scopes of practice, specialization, nomenclature, retention and cost-effectiveness of substitute health workers in terms of their utilization in countries such as Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Ghana etc., using curricula, evaluations and key-informant questionnaires.
Despite provincial variation in regulations, the scope of practice of dietitians in Canada is generally defined as follows: "The practice of dietetics is the assessment of nutrition and nutritional conditions and the treatment and prevention of nutrition related disorders by nutritional means" [ 1].
Only the Swiss authorities might be smirking, with another advertisement for their lax regulation and scope for tax avoidance and corruption that has made them an entrepot for the world's funny money.
Regardless of the WHO ICN curriculum [2], there remains considerable variation across Europe in terms of education, certification, regulation and scope of practice for specialist ICN nursing roles.
We would, in my view, also reinforce the principle of subsidiarity by keeping these products outside of the regulation's scope.
Occupational regulations and scope-of-practice rules are just one aspect within a complex regulatory system that encompasses the educational and incentives systems.
By contrast, those on town-planning courses are narrowly instructed in current planning procedures, practice and regulations, with little scope to question the discipline, explore its history or critique its political underpinnings.
Still, that they are meeting at all underscores the extent to which the proposed regulations, revolutionary in scope as they are, may well be difficult to put into place immediately.
In 2003, President Bush's chief thrift regulator — holding a chainsaw in his hands as a prop — boasted of his plans to cut banking regulations, including the scope of the reinvestment act and his enforcement staff, which he carried out over the next two years.
