Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2013, published 103rd ILC session (2014)

Nursing Personnel Convention, 1977 (No. 149) - Uruguay (Ratification: 1980)

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Article 2 of the Convention. National policy for nursing services and nursing personnel. Further to its previous comment, the Committee notes with interest the adoption of Act No. 18.815 of 14 September 2011, which regulates the new legal framework for the exercise of the profession of a qualified nurse and an auxiliary nurse, and which expressly provides in section 8 that the labour conditions of nursing personnel, as regards the work environment, remuneration, work duties and institutional organization, will have to comply with the standards set out in the Convention and the Nursing Personnel Recommendation, 1977 (No. 157). The Committee also notes that under section 3 of the Act, the specific duration of studies and curriculum requirements for the public and private schools delivering nursing education and training will be established by the competent authorities. Furthermore, the Committee notes the Government’s information concerning the annual salary adjustments for nursing personnel in both the public and private sectors. Noting that the structural reforms in health care initiated in 2008 are still ongoing, the Committee would appreciate receiving copies of any texts implementing Act No. 18.815, in particular regulations setting out the requirements regarding nursing education and training or the requirements for the practice of nursing. The Committee would also be interested in receiving statistical data, if available, on the evolution of remuneration levels of nursing personnel in recent years.

The Committee is raising other points in a request addressed directly to the Government.