Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2015, published 105th ILC session (2016)

Nursing Personnel Convention, 1977 (No. 149) - El Salvador (Ratification: 2013)

The Committee notes the observations by the Trade Union of Nursing Professionals, Technicians and Auxiliaries of El Salvador (SIGPTEES), received on 27 November 2014, and the Government’s reply.

Article 2 of the Convention. Policy concerning nursing services and nursing personnel. The Committee notes the Government’s first report in which it indicates the adoption in August 2014 of the National Policy for the Development of Human Resources in Health Care. The Government also reports that a National Policy on Nursing Care is being drawn up within a participatory framework. The Committee notes the participatory process that has been conducted since September 2013 for the formulation of the National Policy on Nursing Care and requests the Government to provide information on any progress achieved in this regard.

Article 4. Requirements for the practice of nursing. The Committee notes the Government’s indication that in order to exercise the profession of nursing it is necessary to be in possession of a professional qualification, to be authorized by the Board for the Supervision of the Nursing Profession (JVPE) and to ensure that the nursing permit is valid. The Committee notes the preliminary draft Bill on the practice of nursing of January 2012, prepared at the initiative of the JVPE and attached to the Government’s report. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the current situation with regard to the preliminary draft Bill.