Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1990, published 77th ILC session (1990)

Nursing Personnel Convention, 1977 (No. 149) - Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (Ratification: 1983)

The Committee notes with regret that the Government's report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the following matters raised in its previous direct request:

Article 2, paragraph 2(b), of the Convention. 1. Please indicate the measures that have been taken concerning classification under sections 1 (single paragraph) and 3 of Resolution No. G-74 of 11 December 1979 and supply the most recent information on the classification of nursing personnel.

2. Please indicate the manner in which the remuneration of nursing personnel covered by Resolution No. G-74 has developed since 1979 as compared to the remuneration of other public service employees.

3. Please provide detailed and up-to-date information on the remuneration of nursing personnel who are not public employees, since the collective agreement between the Ministry of Health and the Health Workers' Federation dates from 1979 and makes no specific provision as to the basic wage payable to nursing personnel.

Article 4. Please state whether the draft Act on the practice of nursing, drawn up by the Venezuelan College of Nursing Service Professionals, has been adopted and, if so, please provide a copy of the text. If not, please indicate the statutory academic qualifications required in practice by the public administration and private hospitals for the practice of the profession.

Article 5, paragraph 1. Please indicate the attributions of the Health Board which, according to the previous report, ensures the participation of nursing personnel in the planning of nursing services. Please indicate also the responsibilities and membership of the College of Nursing Service Professionals.

Article 5, paragraph 3. The Committee has noted from the previous report that the settlement of disputes involving nursing personnel was sought through discussions with the professional associations and unions. Please indicate whether any other procedures are followed in settling disputes arising in connection with the determination of the conditions of employment of nursing personnel, the manner in which they were established and whether the representative organisations of nursing personnel were consulted on the establishment of these procedures.

Article 1, paragraph 3, Article 2, paragraph 4, and Article 3, paragraphs 1 and 2, of the Convention, and point V of the report form. Please supply the information requested under the above provisions of the Convention in the report form.