Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1995, published 82nd ILC session (1995)

Nursing Personnel Convention, 1977 (No. 149) - Azerbaijan (Ratification: 1992)

The Committee notes the Government's first report. It requests the Government to supply further information on the following points.

Article 1, paragraph 3, of the Convention. Please supply a copy of the legal provisions relating to medical activities, including nursing care and services. Please also indicate any special measures that have been adopted respecting nursing personnel who give nursing care and services on a voluntary basis.

Article 2, paragraphs 1 and 3. Please provide information on the national policy concerning nursing services, with an indication of the bodies responsible for formulating and implementing the policy. Please also indicate the manner in which the employers' and workers' organizations concerned were consulted regarding the above policy.

Article 2, paragraph 2(a). Please indicate the measures taken to provide nursing personnel with education and training appropriate to the exercise of their functions.

Article 2, paragraph 2(b). Please indicate the legal provisions or regulations governing the working conditions of nursing personnel. Please also supply information on the career prospects of nursing personnel in the public and private sectors.

Article 2, paragraph 4. Please indicate the manner in which the coordination and consultation laid down in this paragraph are ensured.

Article 3, paragraph 2. Please indicate how the coordination called for in this paragraph is ensured.

Article 4. Please provide information on any laws or regulations specifying the requirements governing the practice of nursing and the provision of nursing care and services.

Article 5, paragraphs 1, 2 and 3. Please indicate the measures taken to promote the participation of nursing personnel in the planning of nursing services and the consultation with such personnel on decisions concerning them.

Article 5, paragraph 2. Please indicate the methods by which the conditions of employment and work of nursing personnel are determined and their results in the public and private sectors. Please also provide copies of any collective agreements establishing the conditions of work of nursing personnel in the private sector.

Article 5, paragraph 3. Please describe the procedures for the settlement of disputes applicable to nursing personnel in the public and private sectors, as well as the laws and/or regulations applicable in this context.

Article 6(a), (b), (c), (d) and (f). Please indicate whether, and by virtue of which measures, nursing personnel enjoy conditions that are at least equivalent to those of other workers in respect of: (a) hours of work; (b) weekly rest; (c) paid annual leave; (d) educational leave; and (f) sick leave. Please also provide copies of collective agreements applicable in this respect to nursing personnel.

Article 7. Please indicate all the measures which have been taken or are envisaged, particularly in consultation with employers' and workers' organizations, to take into account the special risk of accidental exposure to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among nursing personnel.

Point V of the report form. Please provide general information on the manner in which the Convention is applied in practice, including, for example: statistics on the numbers of nursing personnel in relation to the population; the number of persons leaving the profession; any practical difficulties which may have been encountered in the implementation of the Convention, etc.