Section 43 National Health Act
Section 43 National Health Act 2014 is about Regulations relating to management of human resources in the health system. It is under Part V (Human Resources for Health) of the Act.
The Minister shall make regulations with regard to human resources management within the national health system in order to—
(a) ensure that adequate resources are available for the education and training of health care personnel to meet the human resources requirements of the national health system ;
(b) ensure the education and training of health care personnel to meet the requirements of the national health system, including the prescription of a re-certification programme through a system of continuing professional development ;
(c) create new categories of health care personnel to be educated or trained in conjunction with the appropriate authority ;
(d) identify shortages of key skills, expertise and competence within the national health system, and prescribe strategies which are not in conflict with any other existing legislation, for the education and training of health care providers or health workers in the Federation, to make up for any shortfall in respect of any skill; expertise and competence ;
(e) prescribe strategies for the recruitment and retention of health care personnel within the national health system and from anywhere outside Nigeria ;
(f) ensure the existence of adequate structures for human resources planning, development and management at national, state and local government levels of the national health system in conjunction with the National Council on Health ;
(g) ensure the availability of institutional capacity at state and local governments levels of the national health system to plan for, develop and manage human resources in conjunction with the National Council
on Health ;
(h) ensure the definition and clarification of the roles and functions of the Federal Ministry of Health, state ministries of health and local government health authorities with regard to the planning, production and management of human resources in conjunction with the National Council on Health ; and
(i) prescribe circumstances under which health care personnel may be recruited from other countries to provide health services in the Federation.
