detailed explanation for each SIC code - Biffa

Explanatory Notes
UK Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities 2007 – SIC(2007)
This class excludes:
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inpatient hospital activities, see 86.10
paramedical activities such as those of midwives, nurses and physiotherapists, see 86.90
86.22 Specialist medical practice activities
This class includes:
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medical consultation and treatment in the field of specialised medicine by medical specialists and surgeons
This class also includes:
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family planning centres providing medical treatment such as sterilisation and termination of pregnancy, without
accommodation
This class excludes:
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inpatient hospital activities, see 86.10
activities of midwives, physiotherapists and other paramedical practitioners, see 86.90
86.23 Dental practice activities
This class includes:
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dental practice activities of a general or specialised nature, e.g. dentistry, endodontic and pediatric dentistry; oral pathology
orthodontic activities
This class also includes:
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dental activities in operating rooms
This class excludes:
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production of artificial teeth, denture and prosthetic appliances by dental laboratories, see 32.50
inpatient hospital activities, see 86.10
activities of dental paramedical personnel such as dental hygienists, see 86.90
86.9 Other human health activities
86.90 Other human health activities
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This class includes:
– activities for human health not performed by hospitals or by medical doctors or dentists:
■ activities of nurses, midwives, physiotherapists or other paramedical practitioners in the field of optometry, hydrotherapy,
medical massage, occupational therapy, speech therapy, chiropody, homeopathy, chiropractic, acupuncture etc.
These activities may be carried out in health clinics such as those attached to firms, schools, homes for the elderly, labour
organisations and fraternal organisations and in residential health facilities other than hospitals, as well as in own consulting
rooms, patients’ homes or elsewhere.
This class also includes:
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activities of dental paramedical personnel such as dental therapists, school dental nurses and dental hygienists, who may
work remote from, but are periodically supervised by, the dentist
activities of medical laboratories such as:
■ X-ray laboratories and other diagnostic imaging centres
■ blood analysis laboratories
activities of blood banks, sperm banks, transplant organ banks etc.
ambulance transport of patients by any mode of transport including aeroplanes.
These services are often provided during a medical emergency.
This class excludes:
– production of artificial teeth, denture and prosthetic appliances by dental laboratories, see 32.50
– transfer of patients, with neither equipment for lifesaving nor medical personnel, see divisions 49, 50, 51
– non-medical laboratory testing, see 71.20
– testing activities in the field of food hygiene, see 71.20
– hospital activities, see 86.10
– medical and dental practice activities, see 86.2
– residential nursing care facilities, see 87.10
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