NURSES AND MIDWIVES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1970

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NURSES AND MIDWIVES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1970 - SECT 17



17.(1) The Council shall maintain in accordance with rules in that behalf made
by it

(a)the register of nurses which shall consist of

(i)a general part containing the names of all nurses who satisfy the
conditions of admission thereto;

(ii)a part containing the names of nurses trained in the nursing and care of
persons suffering from mental illness within the meaning of the Mental Health
Act (Northern Ireland) 1961;

<(iii)a part containing the names of nurses trained in the nursing and care of persons requiring special care within the meaning of the Mental Health Act (Northern Ireland) 1961;


<(iv)a part containing the names of nurses trained in the nursing of fever;


(v)a part containing the names of nurses trained in the nursing of sick
children; and

<(vi)such other part as may be specified;


(b)the roll of nurses;

(c)the roll of midwives; and

(d)subject to the provisions of this section, the list of persons who are
neither registered nor enrolled, being persons

(i)who within two years from the passing of the Nurses Act (Northern Ireland)
1946 applied for admission to the list; and

(ii)who held certificates issued by training schools which appeared to
the Council to be satisfactory for the purposes of section 18 of that Act
stating that they completed before 30th September 1925 a course of training in
nursing in such training schools; and

<(iii)who satisfied the Council that they were of good character and had adequate knowledge and experience of nursing.


(2) Each entry in the roll of midwives shall include, with respect to the
person to whom the entry relates, an indication of the manner in which she
became entitled to be certified under this Part, the Nurses and Midwives Act
(Northern Ireland) 1959 or the Midwives (Ireland) Act 1918.

(3) The list shall be maintained as an appendix to the register and shall
consist of parts corresponding to those of which the register consists.

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NURSES AND MIDWIVES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1970 - SECT 17