NURSES AND MIDWIVES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1970 - SECT 20 Ancillary duties in relation to the register, the rolls and the list.

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NURSES AND MIDWIVES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1970 - SECT 20

Ancillary duties in relation to the register, the rolls and the list.

20.(1) The Council shall make rules

(a)specifying

(i)the conditions of admission to the register, the roll of nurses and
the roll of midwives; and

(ii)the method and conduct of any examinations which may be required as a
condition of admission thereto; and

<(iii)any matters ancillary to or connected with any such examinations; and


(b)enabling persons registered or enrolled as nurses or certified as midwives
in England and Wales or in Scotland or included in the list maintained under
section 5 of the Nurses Act 1957 to obtain admission to the register,
the roll of nurses, the roll of midwives or the list, as the case may require,
and providing for the issue of certificates to such persons.

(2) Rules under subsection (1)(a) shall contain provisions

(a)requiring as a condition of the admission of any person to the register,
the roll of nurses or the roll of midwives that he shall have undergone the
specified training and shall possess the specified experience in nursing and
midwifery; and

(b)requiring that such training shall be carried out in a training school
established or approved by the Council or in the service of the Admiralty
Board, the Army Board or the Air Council Board.

(3) The training required by rules made under this section as a condition of
admission to the register shall be of a more advanced standard than that
required as a condition of admission to the roll of nurses.

(4) With a view to securing a uniform standard of qualification in all parts
of the United Kingdom, the Council shall consult with the General Nursing
Council for England and Wales and the General Nursing Council for Scotland or,
as the case requires, the Central Midwives Board for England and Wales and the
Central Midwives Board for Scotland (or all of those bodies) before making
rules under this section with respect to the conditions of admission to
the register and the roll of nurses or the roll of midwives.

(5) If, with respect to any part of the register (other than the general
part), the Council at any time makes a request in that behalf to the Ministry,
the Ministry may by order made subject to affirmative resolution direct that,
after such date as may be specified in the order, persons shall not be
admitted to that part of the register.

(6) The Council shall not make a request under subsection (5) with respect to
any part of the register admission to which is confined to nurses who have
received training of a type required by rules which qualifies them for
admission to that part, unless the Council is satisfied that means exist
whereby members of the public can readily ascertain whether a person has
received such training.[

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NURSES AND MIDWIVES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1970 - SECT 20