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NURSES AND MIDWIVES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1970 - SECT 27

27.(1) Subject to subsection (2), any person who, not being a duly registered
nurse or a duly enrolled nurse takes or uses the name or title of nurse,
either alone or in combination with any other words or letters, shall be
guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not
exceeding #50.

(2) Without prejudice to section 26

(a)a person shall not be guilty of an offence under subsection (1) by reason
only that, without objection by him, other persons use the word "nurse" in
addressing or referring to him;

(b)the Ministry may by regulations authorise the use, either generally or by
specified classes of persons or in specified circumstances, of specified names
or titles containing the word "nurse" or of the word "nurse" otherwise
qualified in accordance with the regulations.

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