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NURSES AND MIDWIVES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1970 - SECT 38

38. Every [Health and Social Services Board]

(a)shall exercise general supervision, in accordance with rules made under
this Act, over all midwives practising within their area;

(b)shall investigate charges of malpractice, negligence or misconduct on the
part of any midwife practising within their area, and, if a prima facie case
is established, report it to the Council;

(c)shall suspend any midwife from practice, in accordance with rules made
under this Part, if such suspension appears to them to be necessary in order
to prevent the spread of infection;

(d)shall report forthwith to the Council the name of any midwife practising
within their area who is convicted of any offence under this Act;

(e)shall report forthwith to the Council the death of any midwife practising
within their area or any change in the name or address of any such midwife;
and

(f)shall supply to the Council, in the month of February in each year, the
names and addresses of all midwives who during the period of twelve months
immediately preceding 31st January in that year have notified the [Health and
Social Services Board] of their intention to practise within the [Board's]
area.

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