NURSES REGISTRATION ORDINANCE, 1931

NURSES REGISTRATION ORDINANCE, 1931

1931.

No. 1 of 1931.

An Ordinance to provide for the registration of nurses for the
sick.
[6th February, 1931]

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Nurses Registration
Ordinance, 1931.

2.-(1) For the purposes of this Ordinance there shall be
established a Nursing Board for the Colony of Hong Kong (in
this Ordinance referred to as 'the board').

(2) The board shall be constituted in accordance with the
provisions contained in the regulations made under this
Ordinance.

3.-(1) It shall be the duty of the board to form and keep
a register of nurses for the sick (in this Ordinance referred to
as 'the register') subject to and in accordance with the
provisions of this Ordinance, and the names of all persons
included in the register shall be published annually in the
Gazette.

(2) The register shall consist of the following parts-

(a) a general part containing the names of all nurses who
satisfy the conditions of admission to that part of the register;

(b) a supplementary part containing the names, of male
nurses;

(c) a supplementary part containing the names of nurses
trained in the nursing and care of persons suffering from mental
diseases;

* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1939, Supp Sched.





(d) a supplementary part containing the names of nurses
trained in the nursing of sick children;

(e) any other prescribed part.

Where any person satisfies the conditions of admission to
any supplementary or prescribed part of the register, his or her
name may be included in that part of the register notwithstand-
ing that it is also included in the general part.

(3) In any proceedings, a copy of the Gazette containing
the most recent list of names on the register shall be prima facie
evidence, and a certificate under the hand of the chairman of
the board shall be conclusive evidence, that the persons named
in the list or certificate are, or are not, registered under this
Ordinance.

(4) Any reference in this Ordinance to the register shall
unless the context otherwise requires be deemed to include a
reference to any part of the register, and the expression
'registered' shall be construed accordingly.

4.-(1) It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to
make regulations for any of the following purposes-

(a) for regulating the formation, maintenance and publica-
tion of the register;

(b) for regulating the conditions of admission to the
register;

(c) for regulating the. conduct of any examinations which
may be prescribed as a condition of admission to the register,
and any matters ancilldry to or connected with any such
examinations;

(d) for prescribing the causes for which, the conditions
under which and the manner in which nurses may be removed
from the register, and the procedure for the restoration to the
register of nurses who have been removed theref rom ;

(e) for prescribing the constitution of the board and for
regulating the summoning of meetings of the board and the
proceedings (including quorum) of the board;

As amended by. Law Rev. Ord., 1939, Supp. Sched.





(f) for enabling the board to constitute committees and for
authorizing the delegation to committees of any of the powers
of the board and for regulating the proceedings (including
quorum) of committees

(g) for prescribing the fees to be payable;

(h) generally for making provision with respect to any
matters with respect to which the Governor in Council considers
that provision should be made for the purposes of carrying this
Ordinance into dFect (including provision with respect to the
issue of certificates to nurses registered under this Ordinance and
with respect to the titles which may, be used and the uniforms
or badges which may be worn by nurses so registered), and for
prescribing anything which under this Ordinance is to be
prescribed.

(2) Regulations under this section shall contain provisions-

(a) requiring as a condition of the admission of any person
to the register that that person shall have undergone the
prescribed training, and shall possess the prescribed experience,
in the nursing of the sick; and

(b) requiring that the prescribed training shalL be carried
out either in an institution approved by the board in that behalf
or in the service of the Admiralty, the Army Council or the Air
Council.

5.-(1) Any person whose name is registered in any part
or parts of the register kept by the General Nursing Council
for England and Wales, or of the register kept by the General
Nursing Council for Scotland, or of the register kept by the
Joint Nursing and Midwives Council of Northern Ireland or of
the register kept by the General Nursing Council for Eire and
who produces a certificate under the seal of the said Council for
England and Wales, or for Scotland, or for Northern Ireland
or for Eire, certifying that his or her name is so registered as
a nurse shall upon making an application in the prescribed
manner, and upon satisfying the board of his or her identity
and good character, and upon paying the fee prescribed for
ordinary applications for registration under this Ordinance, be
entitled to be registered in a corresponding manner under this
Ordinance.

As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1939, Supp, Sched.





(2) If any person proves to the satisfaction of the board that
he or she has been trained in any place outside the Colony
where the standard of training and examination is not lower
than the standard of training and examination required under
this Ordinance, either as a general nurse for the sick or as a
nurse of some special class, and satisfies the board as to his or
her identity and good character, the board may either after
examination or without examination, upon payment of the fee
prescribed for registration under this Ordinance, direct that
such person shall be registered in the appropriate part or parts
of the register.

6.-(1) Any person aggrieved by the removal of his or her
name from the register may, within three months after the date
on which notice has been served on him or her by the board
that his or her name has been so removed, appeal against the
removal to the Governor in Council, and on such appeal the
6overnor in Council may give such directions in the matter
as he thinks proper.

(2) Any person aggrieved by the refusal of the board to
approve any institution for the purpose of the regulations under
this Ordinance relating to training may appeal against the
refusal to the Governor in Council and the Governor in Council
may give such directions therein as he thinks proper and the
board shall comply with any directions so given.

7. Any notice, directed to be served on any person under
the provisions of this Ordinance or the regulations made
thereunder, shall be deemed to have been served on such person
if such notice has been posted by registered post to his address
given in the register, or if such person be not registered, then
to the address furnished by him to the board.

8. Every appeal under section 6 shall be by means of a
written petition aInd such petition, unless otherwise provided,
shall be presented within fourteen days of the date of service of
the decision of the board on the person concerned. With such
petition the Governor in Council may consider any written reply
of the board to such petition. The decision of the Governor in
Council on such petition shall be final.

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9.-(1) Every person who-

(a) not being a person duly registered under this Ordinance,
uses the title of registered nulse or its equivalent in any other
language, either alone or in combination with any other words
or letters, or uses any name, title, addition, description, uniform
or badge implying that he or she is registered under this
Ordinance or is recognized by law as a registered nurse, or uses
any title, uniform or badge prescribed for the use of nurses
registered under this Ordinance; or

(b) being a person whose name is included in any part of
the register, uses any name, title, addition, description uniform
or badge, or otherwise does any act of any kind, implying that
his or her name is included in some other part of the register in
which it is not included; or

(c) with intent to deceive makes use of any certificate of
registration as a nurse issued under this Ordinance to him or her
or to any other person,

shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding
five hundred dollars.

(2) Every person who wilfully makes or causes to be made
any falsification in any matter relating to the register shall upon
summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding one
thousand dollars and to imprisonment for any term not
exceeding six months.

No. 2 of 1931, incorporated in No. 15 of 1908.

No. 3 of 1931, repealedly No. 7 of 1935.

* As aniended by Law Rev. Ord., 1939, Supp. Sched.,
[Originally No. 1 of 1931. Law Rev. Ord., 1939.] Short title. Establishment and constitution of a Nursing Board. 9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 94, s. 1. Register of nurses. 9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 94, s. 2. [cf. No. 48 of 1936, s. 2 (1) , (2).] Regulatins. 9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 94, s. 3. Admission to register of persons trained outside the Colony. 9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 94, s. 6. Appeal against removal from the register or against refusal to approve institution. 9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 94, s. 7. Service of notice. Procedure on appeal. Penalties for unlawful assumption of title of registered nurse and for falsification of register. 9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 94, s. 8. [1.1.36.]

[Originally No. 1 of 1931. Law Rev. Ord., 1939.] Short title. Establishment and constitution of a Nursing Board. 9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 94, s. 1. Register of nurses. 9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 94, s. 2. [cf. No. 48 of 1936, s. 2 (1) , (2).] Regulatins. 9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 94, s. 3. Admission to register of persons trained outside the Colony. 9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 94, s. 6. Appeal against removal from the register or against refusal to approve institution. 9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 94, s. 7. Service of notice. Procedure on appeal. Penalties for unlawful assumption of title of registered nurse and for falsification of register. 9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 94, s. 8. [1.1.36.]

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