MIDWIVES REGULATIONS

MIDWIVES REGULATIONS

MIDWIVES.

MIDWIVES REGULATIONS.

(Cap. 162, section 4).
(Ordinance No. 22 Of 1910).

[24th October, 1930.]

1. At meetings of the Board four members shall form
a quorum and the Chairman shall have a casting vote.

2. No person shall be certified as a midwife unless she
satisfies the Board-
(a) that she has attained the age of 21 years;
(b)that she possesses a certificate of health signed by
a registered medical practitioner;
(c)that she possesses a certificate of character from
some resident of standing in the Colony;
(d)that she holds the Upper Primary Certificate or its
equivalent, or has passed the examination of the
Nurses Board of Hong Kong,
and in addition thereto-
(e)that she has under the supervision of a competent
teacher of midwifery, and at a hospital approved by
the Board, midergone a training which included-
(i) a course of lectures and demonstrations in
midwifery, the care of pregnant, lying-in and
puerperal women, and the care of the new-born
infant up to seven days after birth ;
(ii) the abdominal palpation and vaginal
examination of at least 20 cases;
(Iii) the attendance at 30 cases of labour and the
personal delivery Of 20 cases; and
(iv) the nursing of lying-in women and infants
for seven days after birth,
and has successfully passed the examination required by
the Board; or
that she is duly certified under the Midwives Acts,
1902 to 1926 -, or
(g)that she is duly certified under the Midwives
(Scotland) Act, 1915; or





(h)that she is duly certified as a midwife under the
Joint Nursing and Midwives Council of Northern
Ireland; or
(i)that she possesses a certificate to practise as a mid-
wife issued by-
(i) any licensing body in any British Dominion,
Colony or Protectorate whose certificate is
recognized by the Government concerned, (other
than a Class B Certificate of the Straits Settle-
ments); or
(ii) any foreign po wer which has state recogni-
tion of midwives; or
(iii) any licensing body other than the above
which is approved by the Board; or
that she possesses a certificate of competency satis-
factory to the Board, and has practised as a zt,~t,it
p'o in the Colony for at least two years imnic-
diately preceding the date of her application to be
certified, and that such application was m~tele before
31st December, 1937.

The Board reserves the right to require any candidate
to prove her competency at an examination conducted by
examiners appointed by the Board, and to refuse to certify
candidates holding certificates of licensing bodies who do
not offer reciprocal privileges to Flong Kong certified
midwives.

3. The following conditions shall hereafter govern the
course of pupil midwives who desire to obtain the certificate
of the Board-
(a)training shall be undergone it a training' centre
approved by the Board;
(b) the course of training shall be-
(i) for those who have had less than two years'
general nursing-t,,\,o years at.a rnaternity hospital
recognized as such by the Board
(ii) for those who have had two _y ' car ' s' training
in general nursing-one year at such maternity
hospital as aforesaid ;
(iii) for those whose names appear in the register
provided for in subsection (i) of section 3 of the
Nurses Registration Ordinance-six months at such





maternity hospital if they were appointed as
probationer nurses not later than the Pst December,
1939, and twelve months if so appointed after that
date.

4. The following are approved training schools for
midwives in Hong EZ-ong-
i. Alice Memorial and Affiliated Hospitals;
2. the Queen Mary Hospital.,
3. the Tsan Yuk Hospital;
4. the Kwong Wah Hospital;
5. the Tung Wah Hospital;
6. the Tung Wah Eastern Hospital;
7. the Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital;
8. the Kowloon Hospital.

5. (1) The examination for the Board's certificate
shall be conducted by two members of the Board and by
such assisting examiners as the Board may appoint.

(2) Each candidate shall pay an entrance fee of $5.oo.

(3) The examination shall be both written and oral.

(4) The examiners shall inform the Board of the marks
obtained by candidates at examinations.

(5) No person. who has three times failed to pass the
Board's examination may again enter for the examination.

6. (1) Any person desiring to be certified as a midwife
in Hong Kong is required to give notice in writing to the
secretary of the Board of her wish to do so, and such notice
shall contain the following particulars-
(a) name (JMrs. or Miss)
(b) age;
(c) address;
(d) hospital where trained;
(e) particulars of training;
dates of' previous applications to the Board, if any,
and be accompanied by the following documents-
(i) a certificate of character from some resident of
standing in the Colony;





(ii) a certificate or diploma from a training school
approved by the Board, or from the authorizing
body in the case of certified midwilves;
(iii) passport or identification certificate;
(iv) a record book of cases taken in training
school.

(2) This notice and accompanying documents shall be
considered by the Board, and the Board, if satisfied with the
applicant's qualifications, shall issue a certificate under the
Ordinance, and direct the secretary to enter the applicant's
name on the roll of midwives.

(3) When a candidate is approved for registration two
copies of a recent photograph (unmounted) must be sent
to the secretary of the Board; one of which shall be inserted
in the roll of midwives and the other affixed to the certificate
issued to the applicant by the Board.

. 7. Every midwife intending to start private practice
after a period of service as a certified midwife on a hospital
staff shall, before so starting, give notice of such intention
and of her intended professional address to the secretary of
the Board and the supervisor of ii-iidwives.

8. (1) Every midwife intending to continue in practice
shall in the month of January in each year give notice of
such intention to the secretary of the Board and to the
supervisor of midwives.

(2) Every practising midwife shall give immediate
notice of any change of address to the secretary of the Board
and to the supervisor of midwives.

(3) The provisions of paragraphs (i) and (2) shall not
apply to any midwife employed in the service of the Hong
Kong Government during die period of such employment.

9. Midwives in their practice shall comply with the.
directions to midwives made by the Board, and approved
by the Governor, copies of which will be issued by the
Director of Medical and Health Services and will be obtain-
able-gratis on application at any of the hospitals mentioned
in regulation 4 and from the supervisor of midwives. A





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midwife who neglects to comply with any of such directions
shall be admonished by the Board and the Board may, in
its discretion, either' suspend such midwife from practice for
a limited period or may order her certificate to be cancelled
and her name to be removed from the roll.

10. These regulations may be cited as the Midwives
Regulations.

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Regulations - Fraser, vol. 2, p. 623. G.N. 206/38. G.N. 504/39. G.N. 255/40. G.N. 479/46. G.N. 252/47. G.N. 615/47. G.N.A. 96/50. G.N.A. 96/50. G.N. 255/40. [r. 2 cont.] G.N. 255/40. G.N. 504/39. (Cap. 164.) G.N. 479/46. G.N. 252/47. [r. 6 cont.] G.N. 615/47.

Regulations - Fraser, vol. 2, p. 623. G.N. 206/38. G.N. 504/39. G.N. 255/40. G.N. 479/46. G.N. 252/47. G.N. 615/47. G.N.A. 96/50. G.N.A. 96/50. G.N. 255/40. [r. 2 cont.] G.N. 255/40. G.N. 504/39. (Cap. 164.) G.N. 479/46. G.N. 252/47. [r. 6 cont.] G.N. 615/47.

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