NURSES REGISTRATION REGULATIONS

NURSES REGISTRATION REGULATIONS

NURSES REGISTRATION.

NURSES REGISTRATION REGULATIONS.

(Cap. 164, section 4)
(Ordinance No. 1 of 1931)

[22nd May, 1931.]

1. (1) The board shall consist ofseven members---
(a) the Director of Medical and Health Services;
(b) the Principal Matron of the Government Hospitals;
(c) four mernbers, who shall be nurses registered in
Hong Kong or State registered nurses in the United
Kingdom, appointed by the Governor;
(d) one member appointed . by the University of
Flong Kong.

(2) Members shall be appointed for a period of three
years. Should any member of the board die or leave the
Colony during his period of appointment his place shall bc
filled for the of his term of office by a rneniber
appointed by the same authority as appointed the deceased
or absent member.The Director of Alledical and Health
Services shall be the chairman of the board

2. In these regulations--
'Ordinance- means the Nurses Registration Ordinance;
'board' means the Nursing Board as constituted under
regulation 1;
tiregister' means the register of nurses formed and kept by
the board tinder section 3 of the Ordinance ;
registered nurse' means a male or female nurse who is for
the time being registered in the register.
The feminine shall include the masculine.

3. The fornis set out in the Second Schedule and all
instructions contained therein shall be deemed to be part of
these regulations, and such forms, or forms substantially to
the like effect, shall be used in all cases for which the forms
are provided.

PART II

Formation, maintenance and publication of the register.

4. (1) The register shall consist of the following
parts-

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

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

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

(e) a supplementary part containing the names of nurses
trained in the nursing of persons suffering from
infectious diseases.

(2) The register shall contain the particulars set fourth in
the First Schedule.

(3) Each person admitted to the register shall be
assigned a consecutive number in the part or parts of the
register in which her name is included.

5. Every person who applies to the Director of Medical
and Health Services pursant to the requirements in Part III
for admission to a part of the register shall be admitted to
such part of the register upon payment of the appropriate fee,
namely-

(a) person trained within the Colony $10;
(b) person trained elsewhere $25.

6. (1) A nurse who desires her name to be retained
in the register for any year subsequent to the first year in
which it is included in the published register shall on or
before the thirtieth day of September of the previous year
forward to the Director of Medical and Health services a
retention fee of two dollars.

(2) A nurse whose name is included in the register shall
notify to the Director of Medical and Health Services every
permanent change of address, and for the purposes of these
regulations the address last notified shall be deemed to be
the registered address of the nurse.




(3) The Dhector of Medical and Health Services shall
send to the registered address of each nurse whose retention
fee has not been received before the 31st October a written
notice informing her of the consequence of failure to pay the
said fee, and if the nurse fails to forward to the Director of
Medical and Health Services the said retention fee by the end
of November, her narne shall be excluded from the re- ` ister
as from the beginning of the succeeding year unless the
board for any special reason otherwise directs.
(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (i)
every nurse employed in the service of the llong Kong
Government shall be entitled to have her name retained in
the register during the time she remains so employed,
without payment of any retention fee, and her narne shall
be so retained. The requirements contained in paragraphs
(2) and (3) shall not apply in respect of any such nurse.

7. Where the name of a nurse has been excluded from
the register under regulation 6, she shall be entitled to apply
to have her name reincluded in the appropriate part or parts
of the register. An application for reinclusion shall be
accompanied by a written explanation of the applicant's
failure to apply for retention in the register, and a fee of $5
shall be payable for such reinclusion. If the board is
satisfied with the explanation offered by the applicant it may
reinclude her nanie in the appropriate. part or parts of the
register.

8. As soon as possible after the first day of January of
each year, the naines of all persons included in the register,
with the particulars specified in the First Schedule, shall be
published in the Gazette.

PART III.
Conditions of adinission to register.
By Exainination.

9. (1) For the purposes of section 4 Of the Ordin-
ance institutions shall be approved by the board-

In these regulations the words 'a Complete Training School'.
mean one Complete Training School, and not more than one;
the words 'an Associated Training School' mean one Asso-
ciated Training School, and not more than one; the words 'an
Affiliated Training School' mean one Affiliated Training
School, and not more than one; always provided that the
board reserves power to deal with special cases as it may
see fit.





(a)as Complete Training Schools, that is to say, as
being in the opinion of the board training schools
capable of providing a complete training qualifying
for admission either to the general part of tlie re-
gister or to a supplementary part of the register;
or
(b) as Affiliated Training Schools, that is to say, as
being in the opinion of the board lraining schools
capable of providing, in affiliation to a Complete
Training School, a part of such training as afore-
said; or
(c)as Associated Training Schools, iliat is to say, as
being in the opinion of the board training scliools
capable of providing, with training schools with
which they are associated, a part of such training
as aforesaid:
Provided that the board may, if it thinks fit, approve
the same training school both as a Complete Training
School and as an Associated Training School.

(2) In approving an Affiliated Training School the
board shall direct what proportion of the period of' training
required by these regulations is to be spent in the Affiliated
Training School and what proportion in the Complete
Training School to which it is -affiliated, and except where
the context otherwise requires, a course of training for any
specified period of time in an affiliated Training Scliool
means for the purposes of these rec*ulations a courso, of
training arranged in accordance with tlic. directions so given
partly in that school and partly in the Complete Training
School to which it is affiliated.

(3) In approving an Associated Training School the
board shall direct what proportion of the period of training
is to be spent in each of the constituent schools forming the
association, and except where the context otherwise
requires, a course of training of any specified period of time
in an Associated Training School means for the pu I-pose
of these regulations a course of training arranged in accor-
dance with the directions so given in the schools forming
the association.

(4) The board shall prepare and keep a list of institu-
tions which are for the time being approved by the board,
under the following headings-





(a) Complete Training Schools for Registered Nurses;
(b)Complete Training Schools for Registered Male
Nurses;
(c)Complete Training Schools for Registered Mental
Nurses;
(d)Complete Training Schools for Registered Nurses
for Mental Defectives;
(e)Complete Training Schools for Registered Sick
Children's Nurses;
Complete Trainin, Schools for Registered Fever
Nurses.

(5) The board shall similarly prepare and keep lists of
the institutions for the time being approved by the board
as Affiliated Training Schools and as Associated Training-
Schools respectively, and such lists shall be kept as far ns
necessary under headings corresponding to those relating
to Complete Training Schools.

10. The board shall hold preliminary and final
examinations in the several subjects mentioned in the
syllabus of subjects for examinations in the Fifth Schedule,
a i such tinies, at such places and subject to Such provisions
as the board may from time to time determine.

11. The entrance fee for the preliminary examination
shall be sixteen dollars, and for the final examination thirty
dollars. The fee for re-sitting an examination, irrespective
of whether that examination is preliminary or final, shall
be ten dollars for each subject. The fee shall be paid before
the applicant's name is entered for the examination. -

12. (1) No person shall be entitled to enter for the
preliminary examination until she has deposited with the
registrar a certificate signed by the matron, medical super-
intendent or other responsible officer of the institution or
institutions in which her training or instruction was given
and carried out, that she has completed one year of training
and that she has attended a course of lectures in the subjects
prescribed for the preliminary exan-iination in the syllabus
of subjects for examination, and haS Undergone practical
instruction in the wards in the subjects therein prescribed
for the examination.





CAP. 164] Nu?.ses Registration.

[r. 12 cont.] (2) No person shall be entitled to enter for any final
examination until she has attained the age of twenty-one
years and has passed the preliminary examination and has
deposited with the registrar the following certificates signed
by the matron, superi nten dent nurse, or other person
occupying a similar position in the institution or institutions
in which her training or instruction was given and carried
Out-
(a) a certificate. that slie has undergone the training
specified in regulation 14 Of this Part as being
necessary to qualify her for admission to the part
of the register to which the examination relates
(b) a certificate that she has undergone systematic in
struction in each of the subjects prescribed in the
syllabus of subjects for examination in the Fifth
Schedule as being necessaty for admission to the
part of the register to which she applies to the
admitted;
(c) a certificate of good conduct:
Provided that a person may enter for the' final
examination for fever nurses after she has attained the age
of twenty years, and that no nurse who is already registered
on any part of the register shall be required to pass the
preliminary examination.

Admission 13. No nurse shall be entitled to have her name
to register, entered on the register unless she has passed the final
examination applicable to tfie part of the register to which
she seeks admission. The name of every nurse who has
passed the final examination for the general part or 'any
supplementary part of the register shall forthwith be put 7
upon that part of the register : Provided that the name of
a nurse who has passed the, linal examination for fever
nurses before attaining the age of twenty-one years sliall
not bC Put upon the register until she has attained that
Evidence of 14. (1) In the case of candidates for the genera] part
training.
of the register-
(a) the applicant must be a female
except as hereinafter provided, the applicant must
furnish a certificate that she has completed a course
of not less than three years' training in a Complete

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Training School for Registered Nurses or, alterna-
tively, has completed a course of not less than four
years' training in an affiliated Training School for
Registered Nurses or, alternatively, has completed
a course of not less than three years and six months'
training in an Associated Training School for Re-
gistered Nurses ;,
(c)if at the date of application the applicant is a re-
gistered sick children's nurse she must furnish a
certificate that since the date of registration she has
completed a course of not less than two years'
training in a Complete Training School for
Registered Nurses, or 'alternatively has since that
date completed a course of not less than one year's
training in an Affiliated or Associated Training
School for Registered Nurses which is a hospital
for men only, and also a course of not less than
one year's training in an Affiliated or Associated
Training School which is a hospital for women
only;
(d) if at the date of application the applicant is regis-
.tered on any of the supplementary parts of the'
register other than that of sick cliildr~n's nurses, she
must furnish a certificate that since the date of her
registration she has completed a coui---se of not less
ilian two years' training in a Complete Training
School for Registered Nurses.
(2) In the case of candidates for the supplementary part
of the register for male nurses---
(a)the applicant must furnish a certificate that he has
completed a course of not less than three years'
training in a Complete Training Schooll for
Registered Male Nurses, or alternatively has com-
pleted a course of not less than four years' training
in an Affiliated Training School for Registered Male
Nurses, or alternatively has completed a course of
riot less than three years and. six months' training in
ari Associated Training School for Registered Male
Nurses; or
(b)if at the date of application the applicant is registered
on sonic other supplementary part of the register
fie must furnish a certificate that since the date of
registration lie has completed a course of not less





than two vears' training in a Complete Training
School for Registered Male Nurses.

(3) In the case of candidates for the supplementary part
of the register for mental nurses other than the separate
section for registered nurses for mental defectives-
(a)the applicant must furnish a certificate that she has
completed a course of riot less than three years'
training in a Complete Training School for Regis-
tered Mental Nurses; or
(b)if at the date of application she is registered in
some othey supplementary part or on the general
part of the register, a certificate that since the date
of registration she has completed a course of not
less than two years' training in a Complete Train-
ing School for Registered Mental Nurses.

(4) In tile case of candidates for the separate section
for nurses for mental defectives-
(a)the applicant niust furnish a certificate that she has
completed a course of not less than three years'
training ill a Complete Training School for Regis-
tered Nurses for Mental Defectives; or
if at the date of application she is registered on any
part of the register other than on the said separate
section, a certificate that since the date of registra-
tion she has completed a course of not less two
),ears' training in a Complete Training School for
Registered Nurses for Mental Defectives.

(5) In the case of candidates for the supplementary
part of the register for sick children's nurses-
(a)the applicant must furnish a (,erti(-'icate that she
has completed a course of not less than three years'
training ill a Complete Training. School for Regis-
tered Sick Children's Nurses; or
(b)if at the date of application she is registered oil
some other supplementary part or 011 the general
part, of the register, a certificate that since the date
of registration she has completed a course of not
less than two years' training in a Complete Train-
ing School for Registered Sick Children's Nurses.

(6) In the case of ' candidates for the supplementary
part of the register for fever nurses-





(a)the applicant must furnish a certificate that she has
completed a course of not less than two years'
training in a Complete Training School for Re-
2olistered Fever Nurses, or alternatively, has
t,
completed a course of not less than two years and
six months in ;in Affiliated Training School for
Registered Fever Nurses; or
(b)if at the date of application she is registered on
some other supplementary part or on the general
part of the register, a certilicate that since the date
of registration she has completed a co'rse of not
less than one year's training in a Complete Train-
ing School for Registered Fever Nurses:
Provided that, in the case of a nurse who has passed
the final examination for fever nurses, the course of two
years' training required for admission to any other part of
the register shall date as from the time of passing the final
examination for fever nurses, and not from the date of her
registration.

15. For the purpose of this Part, 'training in a train-
ing school' means training given at the school in the sub-
jects prescribed by the board as the subjects for the
examination which an applicant seeks to pass.

16. The board may in any particular case dispense with
any certificate or other document required by this Part if
it is satisfied by other evidence that the information furnish-
ed by the applicant is correct, and that as regards character
and professional efficiency she is suitable for admission to
the register.

PART IV.
of admlzsio,~t to the regisler.

17. Every nurse admitted to the register shall be
,-rranted a certificate in the form set out in the Tbird
Schedule, and such certificate shall be under the seal of the
))card, and no document purporting to be a certificate of
admission to the register shall be valid unless it is under the
seal of the board.

18. In the event of a certificate being lost or accidental-
ly destroyed, the holder rnny apply to the board for a fresh





certificate, and the board may, if it thinks fit, grant
such fresh certificate upon payment by the applicant of a
fee of $5. A certificate issued under this regulation shall
be marked 'Duplicate.'

19. Any person shall be entitled, upon payment to the
Director of Medical and Health Services of a fee of $5, to
be furnished with a certificate signed by the chairman of
the board certifying that on a specified date, or during a
specified period, a nurse is or was or is not or was not in-
eluded in the register as the case may be.

Nurses trained oulside the Colony.

20. (1) Any person who proves to the satisfaction of
the board that she has been trained either generally, as a
nurse for the sick, or as a nurse of some special class, in
any place outside the Colony to which section 5 of the
Ordinance for the time being applies, shall be entitled
upon making application to the board (cither after examina-
tion or without examination as the board may direct) to
be admitted to the appropriaTe part or parts of the register.

(2) The fee payable in such case shall be the same
as that payable in the case of an application under regula-
tion 5.

Nurses registered in England and Wales, Scotland,
Northern Ireland and, Eire.

21. Any person whose name is included as a nurse
in the general part of the register kept by the General
Nursing Council for England and Wales, the General
Nursing Council for Scotland, the General Nursing Council
for Eire, or by the joint Nursing and Midwives Council
(Northern Ireland), or in any supplementary part of the
same, shall on making application to the Director of
Medical and Health Services, and paying. the prescribed
fee, and on production of a certificate issued by the regis-
trar of the Council on whose register the said person is
registered, to the effect that her name has been entered
and is included in such register, and of a complete copy
of that entry, be entitled to be admitted to the corres-
ponding part or parts of the register.





PART V.

Removal of nurse from register.

22. (1) When it is brought to the notice of the board
that a nurse who is included in the register (in this Part
referred to as 'the respondent') has been convicted of any
offence punishable with imprisonment or has been guilty
of ally misconduct, the Director of Medical and Health
Services after making such further inquiries relative thereto
as he thinks necessary may lay the matter before the board.

(2) The Director of Medical and Health Services may
decline to proceed with the matter unless the evidence in
support of the charge (other than evidence of a conviction)
is verified by a statutory declaration.


(3) Before reporting on any case to the board, the
Director of Alledical and Health Services shall invite the
respondent to furnish any written statement or explanation
which she may wish to offer.

(4) In any case in which it is proved to the board by
the certificate of the competent officer of the court in which
the proceedings took place that the respondent has been
convicted of a felony or of any misdemeanor and has been
sentenced to a term of imprisonment, and such conviction
has not been subsequently quashed on appeal, the board
may forthwith and without furhter inquiry remove the name
of the nurse from the register and require her to surrender
her certificate to the board.

(5) In any other case in which the board is satisfied
that a prima facie case is made out for the removal of
the respondent from the register, the Director of Medical
and Health Services shal cause the necessary steps to be
taken for verifying the evidence to be submitted to the
board and for obtaining the necessary documents and the
attendance of witnesses.

(6) The Director of Medical and Health Services shall
send to the respondent a notice in writing in the form set
out in the Fourth Schedule specifying the nature and parti-
culars of the charge against her and informing her of the
time and place of the meeting at which the case will be
heard, and requiring her to send or deliver to the Director
of Medical and Health Services her certificate and badge,
if any, not later than the date on which the hearing takes





place. Such notice shall be sent by registered post to the
registered address of the respondent contained in the
register, or if the Director of Medical and Health Services
has reason to believe that that address is riot her present
address, then to any later address which may be known
to the Director of Medical and Health Services, and shall
be posted so as to allow at )east twenty-one days to elapse
between the day on which the notice is posted and the date
fixed for the hearing.

23. The case shall be heard at a meeting of' the board
of which at least seven days' notice shall be sent by the
Director of -Medical and Health Services to each member
of the. board, and the respondent shall be entitled to be
represented by a friend or by counsel or so'licitor :
Provided that if she intends to be represented 1) y
counsel or solicitor not less than seven days' notice of such
intention shall be given to the Director of Medical and
Health Services.

24. At the hearing of the case the Director of Medical
and Health Services or otlier person appointed b), the
board for the purpose shall first state to the board the
facts of the case and the charge alleged against the res-
pondeni and shall then submit to the board the evidence
received in support of the charge, and the respondent or
her representative shall be entitled to cross-examine any
witness appearing against her on matters relevant to the
charge.

25. When the statement of the charge ,tiid the evidence
in support thereof are concluded, the. respondent or her
represeWative shall be invited by the chairman to address
the board and to tender evidence in answer to the charge,
and any solicitor or other person appointed by the board
for the purpose shall be entitled to cross-examine an ' v
witness tendered fil answer to the charge, and to reply upon
the whole case, after the respondent or her representative
has replied.

26. If the respondent does riot attend, either personall)~
or by representative, the board may proceed to hear and
determine the case in her absence.





27. Upon the conclusion of the case the board shall,
after consideration of the relevant evidence whether oral oi
documentary, pronounce its decision forthwith or at a later
date in writing or at a subsequent meeting.

28. (1) If the board find,-, the charges against the
respondent to be proved either in whole or in part, it rilay
remove her name from the register altogether or for such
period as it thinks fit.
(2) The Director of Medical and Health Services shall
forthwith communicate with the respondent by registered
letter informing her of the decision of the board.
(3) In the case of.' the temporary remov;iI of (lie
respondent from the register, the board shall retain the
certillcate and badge, if any, and shall delete her name
from the part or parts of the register in which it is
included, dtiring the period of removal, and in the case
of coniplele removal shall delete the respondent's name
from the part or parts of the register in which it is included
and cancel her certificate and retain the cancelled certificate
and badge, if any.

29. If any question arises as to the nicaning or effect
of these regulations, or if my question or matter arises
which Is not provided for by these regulations, such ques-
tion or matter shall be decided by the board, and the
decision of the. board shall bc final.

PART VI.

Restoration of nurse to register.
30. (1) When a nurse has been altogether removed
from the register under Part V, any application for restora-
tion to the register shall be made by her in writing addressed
to the Director of Medical and Health Services, stating the
grounds on which the applimtion is made.
(2) The application shall contain the names and
addresses of two or more persons of whom two shall be
justices of the peace, ministers of religion, registered
medical practitioners or registered nurses able and willing
to identify the applicant and give evidence as to her charac-
ter and the nature of her employment both before and since
the date of her removal, and such other evidence as the
board may require.





(3) 'I'lle board may require the applicant to verify b~f
statutory declaration any staternent niade in her applica-
tion ol- any further StLtCl * IIC!lt that it way think necessary,
and may, if it thinks lit, require the applicant to attend
in person at a meeting of the board, or of any, committee
of the board, at which the matter is to be considered.

31. If upon consideration of the application and of the
evidence furnished in support of it the board is satisfied
that the name of the applicant should be restored to the
register, it may direct this to be done and upon payment
by the applicant of a fee of $5, her name shall be reincluded
in the appropriate part ol* parts of the register, and a new
cert;fica(e shall bc issued to her.

32. If any question arises as to the rneaning or effect
of t!,ese regulations, or if any question or matter arises
which is riot provided for by these regulations, su ' ch ques-
tion or matter shall be decided by the board, and the deci-
sibn of the board shall be final.

33. (1) In the event of the removal or restoration
after removal of the name of a nurse from any part of
the register under regulations 22 to 32 inclusive, notifica-
tion of the fact shall be forthwith sent by the Director
of lkledical and Health Services to the General Nursing
Councils of England and Wales, or Scotland, or to the
joint Nursing and Midwives Council of Northern Ireland
ol- to the General Nursing Council of Eire, if the board
is aware that such nurse is or was registered in England
and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland or Eire under the
Nurses Registration Act, igig, or the Nurses Registration
Act of Scotland or under the Council for Northern Ireland
or for Eire.
(2) In the event ' of' the board receiving a notification
from the General Nunsing COLMICH of England and Wales,
or Scotland*, ol- the Joint Nursing and iklidwives Council
of Northern l~eland ol- the General Nursing Council for
Eire thar the nanie of any nurse registered by any ol- all
of those Councils has been removed from the register in
England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland ol- Eire
by reason of a finding of such Council that such nurse has
been guilty of any misconduct, if the Director of Medical





and Health Services finds that such. nurse is also registered
in any part of the register lie sh'all inform the nurse in
wri~ing by registered letter that the board has received such
notification, and shall inquire of her whether she desires
to show cause why her nanie should not also be removed
from the register, and if no answer is received by the
Director of Medical and He, ilth Services within a reason-
able time, having regard to the registered address of the
said nurse, or if such nurse replies that slic does not desire
to show cause is aforesaid, tlien the board shall at its next
convenient ineeting direct sucli nurse's name to be removed
from the register. But if such nurse replies that she does
desire to show cause as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of
the 11rector of Medical and Health Services to lay the
matter before the board and the board shall thereupon
proceed to deal with the matter by way of a rehearing
under regulations 22 to 32 inclusive; as if the complaint
had been originally made to the board. The result of the
board's finding shall in due course be notified to the
General Nursing Councils of England and Wales, or Scot-
land, or to the Joint Nursing and Midwives Council of
Northern Ireland or the General Nursing Council of Eire,
as the case may be.

(3) In the event of the board removing the name of
a nurse from the register under this regulation, the Direc-
tor of Medical and Health Services shall, as soon as
possible, notify the fact of removal to the General Nursing
Councils of England and Wales, Scotland, and the joint
Nursing and Midwives Council of Northern Ireland and
the General Nursing Council for Eire.

34. (1) In the event of notice being received by the
board frorn the General Nursing Councils of England and
Wales, or Scotland, or from the joint Nursing and Mid-
wives Council of Northern Ireland or from the General
Nursing Council for Eire that they have restored to their
register the name of a nurse whose name they had removed
from their register, if the Director of Medical and Health
Services finds that the natile of such nurse was removed
from the register it shall be his duty to lay the matter
before the board which shall tlien consider the matter, and
if it thinks fit, having regard to all the circumstances and
at its discretion, likewise restore the name of such nurse





to the register, if she applies under and conforms to such
of the provisions of regulations 30 to 32 inclusive as the
board may require.

(2) In the event of the board restoring the name of
a nurse to the register under this regulation, it shall be
the duty of the Director of Medical and Health Services
as soon as possible to notify the fact of such restoration
to the General Nursing Council of England and Wales or
Scotland or to the Joint Nursing and Midwives Council of
Northern Ireland or to the General Nursing Council for
Eire, as the case may be.

35. Regulations 22 to 34 shall also apply, as far as
the circumstances in the opinion of the board require, to
all nurses whose names are registered in pursance of sub-
section (1) and (2) section 5 of the Ordinance.

PART VII.

Procedure of board and commiltees.
36. (1) The Director of Medical and Health Services
inay at any time convene a rneeting of the board.

(2) In the event of the Director of 1Medical and Health
Services not being present -it any meeting of the board,
the board shall appoint a chairman to preside at that
meeting,

37. Every meniber of the board aftending a ineeting
of the board shall sign his or her narne in a book kept
for the purpose.

38. Not less than ten days' notice of any meeting shall
be given to each member of the board, directed to such
address as he or she shall from tirne to tirne furnish to
the Director of Medical and Health Sei-vices.

39. The quorum of the board shall be four.

40. Minutes of the proceedings of the board shall be
taken, and shall be duly entered in a book provided for
the purpose. A draft of the minutes shall be circulated
to the members of the board, Logether with the notice of
the meeting at which they are to be submitted for con-
firniation.





41. Except in cases where the Director of Medical and
licalth Services on the ground of urgency or convenience
otherwise directs, the following order of business shall be
observed-
(a) minutes ol' the last meeting;
(b) adjourned 1.-)usiiiess;
(c) correspondence;
(d) reports of committees;
(e) notices of motion;
(f) statement of accounts;
(g) bills of clairns;
(h) any other business;
(1) date of next meeting.

42. No business which is not upon the agenda paper
shall be discussed at any meeting of the board (except
routine business) unless the chairman declares such business
to be. of an tirgent nature and is supported by two-thirds
of the members present and voting.

43. Ever\, question, the nianner of voting on which
is riot otherwise specified In these regulations, shall be
decided on a show of hands by a majority of members
present and voting. In the case of an equality of votes
the presiding chairman shall have a second or casting vote.

44. Every niot 1 on or arnendment shall be m oved and
seconded, and shall be reduced to writing .And handed to
the chairman, and sliall be read before it is further dis-
cussed or put to the meeting.

45. (1) Every notice of motion shall be in writing,
signed by the member giving the notice, and shall be given
or sent to the Director of Alledical and Health Services.

(2) The Director of Medical and Flealth Services shail
insert in the agenda paper of the next ordinary meeting
of the board al] notices of motion which lie may have
received not less than one clear day prior to the day on
which the agenda paper is sent out to members, in the
order in which they have been received by hirn.

46. No resolution of the board shall be altered or
rescinded at a subsequent meeting except upon a notice
of motion of which a copy has been sent out to members





by the Director of Medical and Health Services ten clear
days before such meeting.

47. (1) The board may delegate to a committee, and
with such restrictions and qualifications, if any, as it thinks
fit, all or any of its powers except the powers of removing
a nurse from or restoring a nurse to the register.

(2) Except by special permission of the board, no
report of a committee shall be discussed by the board unless
it has been sent to the members of the board at least three
days before the meeting of the board at which it is to be
presented.

48. All bills and claims shall be examined by the
Director of Medical and Health Services and laid by him
before the board, and such bills and claims as are allowed
shall be initialled by the presiding chairman.

49. The presiding chairman of the board shall decide
upon any point of order or procedure and his decision shall
be final.

50. The foregoing rules of procedure for the board
shall, so far as they are capable of application, apply to
the procedure of committees appointed by the board.

51. All minutes, registers and records shall be open
to the inspection of members of the board.

PART VIII.

52. A copy of these regulations rnay be obtained on
application to the Director of Medical and Health Services
at the price of $1

53. The board shall be at liberty to request any
member or members of the board to visit any place or
places for the purpose of explaining the Nurses Registra-
tion Ordinance, and its purposes and any regulations
thereunder, and to sanction the payment of all proper
expenses incurred by such member or members in con-
nexion with such visit.

54. These regulations may be cited as the Nurses
Registration Regulations.





FIRST SCHEDULE. [reg. 4.1

Particulars to be entered in the register-
.(a) registered number in register;
(b) name and (if married) maiden name;
(c) permanent address;
(d) date of registration;
(c) *qualification.

Itwill be indicated under this heading whether the nurse is qualified as a
'nurse by examination' and in what hospital or other institution she has
received training, and dates.

SECOND SCHEDULE. [reg. 3.1

FORM I.

FORm OF TESTIMONIAL AS TO CHARACTER.

Confidential.

To the NURSING BOARD FOR THE
COLONY op HONG KONG.

1 certify that 1 have known ...................................................
personally for .........years, and that she is of
good moral character.

REMARKS.

Signature .....................................................................

Address ........................................................................

Occupation ...................................................................

Date ..................................................................

Services.





FORM II.

FORM OF TESTIMONIAL AS TO CHARACTER AND
PROFESSIONAL EFFICIENCY.

(To be given by a matron of a hospital, registered medical
practitioner or other responsible person under whom the
applicant has worked during the three years prior to the date
of the application.)

Confidential.

To the NURSING BOARD FOR THE
COLONY OF HONG KONG.

I hereby certify that 1 have known .......................................
personally for ..years, and that she has discharged
her professional duties at all times in such a manner as to enable
me to recommend her for registration by the board, and that she
is of good moral character.

REMARKS.

Signature .....................................................................

Address ........................................................................

Professional Position .....................................................

Date ..................................................................

Services.

FORM III.

NURSING BOARD FOR THE COLONY OF
.11ONG KONG.

NURSES REGISTRATION ORDINANCE.
(Chapter 164 of the Revised Edition).

Application for registration on the .......................................
Part of the registerfor ............................................................





nurses to be used by nurses registered by the General Nursing
Council for England and Wales, or for Scotland, or by the Joint
Nursing and Midwives Council of Northern Ireland or by the General
Nursing Council of Eire to which subsection (1) of section 5 of the
Nurses Registration Ordinance applies.

To the NuRsEs BOARD FOR THE
COLONY OF HONG KONG.

.......................................... 1 1
(Full Christian name and surname.)

2 ................................................................
(Place and date of birth.)

3 ....................................................................................
(State whether married, single or widow.
If married or widow, give maiden name.)

4 ....................................................................................
(Full permanent postal address.)

hereby request the Nursing Board for the Colony of Hong Kong to
enter my name upon the Part of the register for ........................
........................nurses maintained by the board.

I forward herewith the fee of $25 and I promise in the event
of my being re-istered, and in consideration thereof, to be bound
by and to confirm to the rules and regulations for the time being
in force.

I forward herewith my Certificate of Registration by the
General Nursin- Council or ................................
under the Seal ~f the said Council.

1 am further prepared to produce such evidence as the board
may require to establish my identity and good character.

FORM IV.

NURSING BOARD FOR THE COLONY OF
HONG KONG

NuRsEs REGISTRATION ORDINANCE.
164 of the Revised Edition).

Application for registration on the . 1
..............................Part of the register for
..............................nurses to be used by nurses who have been
trained in any place outside the Colony to which subsection (2) of
section 5 of t he Nurses Registration Ordinance applies.





To the NURSEs BOARD FOR THE
COLONY OF HONG KONG.

.............. o
(Full Christian name and surrame.)

born at on
(Place and date of birth.)

...................................
(State whether married, single or widow.
If married or widow, give maiden name.)

......
(Full permanent postal address.)

hereby request the Nursing Board for the Colony of Hong Kong
to enter any name upon the Part of the register for .....................
...........................nurses maintained by the board.

I forward herewith the fee of $25 and I promise, in the event
of my being so registered, and in consideration thereof, to be bound
by and to conform in all respects to the rules and regulations for
the time being in force.

1 forward herewith particulars of my training and certificates
which I have received.

I am further prepared to produce such evidence as the board
may require to establish my identity and good character and to
undergo any examination upon any subject or subjects which the
board may consider necessary in accordance with the provisions of
subsection (2) of section 5 of the Ordinance.

THIRD SCHEDULE. [reg. 17.]

Reg. No . ..................

NURSING BOARD FOR THE COLONY OF
HONG KONG.

NURsEs REGISTRATION ORDINANCE.
(Chapter 164 of the Revised Edition).
I hereby certify that ............................................................
was admitted by examination on ................................................
to the General Part of the Register maintained by the Nursing
Board for the Colony of Hong Kong and that she is entitled, in
pursuance of the Nurses Registration Ordinance to take and use
the title of 'Registered Nurse'.

SEAL
0T .........................................................
F THE Chairman of the Board.
BOARD.





FOURTH SCHEDULE. [reg. 22.]

NURSING BOARD FOR THE COLONY OF
HONG KONG.

NURSES REGISTRATION ORDINANCE.
(Chapter 164 of the Revised Edition).

To ............................................................................
..of ..............~ 1
Take notice that the charge [or charges] against you,
particulars of which are set forth below, has/have been brought
to the notice of the board, and that the board proposes to investigate
such charge[s] at a meeting to be held at the office of the board,
at ...a.m./p.m. on .........1
the ......................................... 19 and to determine
whether you should be removed from the register.

PARTICULARS OF CHARGE[S].

You are hereby required to attend before the board at the time
and place mentioned above, and to answer such charges, bringing
with you all papers and documents in your possession relevant to
the matter and any persons whose evidence you wish to lay before
the board.

The following points should be carefully noted-
(a)You are entitled to be represented at the hearing before the
board by a friend, or by counsel or solicitor, but if you
propose to employ counsel or solicitor you must give written
notice to the Director of Medical and Health Services at the
address mentioned above at least seven days before the
hearing.
(b)It is imperative that you should either send to the Director
of Medical and Health Services before the date fixed for the
hearing, or bring with you to the hearing, your certificate
(and badge).
A copy of the Nurses Registration Regulations of the Nursing
Board for the Colony of Hong Kong is enclosed, and your attention
is directed to Part V of those regulations.

.......................
Director of Medical and Health Services.

Date........................................................................





FIFTH SCHEDULE. [reg. 10.]

Syllabus of subjects for Examination for
Certificate of General Nursing.

1. The examination shall consist of a Preliminary Examination
and a Final Examination.
2. The Preliminary Examination will cover the :following
subjects-
Elementary Anatomy, Physiology, Hygiene and Nursing,
and will be taken by all nurses alike for the General Register.

3. (1) The period of training for the Preliminary Examination
will normally be 24 months but the examination may be taken after
one year's training is completed.
(2) No nurse shall be eligible for Preliminary Examination in
the first half of any year unless on or before 31st March in that
half year such nurse has completed one year's training.
(3) No nurse shall be eligible for Preliminary Examination in
the second half of any year unless on or before 30th September in
that half year such nurse has completed one year's training.
4. The Final Examination, for the General Part of the Register
will cover the following subjects-
(a) Materia Medica and Therapeutics;
(b) Medicine and Medical Nursing;
(c) Surgery and Surgical Nursing;
(d) General Nursing;
and, except in the case of male nurses,
(e) Gynaecology and Gynaecological Nursing.

5. (1) The Final Examination may be taken after the
completion of three years' training, provided that the Preliminary
Examination has been already passed.
(2) No nurse shall be eligible for Final Examination in the first
half of any year unless on or before 31st March, in that half year
such nurse has completed three years' traiiiing.
(3) No nurse shall be eligible for Final Examination in the
second half of any year unless on or before 30th September in that
half year such nurse has completed three years' training.
1 6. Candidates for examination, and others interested, may
obtain the detailed syllabus, and the Nurses Registration Regulations,
from the Secretary, Nurses Board.



CHAPTER 165.
(Ordinance No. 48 of 1936).
NURSING AND MATERNITY HOMES REGISTRATION.

No subsidlary legislation,
Regulations - Fraser. vol. 3, p. 1107. G.N. 86/47. G.N. 950/47. G.N.A. 193/49. G.N.A. 179/50. Constitution of the board. G.N.A. 193/49. Interpretation. (Cap. 164.) Forms. Second Schedule. Register. First Schedule. Fee for admission to register. G.N.A. 179/50. Fee for retention in register. G.N. 86/47. Fee for reinclusion in register. Publication of register. *Approved institutions. [r. 9 cont.] Examinations. Fifth Schedule. Examination fees. G.N.A. 179/50. Necessity to deposit certificate before entering examination. [r. 12 cont.] Admission to register. Evidence of training. [r.14 cont.] Training. Power to dispense with certain requirements for admission to the register. Certificate of admission to the register. Third Schedule. Duplicate certificate. [r. 18 cont.] Certificate on payment of fee. Foreign trained nurses. Nurses registered in the United Kingdom and Eire. Grounds for removal. Fourth Schedule. [r. 22 cont.] Hearing. Respondent's right to cross-examine. Right of board to cross-examine. Proceeding in the absence of respondent. Decision. Board may remove name from register. Power of board to decide doubtful points. Application for restoration to register. [r. 30 cont.] Fee for certificate. Power of board to decide doubtful points. Notification of removal or restoration. Removal. Restoration. [r. 34 cont.] Application of regulations 22-34. (Cap. 164.) Meeting. Record of members present at meeting. Notice of meetings. Quorum. Minutes. Order of business. Agenda. Voting. Motions. Notices of motions. Rescinding of resolution. [r. 46 cont.] Powers of committees. Bills and claims to be initialled. Decision of chairman. Application of rules. Record open to inspection. Price of copy of regulations. Members to explain the Ordinance and regulations. (Cap. 164.) Citation. Second Schedule, cont. (Cap. 164.) Second Schedule, cont. G.N. 950/47.

Regulations - Fraser. vol. 3, p. 1107. G.N. 86/47. G.N. 950/47. G.N.A. 193/49. G.N.A. 179/50. Constitution of the board. G.N.A. 193/49. Interpretation. (Cap. 164.) Forms. Second Schedule. Register. First Schedule. Fee for admission to register. G.N.A. 179/50. Fee for retention in register. G.N. 86/47. Fee for reinclusion in register. Publication of register. *Approved institutions. [r. 9 cont.] Examinations. Fifth Schedule. Examination fees. G.N.A. 179/50. Necessity to deposit certificate before entering examination. [r. 12 cont.] Admission to register. Evidence of training. [r.14 cont.] Training. Power to dispense with certain requirements for admission to the register. Certificate of admission to the register. Third Schedule. Duplicate certificate. [r. 18 cont.] Certificate on payment of fee. Foreign trained nurses. Nurses registered in the United Kingdom and Eire. Grounds for removal. Fourth Schedule. [r. 22 cont.] Hearing. Respondent's right to cross-examine. Right of board to cross-examine. Proceeding in the absence of respondent. Decision. Board may remove name from register. Power of board to decide doubtful points. Application for restoration to register. [r. 30 cont.] Fee for certificate. Power of board to decide doubtful points. Notification of removal or restoration. Removal. Restoration. [r. 34 cont.] Application of regulations 22-34. (Cap. 164.) Meeting. Record of members present at meeting. Notice of meetings. Quorum. Minutes. Order of business. Agenda. Voting. Motions. Notices of motions. Rescinding of resolution. [r. 46 cont.] Powers of committees. Bills and claims to be initialled. Decision of chairman. Application of rules. Record open to inspection. Price of copy of regulations. Members to explain the Ordinance and regulations. (Cap. 164.) Citation. Second Schedule, cont. (Cap. 164.) Second Schedule, cont. G.N. 950/47.

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