THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 4, 1936.
FONG KONG.
No. 48 OF 1936.
I assent.
L. S.
A. CALDECOTT,
Governor.
4th December, 1936.
An Ordinance to provide for the registration and inspection of nursing homes and maternity homes and for purposes connected therewith.
[4th December, 1936.]
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:---
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Nursing and Maternity Homes Registration Ordinance, 1936.
2. (1) In this Ordinance-
Short title.
17 & 18 Geo. 5, c. 38,
s. 12 (1).
Interpreta- tion.
"Register" and "Registration" mean register and 17 & 18 Geo. registration under this Ordinance;
"Nursing home" means any premises used or intended to be used for the reception of and the providing of nursing for persons suffering from any sickness, injury, or infirmity; but does not include any hospital or other premises maintain- ed or controlled by any Imperial or local Government department.
"Maternity home" means any premises used or intended to be used for the reception of pregnant women or of women immediately after childbirth; but does not include any hospital or other premises maintained or controlled by any Imperial or local Government department.
"Qualified nurse" means a person registered in the general part of the register of nurses required to be kept under the Nurses Registration Ordinance, 1931;
"Certified midwife" means a woman certified under the Midwives Ordinance, 1910.
"Pupil midwife" means a person who is undergoing training with a view to becoming a certified midwife, and for that purpose attending women in childbirth as part of a course
5, c. 38, s. 10 (1).
Ordinance No. 1 of 1931, s. 3 (2) (a).
Ordinance No. 22 of 1910.
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