Ordinance No. 1 of 1931, s. 3 (2).
Registration of nursing and maternity homes.
17 & 18 Geo. 5, c. 38, s 1.
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nurses required to be kept under the Nurses Registration Ordinance, 1931, other than the general part of that register, references in the definition of "Qualified nurse" contained in sub-section (1) of this section to the general part of the register shall be construed as including references to that other part of the register.
3.-(1) If any person carries on a nursing home or a maternity home without being duly registered in respect thereof, he shall be guilty of an offence against this Ordin- ance and shall in respect of each such offence be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or in the case of a second or subsequent offence, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months and to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.
(2) Application for registration shall be made to the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services in writing in a form prescribed by him, and shall be accompanied by a fee of five dollars. Where the applicant desires registration of premises as a nursing home and as a maternity home separate forms shall be used and separate fees shall be paid in respect of each.
(3) Subject as provided in this Ordinance, the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services shall, on receipt of an application for registration, register the applicant in respect of the nursing home or maternity home named in the applica- tion and issue him a certificate of registration:
Provided that the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services may refuse to register the applicant if he is satisfied-- (a) that he or any person employed by him at the home is not a fit person, whether by reason of age or otherwise, to carry on or to be employed at a nursing home or maternity home of such a description as the home named in the application; or
(b) that for reasons connected with situation, construc- tion, accommodation, staffing or equipment, the home or any premises used in connection therewith are not fit to be used for a nursing or maternity home of such a description as the home named in the application, or that the home or premises are used or to be used for purposes which are in any way improper or undesirable in the case of such a home; or
(c) in the case of a nursing home, that the home is not under the charge of a person who is either a duly qualified medical practitioner or a qualified nurse and who is resident in the home, or that there is not a proper proportion of qualified nurses among the persons having the superintendence of or employed in the nursing of the patients in the home; or
(d) in the case of a maternity home, that the person having the superintendence of the nursing of the patients in the home is not a certified midwife, or that any person employed in attending any woman in the home in childbirth or in nursing any patient in the home is not either a duly qualified medical practitioner, a certified midwife, or a pupil midwife, or that there is not a proper proportion of certified midwives or pupil midwives among the persons having the superintendence of or employed in the attendance on or nursing of the patients in the home.
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