Nurses Registration.
PART V.
Removal of nurse from register.
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for removal.
22. (1) When it is brought to the notice of the board Grounds 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 any 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 Medical 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 further 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 shall 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.
Schedule.
(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 particulars 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
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