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Nurses Registration.
[r. 22 cont. 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 not 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 least twenty-one days to elapse between the day on which the notice is posted and the date fixed for the hearing.
Hearing.
Respondent's right to cross-examine.
Right of board to cross-examine.
Proceeding in the absence
of respondent.
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 solicitor : Provided that if she intends to be represented by 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 other person appointed by the board for the purpose shall first state to the board the facts of the case and the charge alleged against the respondent 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 and the evidence in support thereof are concluded, the respondent or her representative 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 any witness tendered in answer to the charge, and to reply upon the whole case, after the respondent or her representative has replied.
26. If the respondent does not attend, either personally or by representative, the board may proceed to hear and determine the case in her absence.
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