1880
No. 22 of 1910.
Certification. 2 Edw. 7
c. 17.
*
MIDWIVES.
2. (1) Any woman who not being certified under this Ordinance shall take or use any name, title, addition or description implying that she is certified under this Ordinance or is a person specifically qualified to carry on the work of a midwife, or is recognized by law as a midwife, shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding 50 dollars.
(2) Any woman who habitually and for gain attends women in child-birth otherwise than under the direction of a medical practitioner unless she is certified shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding 100 dollars: Provided that this section shall not apply to medical practitioners or to any one rendering assistance in a case of emergency.
(3) No woman shall be certified until she has complied with the regulations made under this Ordinance.
(4) No certified woman shall employ an uncertified woman as a substitute.
(5) The certificate under this Ordinance shall not confer on any woman any right or title to be registered under the Medical Registration Ordinance, 1884, or to assume any name, title, or designation implying that she is by law recognised as a medical practitioner, or that she is authorised to grant any medical certificate or any certificate of death or still-birth or to undertake the charge of cases of abnormality or disease in connection with parturition.
3. Any person who claims to be certified shall be so certified provided she produces a certificate in midwifery from the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, or from the Obstetrical Society of London, or the Coombe Lying-in Hospital and Guinness's Dispensary, or the Rotunda Hospital for the Relief of the Poor Lying-in Women of Dublin, or such other certificate as may be approved by the Midwives Board, or produces evidence satisfactory to the Board that at the passing of this Ordinance she has been at least one year in bonâ fide practice as a midwife and that she bears a good character.
4. (1) There shall be established a Midwives Board (hereinafter called the Board), consisting of the Principal Civil Medical Officer, the Superintendent of the Alice Memorial Maternity Hospital, and
* As amended by No. 12 of 1912 and No. 13 of 1912.
† As amended by No. 13 of 1912.
§ As amended by No. 12 of 1912, No. 13 of 1912 and No. 43 of 1912 Supp. Sched.