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No. 22 of 1910.
MIDWIVES.
Appeal from the decision of the Board. 2 Edw. 7 a. 17 s. 4.
* Appointment of secretary; and supplemental provisions as to certificate. ib. s. 7.
* Notification of practice. ib. s. 10.
* Penalty for obtaining certificate by false representation. ib. s. 11.
The entry on the roll shall in every case indicate the conditions in virtue of which the certificate was granted.
6. Any woman thinking herself aggrieved by any decision of the Board removing her name from the roll of midwives may appeal to the Governor-in-Council within 3 months after the notification of such decision to her.
7. The Board shall appoint a secretary and such other officers as may be required who shall be removable at the pleasure of the Board. The secretary shall have the custody of the roll.
A copy of the roll purporting to be printed by the authority of the Board or to be signed by the secretary shall be evidence in all Courts that the women therein specified are certified; and the absence of the name of any woman from such copy shall be evidence, until the contrary be made to appear, that such woman is not certified. Provided always that in the case of any woman whose name does not appear in such copy, a certificate under the hand of the secretary of the entry of the name of such woman on the roll shall be evidence that such woman is certified.
8. Every certified woman shall, before holding herself out as a practising midwife or commencing to practise as a midwife, give notice in writing of her intention so to do to the secretary, and shall give a like notice in the month of January in every year thereafter during which she continues to practise.
Every such notice shall contain such particulars as may be required by the regulations to secure the identification of the person giving it; and if any woman omits to give the said notices, or knowingly or wilfully makes or causes or procures any other person to make any false statement in any such notice, she shall, on summary conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 50 dollars.
9. Any woman who procures or attempts to procure a certificate under this Ordinance by making or producing, or causing to be made or produced, any false and fraudulent declaration, certificate or representation, either in writing or otherwise, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 12 months.
* As amended by No. 12 of 1912 and No. 13 of 1912.
As amended by No. 30 of 1911.