MIDWIVES REGULATIONS.
(Cap. 162, section 4). (Ordinance No. 22 of 1910).
[24th October, 1930.]
[CAP. 162
Regulations- Fraser, vol. 2, p. 623.
G.N. 206/38.
G.N. 504/39.
G.N. 255/40,
G.N. 479/46.
G.N. 252/47.
G.N.A. 96/50.
G.N. 615/47.
1. At meetings of the Board four members shall form a quorum and the Chairman shall have a casting vote.
2. No person shall be certified as a midwife unless she satisfies the Board—
(a) that she has attained the age of 21 years;
(b) that she possesses a certificate of health signed by a registered medical practitioner;
(c) that she possesses a certificate of character from some resident of standing in the Colony;
(d) that she holds the Upper Primary Certificate or its equivalent, or has passed the examination of the Nurses Board of Hong Kong,
and in addition thereto—
(e) that she has under the supervision of a competent teacher of midwifery, and at a hospital approved by the Board, undergone a training which included—
(i) a course of lectures and demonstrations in midwifery, the care of pregnant, lying-in and puerperal women, and the care of the new-born infant up to seven days after birth;
(ii) the abdominal palpation and examination of at least 20 cases; and vaginal examination;
(iii) the attendance at 30 cases of labour and the personal delivery of 20 cases; and
(iv) the nursing of lying-in women and infants for seven days after birth,
and has successfully passed the examination required by the Board; or
(f) that she is duly certified under the Midwives Acts, 1902 to 1926; or
(g) that she is duly certified under the Midwives (Scotland) Act, 1915; or
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