the proposals received and work is proceeding on a schedule of revision and amendments.
45. The practice of employing part time pharmacists in chemists' shops which are authorized sellers of first and third list poisons was also investigated by the Board. There is a growing tendency for hours of sale of certain poisons and dangerous drugs to be limited to short periods of the day and the service to the public is thus unduly restricted. Recommendations regarding the amendment of the legislation governing the employment of Registered Pharmacists have been made to Govern-
ment.
46. There were thirteen applications for registration of which seven were accepted without examination. Four applicants were invited to sit examinations held by the Board of whom three attempted these exam- inations. Two candidates were successful and the others were referred for a further twelve months practical training under the supervision of a Registered Pharmacist.
Nursing Board
47. The qualification of Registered Nurse granted by the Board has been recognized by the Nursing Councils in the United Kingdom since 1939. Statutory preliminary and final examinations are held twice each year in the English and Chinese languages, under the general supervision of the Board, which appoints examiners, conducts the examinations and approves the results.
48. For the preliminary examinations 233 candidates were entered by the approved training schools and 134 passed in all subjects. There were 235 candidates accepted for the final examinations and 153 passed in all subjects.
49. The Nursing Board met four times during the year and in addition to business in connexion with examinations, much work was done on the revision of the Nurses Registration Ordinance and Regula- tions. Government has approved the drafting of a Bill to amend and re-enact the Ordinance and by the end of the year drafting was well under way.
50. At the meeting in March 1959 the Board decided to open a supplementary part of the Register for Mental Nurses. Preliminary inquiries have been made regarding the recognition of a course of training for Mental Nurses in Hong Kong by the General Nursing Council in the United Kingdom.
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A model of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, with the Siatory & Nurses' Quarters and Training School on the left.
H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh laid the foundation stone of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital on Saturday, 7th March, 1959,
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