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appointed by the Board for the purpose, shall be entitled to cross-examine any witness ten- dered in answer to the charge, and to reply upon the whole case, after the Respondent or her representative has replied.
28. If the Respondent does not attend, either personally or by representative, the Board may proceed to hear and determine the case in her absence.
29. Upon the conclusion of the case the Board shall, after consideration of the relevant evidence, whether oral or documentary, pro- nounce its decision forthwith or at a later date in writing or at a subsequent meeting.
30.--(1) If the Board find the charges against the Respondent to be proved either in whole or in part, they may remove her name from the Register altogether, or for such period as they think fit.
(2) The Director of Medical and Sanitary Services shall forthwith communicate with the Respondent by registered letter informing her of the decision of the Board.
(3) In the case of the temporary removal of the Respondent from the Register, the Board shall retain the certificate and badge, if any, and shall delete her name from the part or parts of the Register in which it is included, during the period of removal, and in the case of complete removal shall delete the Respondent's name from the part or parts of the Register in which it is included, and cancel her certificate and retain the cancelled certificate and badge, if any.
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any question or matter shall arise which is not provided for by these Regulations, such ques- tion or matter shall be decided by the Board, and the decision of the Board shall be final.
PART VI.
RESTORATION OF NURSE TO THE REgister.
32.--(1) When a nurse has been remov- ed from the Register altogether under Part V of these Regulations, application for restora- tion to the Register shall be made in writing addressed to the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services and by the applicant, stating the grounds on which the application is made.
(2) The application shall contain the names and addresses of two or more persons of whom two shall be either Justices of the Peace, Ministers of Religion, registered Medi- cal Practitioners, or Registered Nurses able and willing to identify the applicant and give evidence as to her character, and the nature of her employment both before and since the date of her removal, and such other evidence as the Board may require.
(3) The Board may require the applicant to verify by a statutory declaration any state- ment made in her application, or any further statement that they may think necessary, and may, if they think fit, require the applicant to attend in person at a meeting of the Board, or of any Committee of the Board at which the matter is to be considered.
33. If, upon consideration of the applica- tion and of the evidence furnished in support of it, the Board are satisfied that the name of the applicant should be restored to the Regis- ter, they may direct this to be done and upon
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