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payment by the applicant of a fee of $5, her name shall be re-included in the appropriate part or parts of the Register, and a new certi- ficate shall be issued to her.
34. If any question shall arise as to the meaning or effect of these Regulations, or if 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.
35. In the event of the removal or resto- ration after removal of the name of a nurse from any part of the Register under Rules 24 to 34 hereof inclusive, notification of the fact shall be forthwith sent by the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services to the General· Nursing Councils of England and Wales, or Scotland or to the Joint Nursing and Midwives Council of Northern Ireland or to the General Nursing Council of the Irish Free State, if the Board is aware that such nurse or was registered in England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland or the Irish Free State under the Nurses Registration Act, 1919 or the Nurses Registration Act of Scotland or under the Council for Northern Ireland or for the Irish Free State.
In the event of the Board receiving a notification from the Ger eral Nursing Council of England and Wales or Scotland or the Joint Nursing and Midwives Council of Northern Ireland or the General Nursing Council for the Irish Free State that the name of any nurse registered by any or all of those Councils has been removed from the Register in England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland or the Irish Free State by reason of a finding of such Council that such nurse has been guilty of any misconduct, if the Director
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of Medical and Sanitary Services shall find that such nurse is also registered in any part of the Register he shall inform the nurse in writing by registered letter that the Board has received such notification, and shail inquire of her whether she desires to show cause why her name should not also be removed from the Register, and if no answer is received by the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services within a reasonable time, having regard to the registered address of the said nurse, or if such nurse replies that she does not desire to show cause as aforesaid, then the Board shall at its next convenient meeting direct such nurse's name to be removed from the Register. But if such nurse replies that she does desire to show cause as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the Director of Medical and Sanitary Ser- vices to lay the matter before the Board and the Board shall thereupon proceed to deal with the matter by way of a rehearing under Rules 24 to 34 inclusive, as if the complaint had been orginally made to the Board. The result of the Board's finding shall in due course be notified to the General Nursing Councils of England and Wales, or Scotland or to the Joint Nursing and Midwives Council of Northern Ireland or the General Nursing Council of the Irish Free State as the case may be.
In the event of the Board removing the name of a nurse from the Register under this Rule, the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services shall, as soon as possible, notify the fact of removal to the General Nursing Councils of England and Wales, Scotland and the Joint Nursing and Midwives Council of Northern Ireland and the General Nursing Council for the Irish Free State.
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