Examinations.
(2) Every course of training shall be continuous and no pupil midwife shall be permitted to engage in any other work or study, except with the written permission of the Director, than such as is prescribed in furtherance of the course of training required by these regulations.
(3) Every pupil midwife may, at the discretion of the person in charge of the training school at which she is undergoing training, be granted leave of absence from training for a period in the aggregate not exceeding twenty-eight days (including public holidays) in each year of training.
(4) If any pupil midwife interrupts her course of training for any period exceeding that prescribed by paragraph (3), no part of any training which she has undergone prior to such interruption shall b taken into account towards completion of the course of training required by paragraph (1):
Provided that where such interruption is caused by the illness of the pupil or domestic or other emergency beyond her control which. in the opinion of the person in charge of the training school, constitutes a sufficient cause, the time lost from training may be made up upon the condition that the pupil undergoes additional training at the rale of one week's training for every month or part of a month, excluding the first, during which her course of training is interrupted.
10. (1) The qualifying examination for registration shall be con- ducted by not less than two persons registered under the Medical (25 of 1957). Registration Ordinance, 1957, and appointed for such purpose by the Board, and such assistant examiners as the Board may appoint in addition thereto.
Second Schedule,
(2) Each candidate for examination shall, as a condition of entry for the examination. pay the entrance fee therefor prescribed in the Second Schedule,
(3) The examination shall be both written and oral and shall be conducted in respect of such subjects as the Board may from time to time require.
(4) The examiners shall inform the Board of the marks obtained by cach candidate at the examination.
(5) The Board may specify, and may from time to time vary at its discretion, the number of marks which shall be deemed to con- stitute a pass in any subject set for examination and may specify the number of subjects in which a candidate shall be required to pass in order to pass the examination.
(6) No person who has three times failed to pass the Board's examination may again enter therefor.
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(7) Except as otherwise permitted by the Board, either generally or in any particular case, no woman shall be eligible to enter for examination under this regulation unless abe has completed a course of training in accordance with regulation 9.
PART IV.
Proceedings preparatory to exercise of disciplinary powers by the Board.
11. (1) For the purpose of performing the functions of the Board Constitution under section 10 of the Ordinance there shall be established a com- of Committee. mittee of the Board known as the Preliminary Investigation Committee, consisting of-
(a) the Principal Matron of the Medical and Health Department.
who shall be chairman of the Committee; and
(b) two members of the Board appointed thereto under para- graph (2), (e) or (f) of subsection (2) of section 3 of the Ordinance and elected to the Committee by the Board from time to time for periods of twelve months.
(2) The Committee shall meet from time to time when called upon by the secretary, and any meeting of the Committee may be adjourned at any time by the chairman of the Committee.
12. (1) Where a complaint is made to the secretary or where it Submission appears to the secretary that any registered midwife-
of complaint or informa-
(a) has been convicted in the Colony or elsewhere of any offence tian to
Committce. punishable with imprisonment; or
(b) has been guilty of unprofessional conduct; or
(c) has obtained registration by fraud or misrepresentation; or (d) was not at the time of her registration qualified to be
registered; or
(e) has contravened any prohibition imposed upon her under
section 19 of the Ordinance; or
(f) has failed to comply with any direction of the Board issued
under section 24 of the Ordinance;
or that any applicant for registration-
(i) has been convicted in the Colony or elsewhere of any offence
punishable with imprisonment; or
(i) has been guilty in the Colony or elsewhere of unprofessional
conduct.
the secretary shall submit the complaint or refer the matter in question (hereinafter referred to as the information) to the Committee.