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Friday, December 1, 1972
TIME RUNNING OUT FOR PRACTISING NURSES
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Practising nurses who wish to apply for recognition as Enrolled
Nurses without an examination are reminded that they have one more month
in which to do so.
If applications are delivered to the Secretary (Boards) in the
Medical and Health Department headquarters in person, they must actually
be received before 1 p.m. on Saturday, December 30, as December 31 is a
public holiday.
Applications by post should be in the mail in time to be received
by December 30, as there is no postal delivery on the Sunday.
So far, more than 1,100 applications have been received from
practising nurses for recognition as Enrolled Nurses.
The Nurses Registration Ordinance was amended in 1970 to allow
for applications from practising nurses who are not eligible to become
registered nurses, because of the qualifications they held, to be recognised
as Enrolled Nurses, if acceptable to the Nursing Board.
The amendment set the time limit of June 1, 1972, for the receipt
of applications
after which any practising nurse wishing to be enrolled
would have to pass an examination.
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this deadline approached, it became obvious that there was
some misunderstanding about the implications of the amendment, and the
time limit was extended to December 31
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a month from today.
Release Time: 8.30 p.m.