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Amendment of section 11,

(3) If the name of any enrolled assistant nurse is removed from the roll by order of the Board made under section 11, such assistant nurse shall forthwith return to the secretary the certificate of enrolment and any certified copy thereof issued to him in accordance with the provisions of this section or, if such certificate or such copy has been lost or destroyed, he shall deliver to the secretary a statement in writing signed by him to that effect.

(4) If any person fails to comply with any of the provisions of subsection (3) he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of two hundred and fifty dollars.".

7. Section 11 of the principal Ordinance is amended-

(a) by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the follow-

ing-

"Disciplinary powers of the Board,

11. (1) If, after due inquiry into any case referred to it by the Preliminary Inves- tigation Committee in accordance with reg- ulations made under section 21, the Board is satisfied that any registered nurse or any enrolled assistant nurse, as the case may be

(a) has beep, in the Colony or else- whore, convicted of any offence punishable with imprisonment;

(b) has been, in the Colony or else- where, guilty of unprofessional conduct;

(c) has obtained registration or carol- ment by fraud or misrepresenta- tion:

(d) was not at the time of registration or enrolment qualified to be regis- tered or enrolled; or

(e) has contravened any prohibition imposed under subsection (1) of section 19.

the Board, in its discretion, may-

(i) order that the name of the regis- tered nurse or enrolled assistant nurse be removed from the register or roll or any part thereof;

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(ii) order that the name of the regis

tered nurse or enrolled assistant nurse be removed from the register or the roll or any part thereof, for such specified period as it may think fit;

(iii) order that such registered nurse or

cnrolled assistant nurse be repri manded; or

(iv) postpone judgment on the case for any period not exceeding two years, and may, in any event, make such order as the Board thinks fit with regard to the pay- ment of costs of the chairman or of the secretary or other person presenting the cass to the Board or of any complainant or of such registered nurse, or such cnrolled assistant nurse.";

(b) in subsection (2) by deleting "in accordance with

tions 66 and 67 of the Magistrates Ordinance";

(c) in subsection (3) by deleting "which could be reasonably regarded as disgraceful or dishonourable by registered nurses of good repute and competency" and substituting the following

"or an enrolled assistant nurse which could be reasonably regarded as disgraceful or dishonour- able by registered nurses or enrolled assistant nurses of good repute and competency";

(d) in subsection (4) by inserting after "registered nurse"

the following-

"or an enrolled assistant nurse":

(e) in subsection (5) by deleting "nurse" and substituting

the following-

"registered nurse or an enrolled assistant nurse”.

8. Section 12 of the principal Ordinance is amended in subsection (1) by deleting "9 or 11," and substituting the follow- ing

"9, 10E or 11".

9. Section 14 of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting "nurse" and substituting the following--

"registered nurse or enrolled assistant ourse'

Amendment of section 12.

Amendment of section 14.