CO129-519-5 Nurses Registration Ordinance- 1929- Bill 19-9-1929 - 25-2-1930 — Page 15

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No410.

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONGKONG,

19th September, 1929.

30277/27

One copy attached. Five copies separately.

My Lord,

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With reference to my despatch No.377 of 5th

September, 1927, I have the honour to transmit herewith six copies of a bill, which it is proposed to introduce in the Legislative Council, together with copies of the regulations it is proposed to make under the powers given in the bill.

The object of the bill is to establish a

register for nurses for the sick in the Colony, to make provision for the training of such nurses, and to fix the standard of their training and to provide for the examination of such nurses before they are admitted to the register. bill follows the provisions of the Nurses Registration Act, 1919, and the standard of training and examination is that set forth in the rules published by the General Nursing

Council for England and Wales.

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One of the chief objects of the bill is to obtain reciprocity of treatment from the Nursing Councils of England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Provision is made in the bill for the admission to the register of nurses who

may be, at the time of application, on the register of the General Councils of England and Wales, Scotland or Ireland. These provisions as set out in section 5(1) of the bill are

similar to section 6 of the Nurses Registration Act.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

LORD PASSFIELD,

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