CO129-530-6 Nurses Registration Ordinance 1931 6-2-1931 - 4-11-1931 — Page 22

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(3) Before reporting on any case to the Board, the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services shall invite the Respondent to furnish any written statement or explanation which she may wish to offer.

(4) In any case in which it is proved to the Board by the certificate of the competent officer of the Court in which the proceedings took place that the Respondent has been con- victed of a felony or of any misdemeanour, and has been sentenced to a term of imprison- ment, and such conviction has not been subse- quently quashed on appeal, the Board may forthwith and without further inquiry, remove the name of the nurse from the Register, and require her to surrender her certificate to the Board.

(5) In any other case in which the Board are satisfied that a prima facie case is made out for the removal of the Respondent from the Register, the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services shall cause the necessary steps to be taken for verifying the evidence to be submitted to the Board, and for obtain- ing the necessary documents and the attend- ances of witnesses.

(6) The Director of Medical and Sanitary Services shall send to the Respondent a notice in writing in the form set out in the Fourth Schedule to these Regulations specifying the nature and particulars of the charge against her, and informing her of the time and place of the meeting at which the case will be heard, and requiring her to send or deliver to the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services her certificate and badge, if any, not later than the date on which the hearing takes place. Such notice shall be sent by registered post to the registered address of the Respondent

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contained in the Register, or if the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services has reason to believe that that address is not her present address, then to any later address which may be known to the Director of Medical and Sani- tary Services, and shall be posted so as to allow at least 21 days to elapse between the day on which the notice is posted and the date fixed for the hearing.

25. The case shall be heard at a meeting of the Board of which at least seven days' notice shall be sent by the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services to each member of the Board, and the Respondent shall be entitled to be represented by a friend or by counsel or solicitor:

Provided that if she intends to be repre- sented by counsel or solicitor not less than seven days' notice of such intention shall be given to the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services.

26. At the hearing of the case, the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services or other person appointed by the Board for the purpose shall first state to the Board the facts of the case and the charge alleged against the Respondent, and shall then submit to the Board the evidence received in support of the charge, and the Respondent or her represen- tative shall be entitled to cross-examine any witness appearing against her on matters relevant to the charge.

27. When the statement of the charge and the evidence in support thereof are con- cluded, the Respondent or her representative, shall be invited by the Chairman to address the Board and to tender evidence in answer to the charge, and any Solicitor or other person

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