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WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1974
ENLARGED NURSING BOARD WITH MORE DISCRETIONARY POWERS PROPOSED
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THE NURSES REGISTRATION CAMENDMENT) BILL 1974 WHICH SEEKS, AMONG OTHER THINGS, TO GIVE THE NURSING BOARD DISCRETION TO ACCEPT FOR ENROLMENT NOT ONLY NURSES ENROLLED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, WAS INTRODUCED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY..
IN MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE BILL, THE HON. DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR. GERALD CHOA, SAID THE BOARD COULD NOW ACCEPT, AT ITS DISCRETION, IN SO FAR AS REGISTERED NURSES WERE CONCERNED, QUALIFICATIONS OTHER THAN THOSE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, AND THE BILL SOUGHT A SIMILAR DISCRETION FOR THE BOARD WITH REGARD TO ENROLLED NURSES.
DR. CHOA DESCRIBED THE BILL'S MAIN PROVISION AS ENLARGEMENT OF THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE NURSING BOARD, THE REASON BEING THAT, WITH THE INCREASING SOPHISTICATION AND COMPLEXITY OF THE NURSING SERVICES, THE BOARD HAD DECIDED TO SET UP TWO COMMITTEES TO DEAL WITH THE TRAINING OF NURSES.
ONE COMMITTEE WOULD DEAL WITH THE TRAINING OF REGISTERED NURSES, AND THE OTHER WITH THE TRAINING OF ENROLLED NURSES.
DR. CHOA SAID THE BOARD DID NOT THINK IT WAS DESIRABLE FOR ONE COMMITTEE TO DEAL WITH BOTH REGISTERED AND ENROLLED-NURSES BECAUSE BOTH TYPES OF TRAINING TOOK PLACE +AT TWO LEVELS, AND THE COURSES DIFFER BOTH IN CONTENT AND LENGTH.+`
IT WAS ENVISAGED THAT WHEN BOTH COMMITTEES HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TWO COMMITTEES SHOULD BECOME MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND TO ADD, BY WAY OF BALANCE, TWO REGISTERED NURSES TO THE MEMBERSHIP.
THE DIRECTOR EXPLAINED THAT WITH THE AGREEMENT OF THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, THE MEMBER OF THE PRESENT BOARD REPRESENTING THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SHOULD ACT AS EDUCATIONAL ADVISER TO THE BOARD RATHER THAN AS A FULL MEMBER.
THE BILL ALSO SEEKS, BY WAY OF KEEPING ABREAST OF MODERN PROGRESS, AN ADVISER ON SOCIAL STUDIES TO BE APPOINTED ON NOMINATION BY THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.
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