THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 31, 1941. 1547
(ii) if such midwife has not practised as a midwife or acted as a maternity nurse during the two years immediately preceding the year in question she may be required by the Board (notwithstanding that she would otherwise be exempted under paragraph (b) of this Regulation) to complete to its satisfaction a course of post-graduate study of such nature and duration as it may think proper before resuming or enter- ing practice as a midwife.
4. (a) The provisions of Regulation 3 shall not apply in the case of-
(i) a midwife who had been approved by the Board as a teacher of pupil-midwives, during the period of her approval;
(ii) the matron of an institution approved by the Board for the purpose of this Regulation, during the period of her appointment and such of the midwives on the permanent staff of such institution as the Board may decide, during the period of their respective appointments.
(b) The Board shall have the power to exempt from the provisions of Regulation 3 such other classes of midwives and on such conditions (if any) as it thinks fit.
5. The Board may, subject to such condition as it thinks fit, vary the requirements of Regulation 3 by making the interval shorter than seven years or the duration of the post- graduate course of study longer than four weeks in the case of any midwife or of all the midwives subject to the provisions of that Regulation and practising in the Colony.
6. The course of post-graduate study shall be residential and shall be organized and administered specially for prac- tising midwives. The instruction shall be mainly by personal tuition and shall be theoretical and practical. The curriculum of the post-graduate course for each midwife shall be deter- mined by the tutor for post-graduate study after receiving a confidential report on the midwife from the secretary, but, unless there is any special reason to the contrary in the case of any particular midwife, the curriculum for post-graduate study shall include:-
(a) the conduct of labour, both normal and abnormal, and the nursing of patients and their infants;
(b) participation in the work of the antenatal and postnatal clinics of the approved institution, (including the antenatal examination of patients), and also visits to infant welfare clinics;
(c) attendance at suitable special hospitals, institutions and departments;
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(d) instruction in the diet of pregnant women and nursing mothers, and practical experience in the management and feeding of infants up to seven days old, including premature infants;
(e) instruction in the use of apparatus and the prepara- tion of instruments;
(f) attendance at theoretical classes.
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