580870-1940-Midwives-Ord--1910-The-Midwives-Post-Graduate-Study-Regulations-1940 — Page 2

THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MARCH 1, 1940.

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 conditions 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;

(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.

7.--(a) When a midwife has completed the course of post-graduate study the tutor for post-graduate study shall send to the secretary, through the authorized officer of the approved institution for post-graduate study, a report and a The report record of the midwife's work during the course. and record shall be in such form as may be prescribed by the Board from time to time.

(b) If an unsatisfactory report is received the Board may, after consultation with the secretary, require the midwife to undergo, either immediately or within one year, such further training as it considers desirable.

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