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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

Draft Bill.

No. S. 504.-The following bill is published for general information :-

C.8.0.2572/27.

[No. 6-6.12.30.—5.]

A BILL

Short title.

Establish- ment and constitution

INTITULED

An Ordinance to provide for the registration.

of nurses for the sick.

BE it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows :-

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Nurses Registration Ordinance, 1931.

2.-(1) For the purposes of this Ordinance there shall be constituted a Nursing Board for the Colony of of a Nursing Hong Kong (in this Ordinance referred to as the

Board ").

Board.

9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 94, s. 1.

Register of Nurses.

(2) The Board shall be constituted in accordance with the provisions contained in the Regulations made under this Ordinance.

3.-(1). It shall be the duty of the Board to form and keep a register of nurses for the sick (in this Ordinance referred to as "the register") subject to Geo. 5, c. 94, and in accordance with the provisions of this Ordi-

9 & 10

s. 2.

nance.

(2) The register shall consist of the following parts:-

(a) a general part containing the names of all nurses who satisfy the conditions of admis- sion to that part of the register ;

(7) a supplementary part containing the names of

male nurses ;

(c) a supplementary part containing the names of nurses trained in the nursing and care of persons suffering from mental diseases ;

(d) a supplementary part containing the names of nurses trained in the nursing of sick child-

ren;

(e) any other prescribed part.

Where any person satisfies the conditions of admission to any supplementary or prescribed part of the register, his or her name may be included in that part of the register notwithstanding that it is also included in the general part.

(3) A certificate under the Seal of the Board stating that any person is, or was at any date, or is not, or was not at any date, duly registered under this Ordinance shall be conclusive evidence in all courts of law of the fact stated in the certificate.

(4) Any reference in this Ordinance to the register shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be deemed to include a reference to any part of the register, and the expression "registered" shall be construed accord- ingly.