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Nurses Registration

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or was not at any date an enrolled nurse shall be evidence in all courts of law of the fact stated in such certificate until the contrary is proved. (Amended, 45 of 1972, s. 3)

Information with respect to enrolled nurses

12. (1) The roll or a copy thereof shall be kept at the offices of the Board and shall be open to inspection by any person free of charge during usual business hours upon application being made in writing addressed to the secretary. (Amended, 5 of 1988, s. 5)

(2) The Board shall cause to be published in the Gazette in relation to successive periods, in such manner as the Board may think fit and at intervals of not more than 12 months, lists of all persons whose names have been entered in, removed from or restored to the roll during these periods.

Correction of the roll

13. (1) The secretary may from time to time amend the roll as to the address or other relevant particulars relating to any nurse whose name appears therein upon his being satisfied that such amendment is necessary for the purpose of preserving the accuracy of the roll.

(2) Subject to the provisions of section 21, the secretary shall add to or delete from the roll the name of any nurse whose name the Board directs shall be added thereto or deleted therefrom, as the case may be.

(3) Without prejudice to anything contained in Part V, the Board may direct that the name of any nurse be removed from the roll who-

(a) requests in writing addressed to the secretary that his name be so removed;

(b) dies;

(c) has left Hong Kong without giving to the secretary notice of intention to return;

(d) has not kept the secretary supplied with an address in Hong Kong at which notices from the Board may be served upon him:

Provided that-

(i) this paragraph shall not apply to any enrolled nurse in the service of the Government; and

(ii) any enrolled nurse who fails to acknowledge within 12 months after the date of dispatch the receipt of a registered letter or telegram addressed to him at his last address as recorded in the roll shall be deemed not to have kept the secretary supplied with an address under this paragraph. (Amended, 67 of 1985, s. 16)

Qualification for enrolment

(Amended, 45 of 1972, s. 3)

14. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, no person shall be qualified to be enrolled under this Part unless he has satisfied the Board that-

(a) he has attained the age of 20 years;

(b) he is of good character; and

(c) either-

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