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CAP. 164]

Nurses Registration

[1988 Ed.

order that the name of the registered nurse or enrolled nurse be removed from the register or the roll or any part thereof, for such specified period as it may think fit;

(iii) order that such registered nurse or enrolled nurse be reprimanded;

or

(iv) postpone judgment on the case for any period not exceeding 2 years,

and may, in any event, make such order as the Board thinks fit will regard to the payment of costs of the chairman or of the secretary or other person presenting the case to the Board or of any complainant or of such registered nurse, or such enrolled nurse. (Replaced, 38 of 1970, s. 7. Amended, 67 of 1985, s. 16)

(2) Any costs awarded in pursuance of subsection (1) may be recovered as a civil debt. (Amended, 38 of 1970, s. 7)

(3) For the purposes of sections 9 and 15 and this section, "unprofessional conduct" means an act or omission by a registered nurse or an enrolled nurse which could be reasonably regarded as disgraceful or dishonourable by regis- tered nurses or enrolled nurses of good repute and competency. (Amended, 38 of 1970, s. 7 and 67 of 1985, s. 16)

(4) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the Board to inquire into the question whether a registered nurse or an enrolled nurse was properly convicted but the Board may consider any record of the case in which such conviction was recorded and any other evidence which may be available and is relevant as showing the nature and gravity of the offence. (Amended, 38 of 1970, s. 7)

(5) In any inquiry under this section as to whether a registered nurse or an enrolled nurse has been guilty of unprofessional conduct, any finding of fact which is shown to have been made in any matrimonial proceedings in a Court of the Commonwealth having unlimited jurisdiction in civil matters, or on appeal from a decision in such proceedings, shall be conclusive evidence of the fact found. (Amended, 38 of 1970, s. 7)

(6) Within 30 days after the expiration of the time within which an appeal against an order made by the Board may be made to the Court of Appeal in accordance with the provisions of section 22, or if such an appeal has been made, within 30 days after the decision of the Court of Appeal affirming or varying such order, the Board shall cause the order or the order as so varied, as the case may be, to be published in the Gazette, and may cause an account of the proceedings at the inquiry at which such order was made to be so published together with sufficient particulars to acquaint the public with the nature of the offence to which the order relates. (Amended, 92 of 1975, s. 59)

(Amended, 45 of 1972, s. 3)

Powers of the Board with regard to obtaining

evidence and the conduct of proceedings

18. (1) For the purpose of any inquiry under section 9, 15 or 17, the Board shall have the following powers- (Amended, 38 of 1970, s. 8)

(a) to take evidence and examine witnesses on oath;