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CAP. 164]
Nurses Registration
[1988 Ed.
(2) The secretary shall not remove the name of any registered nurse from the register or of any enrolled nurse from the roll, before the expiration of 30 days after the service upon such nurse of the copy of the order referred to in subsection (1), or, in the case of an appeal against such order, until after the determination of such appeal. (Amended, 38 of 1970, s. 10)
(3) Any-
(a) registered nurse whose name is removed from the register or any part thereof in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance, or whose name, prior to the commencement of this Ordinance, was so removed in accordance with the provisions of the Nurses Registration Ordinance 1931*, from the register or from any part thereof, maintained in accordance with the provisions of that Ordinance;
(b) enrolled nurse whose name is removed from the roll or any part thereof in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance,
may apply to the Board for the restoration of his name-
(i) to the register or to such part thereof; or (ii) to the roll or to such part thereof.
(Replaced, 38 of 1970, s. 10)
(4) The Board may, in its absolute discretion, and after such inquiry and subject to such conditions as it may consider expedient, either allow or reject the application, and, if it allows the application, shall direct the secretary upon payment of the prescribed fee, if any, to restore the name of the applicant to the register or to such part thereof, or to the roll or to such part thereof, as the case may be, and thereupon the secretary shall restore the name accordingly:
Provided that where the name of
(a) a registered nurse was removed from the register or any part thereof;
or
(b) an enrolled nurse was removed from the roll or any part thereof, by order of the Board for a specified period only, no fee shall be payable upon the restoration of the name upon the expiration of such period.
(Added, 38 of 1970, s. 10. Amended, 45 of 1972, s. 3)
Appeals
22. (1) Any person who considers himself aggrieved by a decision of the Board made in accordance with the provisions of—
(a) section 9 refusing to enter his name upon the register;
(b) section 15 refusing to enter his name upon the roll; or (c) section 17,
may appeal therefrom to the Court of Appeal and the Court of Appeal may affirm, vary or reverse the decision of the Board, and may exercise any power which the Board might have exercised and the decision of the Court of Appeal shall be final. (Replaced, 38 of 1970, s. 11. Amended, 92 of 1975, s. 59 and 67 of 1985, s. 16)
* See Cap. 164, 1950 Ed.
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14
CAP. 164]
Nurses Registration
[1988 Ed.
(2) The secretary shall not remove the name of any registered nurse from the register or of any enrolled nurse from the roll, before the expiration of 30 days after the service upon such nurse of the copy of the order referred to in subsection (1), or, in the case of an appeal against such order, until after the determination of such appeal. (Amended, 38 of 1970, s. 10)
(3) Any-
(a) registered nurse whose name is removed from the register or any part thereof in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance, or whose name, prior to the commencement of this Ordinance, was so removed in accordance with the provisions of the Nurses Registration Ordin- ance 1931*, from the register or from any part thereof, maintained in accordance with the provisions of that Ordinance;
(b) enrolled nurse whose name is removed from the roll or any part
thereof in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance,
may apply to the Board for the restoration of his name-
(i) to the register or to such part thereof; or (ii) to the roll or to such part thereof.
(Replaced, 38 of 1970, s. 10)
(4) The Board may, in its absolute discretion, and after such inquiry and subject to such conditions as it may consider expedient, either allow or reject the application, and, if it allows the application, shall direct the secretary upon payment of the prescribed fee, if any, to restore the name of the applicant to the register or to such part thereof, or to the roll or to such part thereof, as the case may be, and thereupon the secretary shall restore the name accordingly:
Provided that where the name of
(a) a registered nurse was removed from the register or any part thereof;
or
(b) an enrolled nurse was removed from the roll or any part thereof, by order of the Board for a specified period only, no fee shall be payable upon the restoration of the name upon the expiration of such period.
( Added, 38 of 1970, s. 10. Amended, 45 of 1972, s. 3)
Appeals
22. (1) Any person who considers himself aggrieved by a decision of the Board made in accordance with the provisions of—
(a) section 9 refusing to enter his name upon the register;
(b) section 15 refusing to enter his name upon the roll; or (c) section 17,
may appeal therefrom to the Court of Appeal and the Court of Appeal may affirm, vary or reverse the decision of the Board, and may exercise any power which the Board might have exercised and the decision of the Court of Appeal shall be final. (Replaced, 38 of 1970, s. 11. Amended, 92 of 1975, s. 59 and 67 of 1985, s. 16)
* See Cap. 164, 1950 Ed.
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