41. Proposals for a scheme to provide scholarships overseas for pharmacy students were also prepared and submitted to Government for consideration. It is hoped that provision of a scheme on the lines of the one proposed will ensure an adequate supply of well trained pharmacists for the future, since the absence of any training facilities in the Colony is making recruitment to the profession difficult.
42. There were 18 applications for registration, of which 5 were accepted without examination and one accepted after passing the Board's examinations. Two applications were rejected and 10 applicants were required to undertake further practical training, under the supervision of a registered pharmacist for periods of one to two years, before becom- ing eligible for examination.
Nursing Board
43. The qualification of Registered Nurse granted by the Board has been recognized by the Nursing Councils in the United Kingdom since 1939. Statutory preliminary and final examinations are held twice each year in the English and Chinese languages, under the general supervision of the Board, which appoints examiners, conducts the examinations and approves the results.
44. The Nursing Board met four times during the year. In addition to business in connexion with examinations. amendments to the Regula- tions governing eligibility of candidates for examination were proposed and subsequently approved by Government. Work continued on the drafting of a revised Nurses Registration. Ordinance.
45. Following the decision to open a supplementary part of the Register for Mental Nurses, an agreement for reciprocal registration was under negotiation with General Nursing Council of England and Wales and approval was obtained during March 1960 for the use of the General Nursing Council Syllabus of training. Six students are at present in training and the first full intake of new student is expected to take place in July 1960. The Board is now making examination arrangements for a Certificate of Mental Nursing, in preparation for the first Final Examination to be held in July, 1961.
46. During the year, 315 candidates were entered by the approved training schools for the preliminary examination in General Nursing held by the Board and 156 passed in all subjects: there were 226 candidates accepted for the final examinations and 156 passed in all subjects.
47. There were 167 applicants for registration as general nurses and 163 were accepted. Of these 147 were nurses who bad qualified at the Hong Kong Training Schools recognized by the Board and their names were entered in the Register after passing the Board's final examination: 14 trained outside the Colony were accepted without examination and 2 trained outside the Colony were accepted after passing the Board's final examination.
Midwives Board
48. This Board meets four times each year and conducts examina- tions in April, July, October and January. The course of training in midwifery lasts two years for pupil midwives entering the course direct but registered nurses are accepted for entry to the examination after one year's full time training in midwifery.
49. Owing to the social conditions existing in the Colony there is very little scope for domiciliary midwifery and the majority of confine- ments take place in hospitals and maternity homes. Therefore the qualification given by the Board is not fully recognized by the Central Midwives Board of the United Kingdom for registration there. There is, however, a remission of three-quarters of the period of training in the United Kingdom granted to midwives registered in Hong Kong who may wish to sit the State Certified Midwives examinations.
50. There were 145 candidates from approved training schools in the Colony accepted for the Board's examinations; of these 132 passed the examinations. There were a further 6 applications for enrolment, of these 2 trained in the United Kingdom were accepted; in addition, 4 names were restored to the Roll.
51. A first draft of the revised Midwives Ordinance Bill and Regula- tions were considered at the March meeting and a revised draft is now in preparation.
Radiation Board
52. This Board which was constituted by the Radiation Ordinance No. 35 of 1957, met once during the year to consider draft regulations for the control of irradiating apparatus. A drafting sub-committee is at work on the preparation of these and other regulations, but due to the complexity of the subject and the necessity to conform as far as possible with international standards still the subject of discussion, progress in drafting has been necessarily slow.
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