Singapore legislation
Section 8
Section 8
Removal from register or roll
(1)
The Board may by order remove the name of any nurse or midwife from the register or the roll if the Board is satisfied that that nurse or midwife —
has failed to pay any prescribed annual fee;
has obtained registration or enrolment by any fraudulent or incorrect statement;
has been registered or enrolled through error as to her qualifications for registration or enrolment;
has had her registration or enrolment as a nurse or her registration as a midwife, as the case may be, withdrawn, suspended or cancelled by any body outside Singapore being a body concerned with the registration or enrolment of nurses or registration of midwives in a country outside Singapore;
has been convicted of an offence which in the opinion of the Board renders her unfit to remain on the register or the roll;
has been guilty of any misconduct, or negligence, which in the opinion of the Board renders her unfit to remain on the register or the roll;
is suffering from ill health which in the opinion of the Board would render her unfit to perform the functions of a registered or enrolled nurse or registered midwife;
has ceased practice; or
is deceased.
(2)
Instead of removing the name of a nurse or midwife from the register or the roll under subsection (1)(f), the Board may, if it considers fit, caution, censure or suspend the nurse or midwife or impose a combination of any of these penalties.
(3)
Where the Board removes the name of a person from the register or the roll, the Registrar may cancel any certificate issued pursuant to section 7(5).
(4)
A person whose name is ordered to be removed from the register or the roll under subsection (1) shall, within 14 days of the making of the order, surrender to the Board any certificate issued to her pursuant to section 7(5) by the Registrar, and, if she fails to do so, she shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $500.
(5)
For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that where a person is both a registered or enrolled nurse and a registered midwife, the Board may, if it so desires, proceed to remove the name of that person from the register or roll of nurses and the register of midwives or otherwise caution, censure or suspend that person at the same time without having to institute separate proceedings under this section for that purpose.