Singapore legislation
Section 15
Section 15
Medical examination, induction programme, competency assessment and provisional registration and enrolment
(1)
Before registering or enrolling a person under section 14, the Board may require the person to submit himself or herself to a medical examination by a medical practitioner approved by the Board to determine if the person can perform satisfactorily the functions of a registered nurse, an enrolled nurse or a registered midwife (as the case may be) and the Board may refuse to register or enrol the person if the person fails to submit himself or herself to such an examination.
(2)
The medical examination must be at the person’s own expense.
(3)
Before registering or enrolling a person under section 14, the Board may require the person to undergo such induction programme as may be approved by the Board, and the Board may refuse to register or enrol the person if the person fails to undergo or complete such induction programme.
(4)
Before registering or enrolling a person under section 14, the Board may require the person to undergo such competency assessment as may be approved by the Board, and the Board may refuse to register or enrol the person if the person fails or fails to undergo the assessment.
(5)
Subject to section 17, the Board may provisionally register as a registered nurse or registered midwife, or provisionally enrol as an enrolled nurse —
a person who has been required under subsection (1) to submit himself or herself to a medical examination;
a person who has been required under subsection (3) to undergo an induction programme; or
a person who has been required under subsection (4) to undergo a competency assessment.
(6)
The provisional registration of a person as a registered nurse or provisional enrolment of a person as an enrolled nurse must be in that part of the Register of Nurses or Roll which the Board considers appropriate to the person’s case.
(7)
If a person who is provisionally registered or enrolled becomes registered or enrolled under section 14, the person’s registration or enrolment dates from the person’s provisional registration or enrolment.