Singapore legislation
Section 17
Section 17
General provisions for registration and enrolment
(1)
Every application for registration or enrolment must be made in such form, and must be accompanied by such documents, particulars and fee, as may be prescribed by the Board.
(2)
The Board may, in registering or enrolling a person, impose such conditions on the person as the Board considers appropriate to the person’s case, and may at any time vary or revoke the conditions or impose new conditions on the person.
(3)
Without limiting subsection (2), the conditions may include —
a condition limiting the fields of nursing or midwifery (as the case may be) in which the person may practise; and
in the case of a person to be registered or enrolled under section 14, a condition that the person must work for a specified period —
in a hospital, nursing home, medical clinic, or other organisation, approved by the Board; and
under the supervision of a person, or a person of a particular class, approved by the Board.
(4)
Upon the registration or enrolment of a person, the Board must grant to the person a certificate of registration or certificate of enrolment, as the case may be.
(5)
The Board may refuse to register or enrol any person who, in the opinion of the Board —
may not be registered or enrolled in accordance with section 14 or 16, as the case may be; or
is not of good reputation and character.
(6)
The Board may refuse to register or enrol any person if the Board is satisfied that —
the person had his or her registration or enrolment as a nurse or his or her registration as a midwife in any country withdrawn, suspended or cancelled; or
because of a mental or physical disability, the person is unable to perform satisfactorily the functions of a registered nurse, an enrolled nurse or a registered midwife, as the case may be.
(7)
Where the Board refuses to register or enrol any person, the Board must, by written notice, inform the person of such refusal.
(8)
A person who is aggrieved by a refusal of the Board to register or enrol the person may, within one month of the notice given under subsection (7), appeal to the Minister whose decision is final.