Singapore legislation
Clause 15
Clause 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 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 him if he fails to submit himself to such an examination.
(2)
The medical examination shall 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 him if he 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 him if he 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 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 shall be in that part of the Register of Nurses or Roll which the Board considers appropriate to his case.
(7)
If a person who is provisionally registered or enrolled becomes registered or enrolled under section 14, his registration or enrolment shall date from his provisional registration or enrolment.