Nurses and Midwives Act 1999 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Registration and Enrolment
13. Register and Roll
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In addition to duties under the Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018, the Registrar must keep and maintain —
Registrar
“Registrar” means the Registrar of the Board, and includes any individual acting in that capacity;
a register to be called the Register of Nurses which consists of such parts as the Board may determine;
a roll to be called the Roll of Nurses which consists of such parts as the Board may determine; and
a register to be called the Register of Midwives.
The Registrar must enter in the appropriate part of the Register or Roll, as the case may require, the name of every person who is registered or enrolled, together with such other particulars as the Board may determine.
Register
“Register” means the Register of Nurses or Register of Midwives kept under section 13 (as the case may be) or both the Register of Nurses and the Register of Midwives;
Every registered nurse, enrolled nurse and registered midwife must inform the Registrar in writing of any change in his or her name, working address, residential address, or such of his or her other particulars as may be prescribed, within 28 days of the change.
registered nurse
“registered nurse” means a person who is registered as a registered nurse, and includes a person who is deemed to be registered as a registered nurse under section 46(1);
A person who makes a report of a change in his or her residential address under section 10 of the National Registration Act 1965 is deemed to have complied with subsection (3) on the date on which the person makes the report.
The Registrar may disclose, in accordance with any prescribed conditions, any information in the Register or Roll to any prescribed person.