Nurses and Midwives Act 1999 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Registration and Enrolment
16. Temporary registration and enrolment
Feedback & supportSubject to section 17, where a person has fulfilled such conditions as the Board may specify for the person’s case, the Board may temporarily register the person as a registered nurse or registered midwife, or temporarily enrol the person as an enrolled nurse, in order to enable the person —
to teach, undertake research or study in Singapore;
to undergo training under a training scheme approved by the Board; or
to provide voluntary nursing or midwifery service under a volunteer nursing scheme or volunteer midwifery scheme approved by the Board.
The temporary registration of a person as a registered nurse or temporary 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.
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 temporary registration or enrolment —
must be for a period not exceeding 2 years; and
may be renewed for periods not exceeding 12 months at a time.