Nurses and Midwives Act 1999 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Registration and Enrolment
23. Application for re-registration, re‑enrolment or re‑certification
Feedback & supportA person whose ––
registration or enrolment has been cancelled under section 19(2); or
certification as an Advanced Practice Nurse has been cancelled under section 19(3) or (4),may apply to the Board to be re-registered as a registered nurse or registered midwife, re‑enrolled as an enrolled nurse or re‑certified as an Advanced Practice Nurse.
The Board may, after considering all relevant circumstances, and upon the compliance by the applicant with all conditions imposed by the Board (if any) and the payment of the prescribed fee, re‑register or re‑enrol the applicant or re‑certify the applicant as an Advanced Practice Nurse.
Where the registration or enrolment of a person or certification of an Advanced Practice Nurse has been cancelled on any of the grounds referred to in section 19(1)(b) to (e), no application for the re‑registration, re‑enrolment or re‑certification of that person may be made to the Board —
Advanced Practice Nurse
“Advanced Practice Nurse” means a registered nurse who is certified as an Advanced Practice Nurse under section 32;
before the expiry of 3 years from the date of the cancellation; or
more than once in any period of 12 months.