Clause 7

by deleting the words “or a registered midwife” in subsections (1) and (5) and substituting in each case the words “, a registered midwife or an Advanced Practice Nurse”;

by inserting, immediately after subsection (5), the following subsection:“(5A) The Board may ––

refuse to grant a practising certificate to a registered nurse, an enrolled nurse, a registered midwife or an Advanced Practice Nurse; or

refuse to renew the practising certificate of a registered nurse, an enrolled nurse, a registered midwife or an Advanced Practice Nurse,if the registered nurse, enrolled nurse, registered midwife or Advanced Practice Nurse, as the case may be, fails to comply with any prescribed condition.”; and

by deleting subsection (6) and substituting the following subsections:“(6) Where —

a registered nurse (including an Advanced Practice Nurse), an enrolled nurse or a registered midwife has had his registration or enrolment cancelled or suspended on any of the grounds specified in section 19(1)(a) to (f); or

an Advanced Practice Nurse has had his certification cancelled or suspended under section 19(2A),he shall surrender his practising certificate to the Board within 14 days of such cancellation or suspension and, in the case of such cancellation, his practising certificate shall be cancelled.(6A) Where the practising certificate of an Advanced Practice Nurse has been cancelled in accordance with subsection (6)(b), the Board may issue him a practising certificate as a registered nurse in lieu thereof.”.