Singapore legislation
Clause 32
Clause 32
Registration of nurse specialists, etc.
(1)
The Registrar shall keep and maintain a register to be called the Nurse Specialist Register which shall consist of such parts as the Board may determine.
(2)
A registered nurse who —
holds such qualification, or has gained such special knowledge, in a specialised branch of nursing as may be approved by the Board;
has such experience in that branch of nursing as may be required by the Board; and
has fulfilled such further conditions as may be specified by the Board,may apply to the Board to be registered as a nurse specialist.
(3)
Upon the approval of an application referred to in subsection (2), the Board shall —
register the applicant as a nurse specialist in such part of the Nurse Specialist Register as the Board considers appropriate to his case; and
issue to him a nurse specialist certificate.
(4)
The Board may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations —
to provide for the form of the Nurse Specialist Register and the manner in which it shall be kept;
to regulate the alteration or correction of the Nurse Specialist Register;
to provide for matters relating to the registration of persons as nurse specialists;
to prescribe circumstances by which such registration may be cancelled, and to regulate the cancellation and restoration of such registration;
to provide for appeals by persons against a refusal of the Board to register them as nurse specialists or the cancellation of their registrations;
to regulate the issue of nurse specialist certificates and to prescribe the circumstances for their cancellation;
to prescribe the fees payable in respect of —
an application for registration as a nurse specialist; and
a restoration of such registration; and
to regulate the practice and conduct of nurse specialists, including the use of titles and qualifications.