Singapore legislation

Clause 32

of Nurses and Midwives Bill

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 —

(a)

holds such qualification, or has gained such special knowledge, in a specialised branch of nursing as may be approved by the Board;

(b)

has such experience in that branch of nursing as may be required by the Board; and

(c)

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 —

(a)

register the applicant as a nurse specialist in such part of the Nurse Specialist Register as the Board considers appropriate to his case; and

(b)

issue to him a nurse specialist certificate.

(4)

The Board may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations —

(a)

to provide for the form of the Nurse Specialist Register and the manner in which it shall be kept;

(b)

to regulate the alteration or correction of the Nurse Specialist Register;

(c)

to provide for matters relating to the registration of persons as nurse specialists;

(d)

to prescribe circumstances by which such registration may be cancelled, and to regulate the cancellation and restoration of such registration;

(e)

to provide for appeals by persons against a refusal of the Board to register them as nurse specialists or the cancellation of their registrations;

(f)

to regulate the issue of nurse specialist certificates and to prescribe the circumstances for their cancellation;

(g)

to prescribe the fees payable in respect of —

(i)

an application for registration as a nurse specialist; and

(ii)

a restoration of such registration; and

(h)

to regulate the practice and conduct of nurse specialists, including the use of titles and qualifications.

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