Sept. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2207

Regulations under the Midwives Act, 1908. (H. 123.)

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 22nd day of September, 1924.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by the Midwives Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed the “said Act”), His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby revoke the regulations made under the Midwives Act, 1908, on the twenty-third day of June, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, and the eighteenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, and gazetted on the twenty-fifth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, and the ninth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, respectively, and in lieu thereof doth hereby make the following regulations under and for the purposes of the said Act.

REGULATIONS.

MANAGEMENT OF STATE MATERNITY HOSPITALS.

1. (1.) EVERY State maternity hospital shall be under the charge of a Matron appointed under the said Act.

(2.) No person shall be appointed as Matron of a State maternity hospital unless she is registered under the Nurses Registration Act, 1908, and also under the Midwives Act, 1908.

(3.) The Matron shall deliver lectures to the nurses, and shall, if necessary, teach and train the pupil-nurses in general hospital duties as well as in the special duties of midwife and monthly nurse.

(4.) Every Matron shall keep a register of patients admitted, in the form supplied by the Registrar, and a cash-book for fees received. A copy of all entries made in these books during each month shall be sent to the Registrar within the first week of the next succeeding month.

(5.) (a.) For each State maternity hospital the Governor-General shall appoint one or more registered medical practitioners, who shall be required to attend all abnormal cases of labour; to prescribe for and attend any cases needing medical or surgical treatment; and to deliver a course of lectures (not less than twelve in each term of six months) to the pupil-nurses attending the hospital.

(b.) The appointment of any such medical practitioner may be terminated at any time by notice under the hand of the Minister.

(6.) The fees payable under the said Act shall be as follows:—

(a.) In-door patients: At the rate of £1 a week for the time the patient is in the hospital before labour, and at the rate of £1 10s. a week from the time of confinement.

(b.) Out-patients: £1; such fee to cover delivery of the patient, and daily visits for the subsequent ten days.

(7.) When on application for admission as a patient to a State maternity hospital it is alleged by any woman or by her husband that they are unable to pay the prescribed fees, the Matron shall forward a report of the circumstances of the case to the Minister, and on consideration of such report the Minister may either reduce such fees or remit them altogether, as he thinks fit.

(8.) Any society or person making a donation of £50 or giving an annual subscription of £10 to a State maternity hospital shall have the right annually to nominate a patient at such hospital free of charge.

PUPIL-NURSES.

2. (1.) The examination of pupil-nurses shall be partly oral and practical and partly written, and the subjects of examination shall be as follows:—

(a.) The ethics of nursing.

(b.) The duties of a midwife and of a monthly nurse.

(c.) The elementary anatomy of the female pelvis and generative organs.

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