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(b.) In the case of a lying-in woman—
(i.) Who after delivery does not make satisfactory progress:
(ii.) Who shows abdominal swelling and signs of insufficient contraction of the uterus:
(iii.) Who has foul-smelling discharges:
(iv.) Who has secondary post-partum haemorrhage:
(v.) Who suffers from rigors or rise of temperature above 100° F. for more than twenty-four hours:
(vi.) Who has unusual swelling of the breasts with local tenderness or pain.

(2.) Whenever a registered medical practitioner is asked by a midwife to attend a woman or infant under the conditions specified in subclause (1) hereof, the midwife must state in writing, in or to the effect of Form No. 10 in the Fourth Schedule hereto, the condition of the patient and the reason for seeking medical aid.

Records and Notifications.

30. Every maternity nurse and every midwife shall keep a register of every case which she has professionally attended (whether a medical practitioner be also in attendance or not), in or to the effect of the Form No. 11 in the Fourth Schedule hereto.

31. (1.) The midwife shall instruct the parents of the child of their duties as to notification and registration of the birth.

(2.) Whenever a registered medical practitioner is not in attendance the midwife shall as soon as possible after the occurrence of a still-birth notify the same to the Medical Officer of Health in or to the effect of the Form No. 12 in the Fourth Schedule hereto. A child shall be deemed to be still-born when it has not breathed or shown any sign of life after being completely born.

(3.) Whenever the death of the mother or of the child occurs before the attendance of a registered medical practitioner the midwife shall, as soon as possible after death, notify the same to the local Registrar of Deaths.

Negligence.

32. Any maternity nurse or any midwife who commits a breach of clause 28 or clause 29 of these regulations shall be deemed guilty of negligence.

Malpractices.

33. (1.) A maternity nurse or a midwife shall not make use of any instrument to aid delivery, or administer ergot, pituitarin, or other ecbolic drug before or during labour, or administer chloroform, or any other anaesthetic, except by the direction of a medical practitioner.

(2.) Any maternity nurse or any midwife who makes use of an instrument to aid delivery, or administers any ecbolic drug before or during labour, or who administers chloroform or any other anaesthetic except as aforesaid, or who procures or attempts to procure abortion by any means (chemical or mechanical), shall be deemed guilty of a malpractice.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

REGULATIONS REVOKED.

(1.) The regulations made under the Nurses Registration Act, 1908, on the thirtieth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, and gazetted on the fourth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen.

(2.) The regulations made under the Nurses Registration Act, 1908, on the twenty-fourth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, and gazetted on the third day of August, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

(3.) The regulations made under the Nurses Registration Act on the twenty-sixth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, and gazetted on the second day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two.

(4.) The regulations made under the Nurses Registration Act, 1908, on the tenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, and gazetted on the fifteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four.

(5.) The regulations made under the Midwives Act, 1908, on the twenty-second day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, and gazetted on the twenty-fifth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four.

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