Nurses and Midwives Regulations




June 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2091

(6) Every candidate for examination shall make application to the Registrar in or to the effect of Form No. 1 in the Fourth Schedule hereto, and shall together with such application tender the following:—
(a) A certificate of training in the Form No. 2 in the said Fourth Schedule, verified as therein appears by the Matron and by a Medical Officer of the approved hospital at which such candidate completed her term of training;
(b) The certificates referred to in clause (9) of Regulation 4 hereof that such candidate has passed the respective hospital examinations referred to in clause (7) of Regulation 4 hereof;
(c) The fee of £1 prescribed by clause (1) of Regulation 14 hereof.
(7) Every such application shall be so given as to be received by the Registrar at least two weeks before the date of commencement of the examination at which the candidate intends to present herself, and the candidate shall, at least one month before the said date of commencement, notify the Registrar of her intention to present herself for examination.

  1. Notifications from Approved Hospitals and Limited-training Hospitals to Board.

(1) The governing body of every hospital at which any person has commenced a course of training as a nurse shall within four months after the commencement of such training notify the name of every such person to the Registrar.
(2) The governing body of every approved hospital or limited-training hospital shall in each year prior to the 31st day of March, cause to be forwarded to the Registrar on forms provided for the purpose a report dealing with the year ended on the 31st day of December immediately preceding, and showing—
(a) The daily average of occupied beds in the hospital during the year;
(b) The names of the teaching staff;
(c) The subjects of lectures and the number of lectures delivered in each course between January and December;
(d) The names of the pupil-nurses under training;
(e) The date on which each pupil-nurse began her studies; and
(f) The names of the pupil-nurses who have attended the lectures delivered in each of the prescribed subjects on which lectures have been delivered during the year.
(3) The governing body of every such hospital shall from time to time immediately upon any change in the position of Matron or the personnel of the teaching staff notify particulars of such change to the Board.

  1. Approval of Training-schools for Midwives and Maternity Nurses.

(1) The governing body of every hospital which desires to establish at the hospital a training-school for midwives and maternity nurses, or a training-school for maternity nurses, and to have such training-school recognized for the purposes of the said Act shall apply for such recognition to the Board through the Secretary.
(2) No hospital shall be recognized by the Board as a training-school for midwives and maternity nurses unless—
(a) The Matron or sister in charge of the hospital, if a maternity hospital, or of the maternity annexe of the hospital, is specially qualified for the training of midwives and is approved by the Board;
(b) There can be given at the hospital the course of training referred to in these regulations; and
(c) The other requirements of these regulations in regard to the training of midwives can be adequately complied with.
(3) No hospital shall be recognized by the Board as a training-school for maternity nurses unless—
(a) The Matron or sister in charge of the hospital, if a maternity hospital, or of the maternity annexe of the hospital, is specially qualified for the training of maternity nurses and is approved by the Board;
(b) There can be given at the hospital the course of training referred to in these regulations; and
(c) The other requirements of these regulations in regard to the training of maternity nurses can be adequately complied with.
(4) The Board may recognize as a training-school for maternity nurses any hospital in respect of which application has been made



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🏥 Health & Social Welfare
25 June 1928
Nurses, Training, Regulations, Examinations, Approved Hospitals