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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 51

(5) Generally all notices, periods, matters, and things which originated under the regulations hereby revoked or any regulations previously in force shall enure for the purposes of these regulations as if they had originated under these regulations, and shall, where necessary, be deemed to have so originated.

(6) The Board may from time to time procure the appointment of some officer of the Public Service to be the Secretary of the Board, and the fact that any person describes himself in any document or signs any document as the Secretary of the Board shall be prima facie evidence that he is Secretary of the Board for the time being duly appointed.

(7) Any notice to be given by the Board under these regulations shall be sufficient if given in writing, sent by ordinary prepaid letter-post, and shall be deemed to have been so given at the time when in the ordinary course of post it would be delivered at the address to which it is sent.

PART I.
TRAINING, EXAMINATION, AND REGISTRATION OF NURSES, MATERNITY NURSES, AND MIDWIVES.

2. Approval of Training-schools for Nurses.

(1) The Board may from time to time approve any hospital as a training-school for nurses, such approval being expressed to be under the Nurses and Midwives Regulations, 1930, and declaring whether such hospital is approved as a Grade “A” Training-school or a Grade “B” Training-school as defined in these regulations.

(2) The governing body of any hospital may apply to the Board through the Secretary to have such hospital approved as a Grade “A” training-school for the purposes of the said Act, and shall, upon such application, furnish to the Board the names of the persons who will constitute the teaching staff.

(3) No hospital shall be approved by the Board as a Grade “A” Training-school unless—
(a) The Matron is a nurse registered under the said Act and approved by the Board;
(b) There can, in the Board’s opinion, be given at the hospital the course of instruction referred to in these regulations; and
(c) The other requirements in regard to the training of nurses set out in these regulations can, in the Board’s opinion, be adequately complied with.

(4) The governing body of any hospital may apply to the Board through the Secretary to have such hospital approved as a Grade “B” Training-school for the purposes of the said Act, and shall upon such application furnish to the Board such particulars relating to the training available at such hospital as the Board may require.

(5) The Board may approve as a Grade “B” Training-school any hospital in respect of which application has been made for such approval, or any hospital in respect of which application has been made for approval as a Grade “A” Training-school, if in the opinion of the Board such hospital is not eligible for approval as a Grade “A” Training-school for nurses but satisfactory partial training is available there, and the Board shall from time to time approve the period of training which may be given in each such Grade “B” hospital and shall advise the governing body accordingly.

(6) No hospital shall be approved by the Board as a Grade “B” Training-school unless—
(a) The Matron is a nurse registered under the said Act and approved by the Board;
(b) There can be given at the hospital such portion of the course of instruction hereinafter referred to as the Board thinks necessary; and
(c) The other requirements in regard to the training of nurses hereinafter set out can be complied with so far as the Board thinks necessary.

(7) If at any time, in respect of a Grade “A” Training-school or a Grade “B” Training-school, either—
(a) The Matron is not a nurse registered under the said Act; or
(b) The Board has in its discretion resolved that its approval of the Matron be revoked; or
(c) In the opinion of the Board the course of instruction referred to in these regulations (or, in the case of a Grade “B” Training-school, such portion of the said course of instruction as the Board at any time thinks necessary) is not being given; or