New Zealand Gazette – 1930 – No. 51

Page 2147

✨ Nurses and Midwives Regulations

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(2) No person shall be accepted for training as a midwife, or shall be deemed to have commenced a course of training as a midwife, until such person has either—
(a) Been registered as a maternity nurse after undergoing the course of training prescribed by these regulations; or
(b) Been registered as a maternity nurse under paragraph (b) of section 13 of the said Act.

(3) A person who is registered as a maternity nurse under paragraph (c) of section 13 of the said Act shall not be accepted for training as a midwife nor be deemed to have commenced a course of training as a midwife until such person has undergone the course of training prescribed by these regulations for maternity nurses.

(4) The duration of the course of training shall be such one of the periods set out hereunder as may be applicable:—
(a) In the case of a person who is registered as a maternity nurse under paragraph (a) of section 13 of the said Act, a period of not less than six months:
(b) In the case of a person registered as a maternity nurse under paragraph (b) of section 13 of the said Act, a period of not less than six months; provided that the Board may in its discretion prescribe in the case of any such person any shorter course of training if the Board is satisfied that, by reason of the experience obtained by such person in practice outside New Zealand, and after becoming qualified by examination, such shorter course will in the circumstances be adequate.

(5) The said course of training shall be undergone in a recognized hospital.

(6) Every trainee shall, during the whole of her course of training, receive from the Matron or sister in charge, or other person who is a registered midwife, practical instruction in midwifery in the wards of the hospital.

(7) Every trainee shall, during her course of training, attend lectures comprising such subjects and dealing therewith in such scope and extent as the Board may from time to time by notice to the governing body of the hospital require.

(8) All such lectures shall be delivered by registered medical practitioners, registered midwives, or other competent instructors approved by the Board.

Course of Training for Maternity Nurses.

(1) The course of training required to be undergone by every person seeking to be registered as a maternity nurse under Part III of the said Act shall be the course prescribed by this regulation.

(2) The duration of the course of training shall, in the case of a person who is a registered nurse, be a period of not less than six months, and in the case of any other person be a period of not less than eighteen months.

(3) The said course of training shall be undergone in a recognized hospital or maternity training-school, provided that such portion of the period of training as the Board shall approve may be undergone in a subsidiary maternity training-school.

(4) Every trainee shall during the whole of her course of training receive from the Matron or sister in charge, or other person who is a registered midwife or registered maternity nurse, practical instruction in maternity nursing in the wards of the hospital.

(5) Every trainee shall during her course of training attend lectures comprising such subjects and dealing therewith in such scope and extent as the Board may from time to time by notice to the governing body of the hospital require.

(6) All such lectures shall be delivered by registered medical practitioners, registered midwives, or other competent instructors approved by the Board.

(7) The governing body of any hospital may decline to accept any person as a trainee, or may with the approval of the Board decline to continue to train any person accepted as a trainee, if such person not being a registered nurse, shows a want of acquaintance with the ordinary subjects of elementary education.

Qualifying Examination for Midwives and Maternity Nurses.

(1) The examinations for midwives and maternity nurses respectively required to be passed by every person seeking to be registered as a midwife or maternity nurse under Part III of the

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