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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 51

said Act, shall be an examination conducted by the Board in such subjects as the Board may have notified respectively under clause (7) of Regulation 8 and clause (5) of Regulation 9 hereof.

(2) No person shall present herself for examination who has not on the date of the commencement of the examination attained the age of twenty-one years:

Provided that nothing in this clause shall entitle any person to registration before attaining the age of twenty-two years.

(3) No person shall present herself for examination who has not on the date of the commencement of the examination completed the course of training prescribed by Regulation 8 hereof or Regulation 9 hereof, as the case may be:

Provided that on special application being made the Board may, if it thinks fit, allow any person who is otherwise eligible to present herself for examination prior to the completion of such course of training.

(4) The passing of the examination by any person who presents herself in breach of any of the provisions of clauses (2) and (3) hereof shall not be available to satisfy the Board that she has passed such examination in terms of the said Act.

(5) Every candidate for examination shall make application to the Registrar on such form as may from time to time be prescribed by the Board, and shall, together with such application, tender the following :—

(a) A certificate of training, in such form as may from time to time be prescribed by the Board, signed by the Matron and by a Medical Officer of the recognized hospital at which such candidate completed her course of training.

(b) The fee of £1 prescribed by clause (1) of Regulation 14 hereof.

(6) 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.

11. Notifications from the recognized Hospitals and Maternity Training-schools to Board.

(1) The governing body of every hospital recognized as a training-school for midwives or for midwives and maternity nurses or as a training-school for maternity nurses shall furnish to the Board such reports on the staff, the patients, and the trainees as the Board may from time to time require.

(2) The governing body of every such hospital shall from time to time, immediately upon any change in the position of Matron or sister in charge or the personnel of the teaching staff, notify particulars of such change to the Board.

12. Conduct of Examinations.

(1) The final qualifying examination for nurses, and the qualifying examinations for midwives and maternity nurses referred to in these regulations, shall be held at such times and places as are fixed by the Board.

(2) Notice of the date of an examination shall be given by the Board to the governing body of every hospital affected not later than one month before the date fixed for the commencement of such examination.

(3) Notice of the place of the examination shall be given by the Board to the Matron of every hospital affected not later than one week before the date of the examination.

13. Registration.

(1) Every application for examination in terms of these regulations shall be deemed to be an application for registration if the candidate passes the examination, and shall be a sufficient application in writing in terms of section 18 of the said Act.

(2) Every application for registration as a nurse, midwife, or maternity nurse made by a person trained elsewhere than in New Zealand shall be in or to the effect of the Form No. 3 in the said Second Schedule.

(3) A certificate of registration under the said Act shall be in or to the effect of the Form No. 4 in the said Second Schedule.