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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 51

EXTRACT FROM THE NURSES AND MIDWIVES REGISTRATION ACT, 1925.
(Here set out sections 10, 11, 12, and 13 of the said Act.)

Qualifications of applicants for registration as nurses.

10. (1) Save as provided in Part IV hereof, every person shall, on payment of the prescribed fee, be entitled to be registered as a nurse under this part of this Act who satisfies the Board—
    (a) In the case of an applicant trained in New Zealand—
    (i) That she has had not less than three years’ approved training as a nurse; and
    (ii) That she has received an approved course of instruction in theoretical and practical nursing; and
    (iii) That she has passed an examination for nurses under this Part of this Act:
    (b) In the case of an applicant trained elsewhere than in New Zealand, that she is the holder of a certificate, recognized in accordance with regulations under this Act, which satisfies the Board that she has undergone a course of training and has passed an examination equivalent to the training and examination required of nurses trained in New Zealand, as provided in the foregoing provisions of this section.
    (2) For the purposes of this section the expression—
    “Approved training as a nurse” means a prescribed course of training in one or more hospitals approved for the purpose by the Board:
    “Approved course of instruction” means a course of instruction provided at a hospital approved by the Board as a training-school for nurses.
    (3) Every person commits an offence and is liable to a fine of twenty pounds who, not being registered as a nurse under this Part of this Act, describes herself in connection with her business or calling, as a registered nurse.

PART III.

REGISTRATION AND TRAINING OF MIDWIVES AND MATERNITY NURSES.

Registers of midwives and maternity nurses.

11. The Registrar shall keep in his office a register in two parts, of which Part I shall be called the Register of Midwives, and Part II shall be called the Register of Maternity Nurses.

Qualifications of applicants for registration as midwives.

12. Save as provided in Part IV hereof, every person shall, on payment of the prescribed fee, be entitled to be registered as a midwife under this Part of this Act who satisfies the Board,—
    (a) In the case of an applicant trained in New Zealand, that she has undergone the prescribed course of training and has passed the examination for midwives prescribed pursuant to this Act:
    (b) In the case of an applicant trained elsewhere than in New Zealand, that she is the holder of a certificate, recognized in accordance with regulations under this Act, which satisfies the Board that she has undergone a course of training and has passed an examination equivalent to the training and examination required in the case of midwives trained in New Zealand.

Qualifications of applicants for registration as maternity nurses.

13. Save as provided in Part IV hereof, every person shall, on payment of the prescribed fee, be entitled to be registered as a maternity nurse under this Part of this Act who satisfies the Board,—
    (a) In the case of an applicant qualified by examination and trained in New Zealand, that she has undergone the prescribed course of training and has passed the examination for maternity nurses prescribed pursuant to this Act:
    (b) In the case of an applicant qualified by examination and trained elsewhere than in New Zealand, that she is the holder of a certificate, recognized in accordance with regulations under this Act, which satisfies the Board that she has undergone a course of training and has passed an examination equivalent to the training and examination required in the case of maternity nurses trained in New Zealand:
    (c) In the case of an applicant not qualified by examination, that she has for not less than twelve months before the commencement of this Act been regularly engaged in practice as a maternity nurse in New Zealand:
    Provided that application for registration under this paragraph must be made not later than the first day of January, nineteen hundred and twenty-seven.

Form No. 4.]
[Reg. 13 (3).

The Nurses and Midwives Registration, Act, 1925.

CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION.

THIS is to certify that __ is registered as a nurse [or midwife, or maternity nurse, as the case may be], her name having been duly entered in the Register of Nurses [or of Midwives, or of Maternity Nurses, as the case may be] of New Zealand on the __ day of __, 19__.

Qualifications:
Number in Register:
Signature of holder:
Dated this __ day of __, 19__.

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Registrar of Nurses and Midwives.