Nurses Act, 1985
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Registration in the register of nurses. |
28.—(1) The Board shall, in accordance with rules, register in the register every person who satisfies the Board that he complies with the prescribed conditions for registration. | |
(2) The Board may register a person in more than one division of the register if such person applies and satisfies the prescribed conditions for registration in each such division. | ||
(3) Every person whose name, at the date of the establishment of the register, is entered on the register of nurses maintained by the former Board pursuant to the Nurses Act, 1950 , shall be registered in the register. | ||
(4) Every person who is a national of a Member State and has been awarded a qualification in nursing in a Member State which, pursuant to the provisions of any Directive adopted by the Council of the European Communities, the State is obliged to recognise, shall, on making an application in the form and manner specified in rules made by the Board, and on payment of such fee as may be so specified, be registered in the register. | ||
(5) Nothing in this section shall operate to prevent the Board from refusing to register the name of any person, who is otherwise entitled to be registered, on the grounds of the unfitness of that person to engage in the practice of nursing. | ||
(6) On making a decision pursuant to subsection (5) of this section, the Board shall forthwith send by pre-paid post to the person to whom the decision relates a notice in writing stating the decision, the date thereof and the reasons therefor. | ||
(7) A person to whom a decision under subsection (5) of this section relates may, within the period of two months, beginning on the date of the decision, apply to the High Court for cancellation of the decision, and, if such person so applies, the High Court, on the hearing of the application may— | ||
(a) declare that it was proper for the Board to make the decision, or | ||
(b) cancel the decision and direct the Board to register the name of the person making the application, or | ||
(c) cancel the decision and— | ||
(i) direct the Board to make a new decision, or | ||
(ii) give such other directions to the Board as the Court thinks proper. |