Produced by the Office of the Attorney General
Táirgthe ag Oifig an Ard-Aighne
Number 27 of 1950.
NURSES ACT, 1950.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
PART I.
Preliminary and General.
Section
1.
Short title.
2.
Definitions.
3.
Establishment date.
4.
Expenses of Minister.
5.
Repeals.
6.
Dissolution of General Nursing Council and Central Midwives Board.
PART II.
An Bord Altranais.
7.
Establishment of the Board.
8.
Seal of the Board.
9.
Number of the members of the Board.
10.
Election year.
11.
Temporary appointment by Minister of members of the Board.
12.
Appointment by Minister of members of the Board.
13.
Election of members of the Board.
14.
Terms of office of members of the Board.
15.
Resignation of members of the Board.
16.
President of the Board.
17.
Meetings and procedure of the Board.
18.
Committees of the Board.
19.
Casual vacancies in membership of the Board.
20.
Removal of member of the Board.
21.
Power to make rules.
22.
Annual report by the Board.
23.
Removal from office of members of the Board.
24.
Charging of fees by the Board.
25.
Expenses of members of the Board, the Committee or other committee of the Board.
PART III.
Midwives Committee.
26.
Establishment of the Committee.
27.
Number of members of the Committee.
28.
Temporary appointment by Minister of members of the Committee.
29.
Appointment by Minister of members of the Committee.
30.
Appointment by the Board of members of the Committee.
31.
Terms of office of members of the Committee.
32.
Resignation of members of the Committee.
33.
Chairman of the Committee.
34.
Meetings and procedure of the Committee.
35.
Casual vacancies in membership of the Committee.
36.
Removal of member of the Committee.
37.
Advice by the Committee.
38.
Disqualification of member of the Committee.
PART IV.
Officers and Servants of the Board.
39.
Officers and servants of the Board.
40.
Pensions and gratuities to or in respect of officers and servants of the Board.
PART V.
Nursing.
41.
The register of nurses.
42.
Registration in the register of nurses.
43.
Registration of certain persons trained outside the State.
44.
Rules for grant of certificates of registration, badges and uniforms of nurses and the return and cancellation of certificates of registration and certificates issued under the Act of 1944.
45.
Removal from register of nurses.
46.
Removal of the name of midwife from the midwives division.
47.
Restoration to the register of nurses.
48.
Restoration to midwives division.
49.
Appeals from the Board or the Committee.
50.
Rules for courses of training and examinations for candidates for registration in the register of nurses.
51.
Rules for courses of training and examinations for nurses.
52.
Holding of examinations, etc.
53.
Approval by the Board of hospitals and institutions suitable for training purposes.
54.
Provision of institutional, hostel or other accommodation.
55.
Scholarships.
56.
Improper assumption of title of registered nurse or midwife, etc.
57.
Profession or calling ancillary to nursing.
PART VI.
Financial Provisions.
58.
Accounts of the Board and audit thereof.
59.
Payments by Minister to the Board.
60.
Payments by health authorities to the Minister.
61.
Estimates of receipts and expenditure of the Board.
62.
Investment of moneys of the Board.
63.
Power of the Board to borrow temporarily.
64.
Contributions from the Hospitals Trust Fund.
PART VII.
Miscellaneous
65.
Advice and reports by the Board.
66.
Research work by the Board in relation to nursing.
67.
Gifts.
68.
Amendment of the Act of 1944.
PART VIII
Transitory Provisions.
69.
Property, etc., of dissolved bodies.
70.
Preservation of continuing contracts of dissolved bodies.
71.
Continuation of pending proceedings.
72.
Officers of dissolved bodies.
73.
Temporary provision for allowances or gratuities for officers and servants of Central Midwives Board.
74.
Registration under Nurses Registration (Ireland) Act, 1919.
75.
Registration under Act of 1944.
76.
Registration in register of nurses of persons removed from registration under the Nurses Registration (Ireland) Act, 1919, or the Act of 1944.
77.
Continuation of rules and application of certain provisions of the Act of 1944.
78.
Statement of receipts and expenditure of dissolved bodies.
79.
Hospitals and institutions approved before the establishment date.
80.
Adaptation of enactments, etc.
81.
Provisions in relation to Income Tax chargeable on dissolved bodies.
SCHEDULE.
Enactments Repealed.
Acts Referred to
Midwives Act, 1944
No. 10 of 1944
Health Act, 1947
No. 28 of 1947
Health Services (Financial Provisions) Act, 1947
No. 47 of 1947
Medical Practitioners Act, 1927
No. 25 of 1927
AN ACT TO MAKE FURTHER AND BETTER PROVISION FOR THE REGISTRATION, CERTIFICATION, CONTROL AND TRAINING OF NURSES AND FOR OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO NURSES AND THE PRACTICE OF NURSING. [28th November, 1950.]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—
