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Membership of Board.
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9.—(1) The Board shall consist of 29 members appointed in the following manner, that is to say—
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(a) five nurses resident in the State and who are engaged in training nurses of whom—
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(i) one shall represent nurses who are training nurses in general nursing,
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(ii) one shall represent nurses who are training nurses in paediatric nursing,
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(iii) one shall represent nurses who are training nurses in psychiatric nursing,
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(iv) one shall represent nurses who are training nurses in the care of mentally handicapped persons, and
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(v) one shall represent nurses who are training nurses in midwifery,
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elected by nurses;
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(b) five nurses resident in the State and who are engaged in nursing administration of whom—
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(i) one shall represent nurses who are engaged in general nursing administration,
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(ii) one shall represent nurses who are engaged in the administration of public health nursing,
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(iii) one shall represent nurses who are engaged in the administration of psychiatric nursing,
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(iv) one shall represent nurses who are engaged in the administration of midwifery, and
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(v) one shall represent nurses who are engaged in the administration of nursing of mentally handicapped persons,
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elected by nurses;
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(c) seven nurses resident in the State who are engaged in clinical nursing practice of whom—
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(i) two shall represent nurses who are engaged in clinical practice in general nursing,
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(ii) two shall represent nurses who are engaged in clinical practice in psychiatric nursing,
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(iii) one shall represent nurses who are engaged in clinical practice in midwifery,
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(iv) one shall represent nurses who are engaged in clinical practice in public health nursing, and
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(v) one shall represent nurses who are engaged in clinical practice in the nursing of mentally handicapped persons,
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elected by nurses;
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(d) twelve persons appointed by the Minister, after consultation with such bodies or organisations as he considers suitable to advise him, of whom—
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(i) one shall be a registered medical practitioner engaged in the practice of medicine in a hospital approved of by the Board for the training of general nurses,
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(ii) one shall be a registered medical practitioner engaged in the practice of medicine in a hospital approved of by the Board for the training of psychiatric nurses,
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(iii) one shall be a registered medical practitioner engaged in the practice of obstetrics in a hospital approved of by the Board for the training of midwives,
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(iv) one shall be a person representative of the management of health boards,
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(v) one shall be a person representative of the management of hospitals, other than hospitals administered by health boards,
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(vi) two shall be persons representative of the Department of Health,
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(vii) one shall be a person who is experienced in the field of education,
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(viii) one shall be a person representative of third level educational establishments which are involved in the education and training of nurses,
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(ix) one shall be a nurse, and
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(x) two shall be persons representative of the interest of the general public.
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(2) An appointment shall not be made by the Minister pursuant to paragraph (d) (vii) or paragraph (d) (viii) of subsection (1) of this section without the consent of the Minister for Education.
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(3) The Minister may, by regulations made after consultation with the Board, vary the provisions of subsection (1) of this section.
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(4) Whenever the Minister proposes to make regulations pursuant to subsection (3) of this section, a draft of the proposed regulations shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas and the regulations shall not be made until a resolution approving of the draft has been passed by each House.
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