(c) is of good moral character; and

(d) is at least twenty-one years of age; and

(e) has passed an examination before the board of examiners as provided by this Act,

shall, on producing to the registrar evidence satisfactory to the executive committee in proof of such qualifications and on payment of the sum of ten dollars and on complying with the other requirements contained in this Act, be entitled to be registered as a member of the association.

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be registered.

(2) Persons who are registered as trained nurses in Persons regisany other Province or country which has substantially Provinces or the same requirements for registration as this Pro-country may vince, and who are otherwise qualified, may upon the approval of the executive committee be registered without examination.

may be

(3) The executive committee shall waive the ex- Examination amination of any person possessing the other qualifica- waived. tions mentioned in this section who has graduated from an approved training school before the passing of this Act, who may graduate from an approved training school within three years from the passing of this Act.

Training

12. For the purposes of this Act, the expression Approved "approved training school" in respect of the gradua- School. tion of any person prior to the passing of this Act, or within the period of three years thereafter, shall mean a school for the training of nurses attached to or operated in connection with a hospital giving a general training in nursing and a systematic, theoretical and practical course of instruction in nursing extending over two years.

Training

13. For the purposes of this Act the expression Approved "approved training school" in respect of the gradua- School. tion of any person after three years from the enactment of this section shall mean a school,

(a) that is connected with a general hospital of at least fifty beds and gives an adequate course

Registrar to keep records, etc.

Annual report and financial statement.

Annual fee.

of instruction and general training for at least two years and six months embracing medical, surgical, obstetrical and pediatric nursing and the superintending nurse and supervising night nurse of such hospital are nurses registered or eligible for registration under this Act; or

(b) that is connected with a special or general hospital of not less than twenty-five beds and gives an adequate course of instruction and general training as aforesaid and the superintending nurse and supervising night nurse of such special or general hospital are nurses registered or eligible for registration under this Act and such training school requires that such instruction and general training for at least six months of said period shall be in a training school which is of the class mentioned in the preceding clause (a) and with which the training school connected with such special or general hospital is affiliated for the purpose.

14. It shall be the duty of the registrar to keep the register correct in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the rules and regulations of the association and the registrar shall from time to time make all necessary alterations in the addresses and record of qualifications of the persons registered under this Act.

15. The registrar shall mail to each member of the association annually a report and financial statement of the affairs of the association, and shall perform such other duties as may be imposed upon the registrar by the association.

16. (1) Every member of the association shall pay to the registrar, or to any person deputed by the registrar to receive it, such annual fee as may be determined by the rules of the association, but not more than ten dollars, towards the general expenses of the association, which annual fee shall be payable on the first Monday of September in the year for which the same is imposed, and obtain an annual certificate under the seal of the association. The annual certificate shall state the qualification of the member as a registered nurse, and shall remain in force for one year from its date. The annual fee payable under this

section shall be recoverable as a debt due by the member to the association.

(2) The name of any member not in arrear for Arrears. annual fees may on the written request of the member be removed from the register and the name of any member so removed may on the written request of the member be replaced on the register without the passing of any examination and on the payment of $5.00.

examiners.

17. The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may ap- Board of point a board of examiners to examine all candidates for examinations, which board and the examinations held shall be governed by rules and regulations of the executive committee. The said board shall consist of four members of the association and also two members of the Nova Scotia Medical Society, to be appointed annually by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council; and each member of the board of examiners shall be entitled to receive from the association five dollars per day and expenses while actually attending at or travelling to and from the place of examination.

18. The board of examiners shall hold meetings at Examinations. least twice each year for the examination of applicants for membership in the association. The registrar shall at least one month before the date fixed for the examination give notice of the time and place of holding every such examination by publication of a notice thereof in at least two newspapers published in the Province, and at least one Canadian journal devoted to the interests of professional nursing, and by mailing a copy of the notice to every applicant of whom the registrar has notice and to every approved training school in the Province.

for registry.

19. Every person desiring to become registered as Applications a member of the association shall make application to the registrar at least one month prior to the meeting of the board of examiners for examination and registration, stating the qualifications of the applicant, the training school attended and the length of the course of training and shall furnish to the registrar satisfactory evidence of residence, character, age and identification and shall produce to the registrar the diploma

Examination subjects.

Registration.

be revoked for cause.

or certificate of qualification awarded to the applicant by the training school so attended,

20. The said board of examiners shall examine all such applicants as are required by this Act to pass an examination in elementary bacteriology, materia medica, anatomy and physiology, dietetics, medical nursing (including contagious diseases), surgical nursing (including gynecology), obstetrical nursing, and children's diseases.

21. Every applicant who passes before the board of examiners a satisfactory examination touching his or her fitness and capacity to practise professional nursing, and who has the qualifications required by and otherwise complies with the provisions of Section 11, of this Act, and who pays a fee of ten dollars, shall be admitted to registration as a member of the association, and shall have his or her name entered upon the registrar and receive a certificate of registration signed by the president and the registrar, and shall be entitled to practise professional nursing in the Province, and to append to his or her name the letters "R. N." or any suitable words or designation showing that he or she had been registered in accordance with this Act.

Certificate may 22. The executive committee may revoke any certificate of registration, by a unanimous vote, for dishonesty, gross incompetency, a habit rendering a nurse unsafe to be entrusted with or unfit for the care of the sick, conduct derogatory to the morals or standing of the profession of nursing, or any wilful fraud or misrepresentation practised in procuring such certificate; provided the holder of such certificate shall have been given at least thirty days' notice in writing of the specific charge by the executive committee, at which time and place the holder shall be entitled to be heard and to be represented by counsel. Upon the revocation of any certificate, the same shall be null and void, the holder thereof shall cease to be a member of the association, and cease to be entitled to any of the privileges conferred by such certificate or registration, and it shall be the duty of the secretary to certify such revocation to the registrar, who shall thereupon strike from the register the name of the person whose certifi

cate is revoked, and note the fact of such revocation upon the record of the certificate.

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fully.

23. No person who is not duly registered as a mem- Penalty for asber of the association pursuant to this Act shall as- Registered sume or use the title of "registered nurse" or the ab- nurse wrongbreviation "R. N." or any other words, letters or figures to indicate that such a person is a registered nurse; and if any person not so registered pursuant to this Act, either directly or indirectly, by advertisement, sign or statement of any kind, advertises, alleges or claims by any means whatsoever that he or she is entitled to assume or use, or does so assume or use the title of "registered nurse" or the abbreviation "R. N." or any other words, letters or figures to indicate that such person is a registered nurse, or takes or uses any name, title, addition or description implying or calculated to lead people to infer that he or she is registered under this Act, or is recognized by law as a registered nurse, such person shall be liable, upon summary conviction, to a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars and not less than ten dollars.

24. All moneys forming part of the association's Funds, how funds shall be paid to the registrar and may be applied applied. to carry this Act into execution.

25. Every notice required by this Act shall be in Service of writing, and may be served upon any member of the notices. association by sending it through the post in a prepaid letter addressed to such member at the address of such member as set out in the register. Any notice, if served by post, shall be deemed to have been served at the time when the letter containing the same would be delivered in the ordinary course of the post; and in proving such service it shall be sufficient to prove that the letter containing the notice was properly addressed and put into the post office.

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sentation.

26. Every person who wilfully procures, or at- Penalty for tempts to procure, himself or herself to be registered as procuring rea member of the association under this Act by making false repreany false or fraudulent representation or declaration, either verbally or in writing, shall on summary conviction, be liable to a penalty of not less than twenty dollars nor more than fifty dollars.