Maintenance of list of persons in practice other than those eligible for registration or deemed to be enrolled on State Registers

(1) The council shall cause to be prepared a list of persons practicing as nurse, midwife, auxiliary nurse-midwife, health visitor or dai in the State immediately before the date specified under sub-section (l) of section 3 (hereinafter in this section referred to as the "specified date") as are not eligible for registration under the Act or are not deemed to be enrolled on the State Register under clause (e) of section 35.

(2) Any practitioner falling under sub-section (l) and desirous of getting his or her name incorporated in the list referred to therein shall submit an application in the list referred to therein shall submit an application in the prescribed term together with the prescribed fee to the Registrar within six months from the specified date:

Provided that the State Government may, by notification, for reasons to be specified therein, extend the aforesaid period by a further period not exceeding three months.

(3) The Council, after making such inquiry as it deems fit to make and on being satisfied that the applicant was practicing as a nurse, midwife, auxiliary nurse midwife, health visitor or dai immediately before the specified date, shall incorporate the name of the applicant in the list.

(4) The provisions of section 20 shall apply to any order passed by the Council, under sub-section (3) as they apply to an order under section 15 or section 17.

(5) The person whose name is included in the list prepared under this section shall be entitled to all the privileges of a registered person specified in section

(6) The Registrar shall, as soon as may be, after the expiry of the period specified in sub-section (2) or such further period as may be extended there under, publish the list of persons prepared under sub-section (l) in the Gazette and the publication of such list shall be the conclusive evidence of the eligibility of the person included therein to practice as a nurse, midwife, auxiliary nurse midwife, health visitor or dai, as the case may be, in pursuance of the provisions of this section.