The Punjab Nurses Registration Act, 1932
The Punjab Nurses Registration Act, 1932
The Punjab Nurses Registration Act, 1932, establishes a regulatory framework for the nursing and midwifery professions in Punjab. It creates the Punjab Nurses Registration Council, a body responsible for setting training standards, conducting examinations, and maintaining official registers of qualified nurses, midwives, health visitors, and auxiliary staff. The Act ensures that only individuals with verified qualifications can practice, thereby protecting public health and safety. It mandates that healthcare institutions employ only registered professionals and provides legal mechanisms to penalize those who practice without proper authorization or falsely claim professional titles. This legislation serves as a vital safeguard for patients and maintains professional integrity within the healthcare sector.
Chapter I PRELIMINARY →
Chapter II Chapter II →
- 3Constitution of the Punjab Nurses Registration Council
- 4Term of office of members
- 5Cessation of membership
- 6Removal of any member
- 7Casual vacancies how to be filled
- 8Government shall appoint another member in his place.
- 9Term of office of vice-president
- 10Appointment of registrar and other officers or servants
- 11Quorum
- 12Power to make regulations
- 13Vacancies and irregularities not to invalidate proceedings
Chapter III Chapter III →
- 14Registration of nurses, health visitors, midwives, nurse-dais, trained dais and dais
- 15Provided further that the Council may direct that any such enquiry or appeal shall be heard by a committee of the Council composed of such members of the Council as the Council may direct.
- 16Annual lists of nurses, health visitors, midwives, nurse-dais and trained dais
- 17Power to prohibit unregistered person from practising
- 18Power to make bye-laws
- 19Confirmation and publication of bye-laws
- 20Government may cancel its confirmation of any such bye-law and thereupon the bye-law shall cease to have effect.
- 21Bar to suits in respect of acts done under this Act
- 22Exemption of registered medical practitioners from provisions of this Act
- 23Penalty for dishonest use of certificate, etc
- 24Penalty for unlawful assumption of title of registered nurse, health visitor, midwife; nurse-dai or trained dai
- 25Bar to prosecutions under the Act
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