Chapter I PRELIMINARY

1. (1) This Act may be called the Punjab Nurses Registration Act, 1932.
2. (2) It extends to Punjab.
3. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may notify in this behalf.

In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context :-

1. (a) "Council" means the Punjab Nurses Registration Council established under section 3 ;
2. (b) "dai" means any person whether following a hereditary occupation or not, who ordinarily practices midwifery for gain and who has not passed any of the examinations in midwifery recognized by the Council ;
3. (c) "health visitor" means a person who has obtained the Health Visitor's Certificate from any Health School, institution or examining body recognized in this behalf by the Council or one who has been registered under sub-section

1. (2) of section 14 ;
   • (d) "midwife" means any person who has obtained a certificate or diploma of midwifery from any institution or examining body recognized by the Council in his behalf or one who has been registered under sub-section
2. (2) of section 14 ;
   • (e) "nurse" means a person who holds a certificate in nursing from any institution recognized in this behalf by the Council or one who has been registered under sub-section
3. (2) of section 14 ;
   • (f) "auxiliary nurse and midwife" means a person who has passed an examination prescribed in this behalf by the Council ;
   • (g) "nurse-dai" means a trained dai who has passed the examination in nursing prescribed by the Council for nurse-dais;
   • (h) "prescribed" means prescribed by this Act by rules, regulations or bye-laws made under the Act;
     • (i) "register" means a register maintained under section 15 ;
   • (j) "registered" means registered in accordance with the provisions of section 14 ;
   • (k) "registered medical practitioner" means a person registered under the Punjab Medical Registration Act, 1916 ;
   • (l) "trained dai" means a dai who has been granted a training certificate under the bye-laws made by the Council, or one who has been registered in accordance with the provisions of clause
   • (d) of sub-section
4. (1) of section 14 ;
   • (m) "unregistered" means not registered in accordance with the provisions of section 14.