Definitions.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, (a) "affiliated institution" means an institution and Health Care facilities provided for the nursing of the sick, maternity or child welfare, which may be affiliated to the Council in accordance with the bye-laws; (b) "auxiliary nurse-midwife" means a person who has passed the examination prescribed in this behalf; (c) "bye-law" means a bye-law made by the Council under section 32; (d) "Council" means the Sikkim Nursing Council constituted under section 3; (e) "health visitor" means a person who has obtained the Health Visitors' Certificate from any Health School, institution and examining body recognised in this behalf by the Council; (f) "institution" includes any association, which maintains or controls a nurses establishment; (g) "licensing authority" means the urban corporation or the municipal council or such other state urban or rural authority established for such area: Provided that the State Government may by notification in respect of any area specify any other authority as the licensing authority for such area; (h) "register" means a register of nurses, midwives, nurses, midwives, auxiliary nurse-midwives, health visitors and public health nurses maintained and kept under section 14; (i) "midwife" means a person who holds a certificate in midwifery from any institution recognised in this behalf by the Council; (j) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette; (k) "nurse" means a person who holds a certificate/diploma/degree in nursing from any institution recognised in this behalf by the Council; (l) "nurse establishment" means any establishment, whether under private or organization, which provides for or intended to provide the services of persons to act as nurses, midwives, auxiliary nurse-midwives or health visitors to those requiring such services; (m) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules; (n) "register" means a register maintained under section 14 and the expressions "registered" and "registration" shall be construed accordingly; (o) "registered medical practitioner" means a person registered under any Act in force in the State regulating the registration of practitioners in the ayurvedic, Unani, homeopathic or modern system of medicine; (p) "rule" means a rule made by State Government under section 31.