section 25
National Register and State Register.
The National Nursing and Midwifery Commission Act, 2023Health202357 sections9 chapters
Chapter V REGISTRATION
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- (1) The Nursing and Midwifery Ethics and Registration Board shall maintain an online and live Indian Nurses and Midwives' Register containing the name, address, all recognised qualifications possessed by a nursing professional, midwifery professional, nursing associate, midwifery associate and such other particulars as may be specified by regulations.
- (2) The Nursing and Midwifery Ethics and Registration Board shall maintain the National Register in such form, including digital form, and in such manner, as may be specified by regulations.
- (3) The manner in which a name or qualification may be added to, or removed from, the National Register and the grounds for adding thereto or removal thereof, shall be such as may be specified by regulations.
- (4) The National Register shall be a public document within the meaning of section 74 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (1 of 1872).v (5) The Nursing and Midwifery Ethics and Registration Board shall make available the National Register to the public in the form of a digital portal accessible on the website of the Nursing and Midwifery Ethics and Registration Board in such manner and form as may be specified by regulations.
- (6) Every State Commission shall maintain and regularly update, in digital form, the State Register for Nursing Professionals and Midwifery Professionals and the State Register for Nursing Associates and Midwifery Associates in the specified digital format and supply a physical copy of the same to the Nursing and Midwifery Ethics and Registration Board within three months of the commencement of this Act.
- (7) The Nursing and Midwifery Ethics and Registration Board shall ensure dynamic and electronic synchronisation of the National Register and the State Registers in such a manner that any change in one register is automatically reflected in the other register.
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