S.I. No. 88/2014 - Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland Rules Specifying Criteria to be Considered For Applications for Restoration to the Register.

1. 7 Any evidence relevant to the nurse’s or midwife’s fitness to practise.

2. 1 These Rules will be published in the prescribed manner as defined in

Section 2

of the

Nurses and Midwives Act, 2011

.

GIVEN under the Seal of Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na h’Éireann

14 February 2014.

P GALLAGHER,

President.

M PIDGEON,

Chief Executive Officer.

The Minister for Health in exercise of the powers conferred on him by

section 13

(7) of the

Nurses and Midwives Act, 2011

, approved the making of the above rules on the 14th day of February 2014.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does purport to be a legal interpretation)

These Rules made by the Nursing and Midwifery Board on the 13th day of January 2013 pursuant to the provisions of

sections 13

and

79

(2)(

d

) of the

Nurses and Midwives Act, 2011

, specify criteria for the Board when considering whether to restore the registration of a nurse or midwife whose registration has been cancelled.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

21

st February

, 2014.

Rules pursuant to the provisions of

Section 79

(2)(

d

) of the

Nurses and Midwives Act, 2011

. hereby order the following Regulations