19 tal-1988
Statutory Text (4 Articles)
L. N.lllofL988
M.£IlI C AL AND KI NDRED PROFESSIONS O RDINANCE
(CA P. SI )
Tr ai ning Sc hool ror Register ed. (Genera l) Nll rses (Am endm ent)
Rl'gulations , 1988
IN e~ercise of the powers confe rred by section n of t he Medical
an d Kindred Professions O rdinance. the Min ister for Social Policy, on
the advice oflhc Nursing and Midw ifery Board, has made t he followi ng
regulations:-
The~ regulations may be ci ted as the Train in g School for Clation,
Registered (General) Nurses (Amendment) Regulations. 1988 and
shall be read and construed as one with the Tra ining School for L,N.55
Registered (General) Nurses Regulations , 1986, here in after rde rred to of 196(i.
as "the principal regulat ions".
For paragraph (I) of regulation 14 of the principal regul ations Amoll<l!
there sha ll be substituted the following
"'I"'., .... 14.
"(1) (i) No studeot ourse may si t for the Final Exami natioo
unless she shall have passed the Prel iminary Examinatioo aod
has applied to sit for such examination and submitted the
relative certificate as provided for in regulation 19 of these
regulat ions.
(ii ) No studeo t nurse may sit for the Final
Examination unless the Nursing and Midwifery Board is
satisfied that such student has undergone the required level of
trai ning.
For the purpose of this sub-paragraph. the Principal
Nursing Tuto r shall report 10 the said Board every six months,
on tile progress made by such stude nt ourse. which report shall
be in accordance wi th such form at as may be required by the
said Board."'.
For paragraph (2) of regulation 16 of the principal regulations Am< .....
there shall be substi tuted tile following
"(2) (i) A student nurse who fails in any pape r or in the
practical a nd oral test of the Final Examination shall be
allowed to sit again for that examination in any such paper or
test if shc produces a ce rtificate from the Principal Nursing
Tutor, to the satisfaction of the Nursing and Midwifery Board,
that she has undergone fu rt her intensive training at a school
Provided that no student nurse may avail herself of th is
ooncession to sit for such a supplementary examin atio n at any
time before the lapse of th ree mon ths from the date on which
she last sat for the said examination.
(ii) A student nurse who does not produce a
certificate as is referred to in paragraph (i ) above shall be
entitled to .it for a supplementary examination in accordance
with the other provisions of these regulatioos. at aoy session
which is due in the normal course of events after the expiry of
si~ months from the date of the session in which slle last failed .
Provided that. however. no student nurse may avail herself of
any of these concessions at any time later than three years from the
date on which she first sat for the Final Examina tio n. ~.