NURSES PROFESSION (LICENCE TO PRACTISE) REGULATIONS

NURSES PROFESSION (LICENCE TO PRACTISE)

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 464.15

NURSES PROFESSION (LICENCE TO PRACTISE)

REGULATIONS

11th November, 2008

LEGAL NOTICE 276 of 2008, as amended by Legal Notices 181 and 197

of 2010.

The title of these regulations is the Nurses Profession

(Licence to Practise) Regulations.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires -

"the Act" means the Health Care Professions Act;

"the Council" means the Council for Nurses and Midwives,

established under article 21 of the Act;

"licence" means a licence to practise the profession of a nurse,

issued under these regulations.

A licence shall be granted by the President of Malta to a

person who is a nurse on the recommendation of the Council.

(1) A licence to practise the profession shall be granted to

those first level nurses who fulfill all the following conditions

(a) hold a degree in nursing granted by the University of

Malta or an equivalent nursing qualification obtained

from any other university, college or nursing school

recognized by the Council;

(b) have been registered with the Council for a minimum

period of two years;

(c) have been practising their profession of nurse on a

full-time basis for two years or their equivalent.

(2) In the case of those first level nurses who do not fulfill the

conditions mentioned in the preceding sub-regulation but who are

in possession of a diploma in nursing granted by the University of

Malta, or an equivalent nursing qualification obtained from any

university, college or nursing school recognized by the Council, the

licence shall only be granted after five years from their registration

with the Council and after practising the profession of nurse on a

full-time basis for five years or their equivalent.

(3) The provisions of the preceding sub-regulations shall be

applicable to nurses who are registered in the special part of the

Register.

It shall be the duty of nurses for whom these regulations

apply to abide by the conditions and to satisfy the requirements laid

down by the Code of Practice for their profession.