The ASSAM NURSES', MIDWIVES' AND HEALTH* VISITORS' REGISTRATION ACT, 1944
assam · 1944
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- S. 1Section 1 prohibits practicing as a nurse, midwife, or health visitor without registration under the Act.
- S. 2Substituted by A
- S. 3Section 3 establishes the Assam Nurses', Midwives' and Health Visitors' Council as a body corporate to implement the Act.
- S. 4T he Counc\1 shall consist of ~e following ex-Cijficio of tbe
- S. 5The name of every member nominated'll
- S. 6(1) Subject~the prov~· ions of sectil7 an section 8, the term of office of the no ina ted Me ber sH 11 be three years
- S. 7If any memb ·dies or resigns his ember-ship or l'Jtsual ceases to b:: a member s provided in section , the ,·acancy
- S. 8Section 8 states that a council member in Assam vacates their seat if absent from three consecutive meetings or out of India for six consecutive months.
- S. 9The Council may permit any member to absent absence to himself from the meetings of the Council for any period member
- S. 10{1) The Council shall make regulations to the Council regulate :- a
- S. 11Section 11 allows the Registrar to charge fees for attending Council or committee meetings and for reasonable travel expenses.
- S. 12(l) With the previous sanction of the [State)! Go- and office vcrnment, the Council-
- S. 13'1 he Council shall maintain a register of- of reiiater
- S. 14Section 14 mandates the Registrar to update and maintain the register of nurses, midwives, and health visitors, erasing those who are deceased or no longer practicing.
- S. 15Section 15 mandates the transmission of death certificates to the Council and removal of deceased names from registers.
- S. 16Section 16 allows the Council to erase fraudulent or incorrect entries in the register.
- S. 17Section 17 allows registration for qualified nurses, midwives, and health visitors, and those already in practice, upon payment of fees.
- S. 18On making an application in the prescribed form register ~f and on paying such f::e, not being greater than the fee p
- S. 19Section 19 allows the Council to remove a nurse, midwife, or health visitor's name from the register for criminal conviction, professional misconduct, or character defects.
- S. 20( J) Any person aggrieved by an order of ~pp~:al
- S. 21Section 21 clarifies that a registration certificate under this Act does not qualify a person as a medical practitioner under the Assam Medical Act, 1916.
- S. 22(I) The inHitutions which are approved for training and recognised by the Council after inspection by its n':'rsc~
- S. 25Section 25 prohibits hospitals or similar institutions not approved under the Act from issuing certificates for nursing or midwifery.
- S. 26Section 26 assigns the Civil Surgeon or appointed person to oversee nurses, midwives, and health visitors in the district under local authority consultation.
- S. 27Section 27 mandates that after seven years, only registered or trained individuals can work as nurses, midwives, or health visitors, with possible exemptions by the state government.
- S. 28Section 28 penalizes dishonest use of registration certificates, fraudulent registration attempts, and false representations related to the Act.
- S. 29Any person who, not being a nurse, midwife unlawful or health visitor registered under this Act, assumes or :~
- S. 30Section 30 mandates the Registrar to annually publish correct lists of registered nurses, midwives, and health visitors, and courts must presume registration for listed names.
- S. 31No court other than a Magistrate of the First petent to Class shall try any offence under this Act
- S. 32No Magistrate •hall take cognizance of any o ouences
- S. 34Section 34 empowers the Council to create rules for the regulation of the nursing register, fees, examinations, and conditions of service.
- S. 35No suit or otl1er legal proceedings shall lie against of
- S. 36Every persons appointed under suh-sl"ction (1) or snos
- S. 37Section 37 exempts medical practitioners with qualifications under the Assam Medical Act from the provisions of this Act.
- S. 1916or any cert1 call