Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) The Registrar shall keep the registers in accor- ~f :hbe r~~·s- dance with the provisions of this Act and in accordance R~gisirar. e with any orders made by the Council, and shalJ, from time to time, make all necessary alterations in the regis- tered addresses or appointments and in the classification, of the registered nurses, midwives and health visitors and erase the name of any such nurse, midwife or health visitor who is dead or has ceased to practise. (2) To enable the Registrar to fulfil the duties imposed upon him by sub-section (1) he may send through the post a letter to any person registered as a nurse, a midwife or a health visitor addressed to him according to his registered address or appointment, to inquire whether he has ceased to practise or whether his residence or appointment has been changed ; and if no answer to any such letter is received within a ):'eriod of six months from its despatch, the Registrar may erase the name of such person 1rom the register in which it is entered: Provided that any name erased under this sub-section may be re-entered in the register under the direction of the Council. Erasure of