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Refusal of registration and removal and re-entry of names. Appeal from order under section 14. Renewal fee. Maintenance of list of persons practicing as nurses, midwives and health visitors. The Gujarat Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act, 1968. [ 1968 : Guj.24 force, proves to the satisfaction of the Council that he has been in regular practice as a nurse, midwife or health visitor and fulfils such other conditions as may be determined by the Council shall, on payment of the prescribed fee, be entitled to have his name entered in the list: Provided that any person whose name has been removed from the register maintained under this Act or under any other law relating to registration of nurses, midwives and health visitors for the time being in force in any other part of India or from the corresponding register of any other country for infamous conduct in any professional respect shall not be entitled to have his name entered in the list. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2), Dais or Emergency Nursing Aides who may have received training in accordance with the bye-laws laid down by the Council shall be entitled to have their names entered in the list to he prepared and kept under sub-section (1), on payment of the prescribed fee. (4) The provisions of sections 14, 15 and 16 shall mutatis mutandis apply to such list. PART IV. NURSES, MIDWIVES AND HEALTH VISITORS ENTITLED TO PRACTICE AND CONTROL OF LICENSING AUTHORITIES. 18.(1) No person other than a person registered under this Act or a person whose name is entered in the list shall practise or hold himself out, whether directly or by implication, as practicing habitually or for personal gain as a nurse, midwife of health visitor. (2) Any person who acts in contravention of the provisions of sub- section (1) shall, on conviction, be punished with fine which may extend to one hundred rupees for the first offence, to two hundred rupees for the second offence and to three hundred rupees for any subsequent offence. 19.(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 18 a person whose name has been entered in the list shall not practice as a nurse, midwife or health visitor in an area within the limits of a municipal corporation or a municipal borough unless he- (a) has been in regular practice as a nurse, midwife or health visitor for a continuous period of five years prior to the date on which this section has come into force, or (b) has been in regular practice as a nurse, midwife or health visitor for a continuous period of two years prior to the date on which this section has come into force and produces a certificate from a hospital or nursing home approved by the Council in this behalf signed by the Matron, Medical superintendent or other responsible officer of such institution that such person has undergone such courses of instruction or has received the training as a nurse, midwife or health visitor in such manner as may have been prescribed by by-laws; (2) The State Government may, after consultation with the district panchayat direct by a notification in the Official Gazette, that the provisions of sub-section (1) shall apply on such date as may be specified therein to any other area in the district, subject to such adaptations and modifications as it may consider suitable having regard to the local conditions of the area. Persons not registered or on the list not to practise as nurse etc. Conditions of practice in certain areas. The Gujarat Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act, 1968. 1968 : Guj.24 ] 20.(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules and by-laws made in this behalf, every licensing authority shall exercise general supervision and control over the nurses, midwives and health visitors practicing within the area under its jurisdiction. (2) The licensing authority may authorise any of its officers to perform any of the duties and to exercise any of the powers conferred on it by this section and section 21. 21.(1) Every person registered under this Act or every person whose name has been entered in the list if he intends to continue to practice after the date on which this Part comes into force in any area or if either of such persons intends to practice in such area as nurse, midwife or health visitor, he shall give a like notice in writing to the licensing authority in the month of January every five years thereafter during the period he continues to practise within the said area. (2) Every such notice shall contain such particulars and shall be in such form as may be determined by the Council. (3) Any person who fails to comply with the provisions of sub-section (1) shall, on conviction, be punished with fine which may extend to twentyfive rupees for the first offence, to fifty rupees for the second offence and to one hundred rupees for any subsequent offence. (4) Any person who knowingly or wilfully makes or causes or procures any other person to make any false statement in any notice under this section shall, on conviction, be punished with fine which may extend to one hundred rupees for the first offence, to two hundred rupees for the second offence and to three hundred rupees for any subsequent offence. PART V. NURSES ESTABLISHMENTS.