Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
The Act came into force w.e.f. 1st August, 1978 vide Health & Family Welfare Deptt. Notification No. 2-16/71 H&FP dt. 31st July, 1978. Published in the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh, dated 19th August, 1978 p. 822. THE HIMACHAL PRADESH NURSES REGISTRATION ACT, 1977 4 (g) "nurse" means a person who holds a certificate in nursing from any institution recognised in this behalf by the council or one who has been registered under sub-section (2) of section 18 ; (h) "nurse dai" means a trained dai who has passed the examination in nursing prescribed by the Punjab Nurses Registration Council or one ho has been registered with the said Council and has been taken over from the said Council in transferred territories merged in Himachal Pradesh under section 5 of the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 (31 of 1966); (i) "register" means a register maintained under the Act ; (j) "registered" means registered in accordance with the provisions of section 18; (k) "Registrar" means the Registrar appointed under section 15; (l) "registered medical practitioner" means a person who holds a qualification granted by an authority specified and notified under section 3 of Indian Medical Degrees Act, 1916 (7 of 1916) or specified in the Schedule to the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 (102 of 1956) or specified in any other law for the time being in force in any State or who practises in any system of medicines and is registered in any State medical register by whatever name may be called; (m) "regulations" means regulations made under section 17; (n) "rules" means rules made under section 33 ; (o) "trained dai" means a person who has been granted a training certificate under the bye-laws made by the Council or one who has been registered under sub-section (2) of section 18 ; (p) "un-registered" means not registered in accordance with the provisions of section 18. CHAPTER II CONSTITUTION OF COUNCIL, APPOINTMENT OF OFFICE BEARERS AND THE MAKING OF REGULATIONS