Hong Kong Ordinances

NURSES REGISTRATION ORDINANCE - SECT 16A

Person not to practise as enrolled nurse without practising certificate

(1) A person to whom this section applies shall not practise as an
enrolled nurse in Hong Kong unless he is the holder of a practising 
certificate which is then in force issued under this section.

(2) Subject to the payment of the prescribed fee for the issue of a
practising certificate under this section, the secretary, on application made
to him for that purpose by a person to whom this section applies, shall issue
to the person a certificate to the effect that the person is, subject to any
conditions and restrictions specified in the certificate, entitled to practise
as an enrolled nurse in Hong Kong.

(3) Where the secretary issues a practising certificate in respect of a period
which is to commence in the year in which the application for the certificate
is made, he shall issue a certificate that, subject to subsection (5), is in
force from the date of its issue until the end of the third year commencing on
1 January of the year of issue.

(4) Where the secretary issues a practising certificate in respect of a period
that is to commence in the year following the year in which the application
for the certificate is made, he shall issue a certificate that, subject to
subsection (5), is in force for a period of 3 years commencing on 1 January of
the first year of the relevant period.

(5) If at any time during the currency of a practising certificate issued
under this section, the name of the holder of the certificate is removed from
the roll, the certificate shall thereupon be deemed to be cancelled.

(6) Any person who is required under this section to be the holder of a
practising certificate issued under this section shall be deemed to have
obtained the certificate when he has duly applied to the secretary and paid
the prescribed fee for the issue of the practising certificate.

(7) This section applies to-

   (a)  a person enrolled under section 15; and

   (b)  a person deemed to be an enrolled nurse by virtue of section  26 (b).
        (Added 34 of 1995 s. 29)