Hong Kong Ordinances

NURSES REGISTRATION ORDINANCE - SECT 21

Provisions relating to orders of the Council

(Past version on 03/05/1999).
(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) The secretary shall cause a copy of-

   (a)  any decision of the Council made under subsection (3) to refuse to
        enter the name of an applicant in the register of section 9; or

   (b)  any decision of the Council made under subsection (3) to refuse to
        enter the name of an applicant upon the roll of section 15; or

   (c)  any order made under section 17(1), to be served, as soon as may be
        after the making of the order, upon the registered nurse or the
        enrolled nurse concerned, as the case may be, either personally or by
        registered post addressed to him at the last address known to the
        secretary. (Replaced 38 of 1970 s. 10. Amended 67 of 1985 s. 16)

(2) The secretary shall not remove the name of any registered nurse from the
register or of any enrolled nurse from the roll, before the expiration of 30
days after the service upon such nurse of the copy of the order referred to in
subsection (1), or, in the case of an appeal made to the Court of Appeal
against the order under section 22, before the appeal is finally determined.
(Amended 38 of 1970 s. 10; 10 of 2005 s. 73)

(3) Any-

   (a)  registered nurse whose name is removed from the register or any part
        thereof in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance, or whose
        name, prior to the commencement of this Ordinance, was so removed in
        accordance with the provisions of the Nurses Registration Ordinance
        1931*, from the register or from any part thereof, maintained in
        accordance with the provisions of that Ordinance;

   (b)  enrolled nurse whose name is removed from the roll or any part thereof
        in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance, may apply to the
        Council for the restoration of his name-

        (i)    to the register or to such part thereof; or

        (ii)   to the roll or to such part thereof. (Replaced 38 of 1970 s.
               10)

(4) The Council may, in its absolute discretion, and after such inquiry and
subject to such conditions as it may consider expedient, either allow or
reject the application, and, if it allows the application, shall direct the
secretary upon payment of the prescribed fee, if any, to restore the name of
the applicant to the register or to such part thereof, or to the roll or to
such part thereof, as the case may be, and thereupon the secretary shall
restore the name accordingly: Provided that where the name of-

   (a)  a registered nurse was removed from the register or any part thereof;
        or

   (b)  an enrolled nurse was removed from the roll or any part thereof, by
        order of the Council for a specified period only, no fee shall be
        payable upon the restoration of the name upon the expiration of such
        period. (Added 38 of 1970 s. 10) (Amended 45 of 1972 s. 3; 82 of 1997
        s. 21)
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* See Cap 164, 1950 Ed.