Amendments of the Nursing Regulations (ACT)

Regulations 1971 No. 13

Regulations under the Nurses Registration Ordinance 1933-1971.*

K E N N E T H McCOLL A N D E R S O N , the Minister o f State for Health, hereby

, make the following Regulations under the Nurses Registration Ordinance

I 1933-1971.

Dated this ninth day of December, 1971.

KEN A N D E R S O N

Minister o f State for Health.

A M E N D M E N T S OF THE N U R S I N G R E G U L A T i o N s t

1. After regulation 1 o f the Nursing Regulations, the following regulation

is inserted:—

" 1A. In these Regulations, ' the Ordinance' means the Nurses	Registration
Ordinance	1933-1971.".

2.   Regulation 7 of the Nursing Regulations is amended—

(a)	by omitting the words " general training school for nurses" and inserting in their stead the words " training school for general nurses "; and
(b)

by omitting paragraph (c) and inserting in its stead the following " ( c ) The hospital conducts, for persons who have the higher

educational qualifications referred to in regulation 11A o f these Regulations, a two-year course, and conducts, for persons who have the educational qualifications referred to in paragraph (b) o f sub-regulation (3 . ) o f regulation 12 o f these Regulations a three-year course, o f training in the' theory and practice o f nursing; ".

and for later amendments, see Regulations 1967, N o . 6 and 1968, N o . II.

3 . After regulation 11 of the Nursing Regulations the following regulation

is inserted:—

" 11A. For the purposes of paragraph (a) o f sub-section (1 . ) o f section 22

of the Ordinance, the prescribed higher educational qualifications are—

(a) a pass at an examination referred to in the first column of the following table held in a particular year o r in two successive years in not less than four subjects at a level specified in the second column

o f that table opposite to that examination; o r

• Notified in the Commonwealth Gazelle on 17 December 1971.

t For references to the Commonwealth Gazettes in which the original regulations and amendments made before
1960 were added, see footnote on p. 420 to Vol. 111. to " Laws of the Australian Capital Territory 1911-1959 "

(b) a pass at an examination held in a country other than Australia in a particular year or in two successive years in not less than four subjects, being an examination that is of a standard equivalent to the standard of any one of the examinations specified in the following table.

First Column	Second Column
Examinations	Level

New South Wales—

Higher School Certificate Examination . . . . Level 3 or a higher level

Matriculation Examination conducted by the University of Sydney Level 3 or a higher level

Victoria—

Higher School Certificate	. .	. .	. .	. .	. .	Pass
School Leaving Certificate	. .	. .	. .	Pass
Leaving Technical	Examination	. .	. .	. .	. .	Pass

Girls' Secondary Schools Leaving Certificate . . . . . . Pass

Queensland—

Senior Examination . . . . . . Level 4 or a higher level

South Australia—

Leaving Examination	. .	. .	. .	Grade 3 or a higher grade
Matriculation Examination	. .	. .	. .	Grades A, B, C or D

Western Australia—

Leaving Examination . . . . . . Pass

Matriculation Examination . . . . . . Pass

Tasmania—

Higher School Certificate Examination	. .	. .	Level 2 or a higher level
Schools Board Certificate Examination	. .	. .	Pass certificate endorsed 'A'

4.   Regulation 12 of the Nursing Regulations is amended—

(a)

by omitting paragraph (c) of sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in " (c ) the appropriate educational qualifications for the course of

training for admission to which she has applied;"; and

(b) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulation:— " ( 3 . ) For the purposes of paragraph (c ) of sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation, the appropriate educational qualifications for the course of training to which an applicant has applied for admission are—

(a)	if the applicant has applied for admission to a two-year course of training conducted by the hospital—the higher educational qualifications specified in the last preceding regulation: or
(b)	if the applicant has applied for admission to the three-year course of training conducted by the hospital—

(i) a pass in not less than four subjects at an examina­

tion (other than an examination referred to in the table in the last preceding regulation) held in a particular year or in two successive years by a public examining authority in a State or Territory of the Commonwealth for students who are taught at the secondary level of education; or

(ii)   educational qualifications that are at least of a standard equivalent to the standard obtained by a person who has the qualifications referred to in the last preceding sub-paragraph.".

5. Regulation 16 of the Nursing Regulations is amended by omitting the

word " course " and inserting in its stead the word " courses ".