Nurses Amendment Rules 2001 (WA)

2242 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4 May 2001

HE302*

Nurses Act 1992

Nurses Amendment Rules 2001

Made by the Nurses Board of Western Australia and approved by the
Governor in Executive Council.

1.             Citation

These rules may be cited as the Nurses Amendment Rules 2001.

2.             The rules amended

The amendments in these rules are to the Nurses Rules 1993*.

[* Published in Gazette 29 October 1993, p. 5843-77.

For amendments to 19 January 2001 see 1999 Index to
Legislation of Western Australia, Table 4, p. 195.]

3.             Rule 12 replaced

Rule 12 is repealed and the following rule is inserted instead —

“

12.           Renewal of registration

(1) For the purposes of section 32(1) of the Act, a nurse
registered under section 22 or 24 of the Act may apply
to have the registration renewed —

(a)	for a period of a year; or
(b)	for a period of 3 years.

(2) An application for a registration to be renewed for 3
years may be granted as a renewal for one year (and the
fee reduced accordingly) if the Board considers that the
granting of the renewal for 3 years is not appropriate in
the particular circumstances.

”.

4.             Rule 13 amended

Rule 13(1)(b) is amended by deleting “at any time from
1 October to 31 December in the year that” and inserting
instead —

“ up to 3 months before ”.

5.             Rule 15 amended

Rule 15(2) is amended by deleting “from 1 January to 31
December of the year” and inserting instead —

“ for the period ”.

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6.             Schedule 1 amended

Schedule 1 is amended as follows:

(a)	Form 1 is amended by deleting “49 STIRLING HIGHWAY, PO BOX 336, NEDLANDS 6009 TELEPHONE [phone]”;
(b)	Form 2 is amended by deleting “December 31, 19 .”;
(c)	Form 3 is amended by deleting “December 31, 19 .”;
(d)	Form 4 is amended by deleting “December 31, 19 .”;
(e)	Form 8 is amended by deleting “49 STIRLING HIGHWAY, PO BOX 336, NEDLANDS 6009 TELEPHONE [phone]”;
(f)	years in a division of the register for which registration is sought, the nurse is required to satisfactorily complete a renewal of registration course (section 4 Nurses Act Form 8 is amended by deleting “for a period exceeding 5 “

within the 5 years preceding the date of the
application for renewal, in a division of the register
for which registration is sought, the nurse is
required to satisfactorily complete a renewal of
registration course (sections 22 and 42 Nurses Act

1992).

”;

(g) Form 9 is amended —

(i)      by deleting “49 STIRLING HIGHWAY, PO BOX 336, NEDLANDS 6009 TELEPHONE [phone]”; and

(ii)      by deleting “19 ..” and inserting instead — “ 20.. ”.

7.             Schedule 2 amended

Schedule 2 is amended in item 3, in the column headed “Fee” and by deleting the line commencing “Section 22(1) or (3)” and inserting instead —

“

Section 22(1) or (3)	—for one year $61
—for 3 years $164.70

”.

Made by the Nurses Board of Western Australia, by resolution dated the
16th day of February 2001.

L.S.

BRONWYN ELIZABETH JONES, Presiding Member.

DIANE ESMA TWIGG, Member.

Approved by the Governor,

M. C. WAUCHOPE, Clerk of the Executive Council.