Public Health (General) Amendment (Nursing Homes) Regulation 2004 (NSW)

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New South Wales

Public Health (General) Amendment

(Nursing Homes) Regulation 2004

under the

Public Health Act 1991

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Public Health Act 1991.

MORRIS IEMMA, M.P.,

Minister for Health

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to prescribe the minimum necessary qualifications for a
registered nurse to be appointed as a director of nursing at a nursing home.
This Regulation is made under the Public Health Act 1991, including sections 52 (2) and 82

(the general regulation-making power).

Published in Gazette No 200 of 17 December 2004, page 9362	Page 1
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Clause 1	Public Health (General) Amendment (Nursing Homes) Regulation 2004

Public Health (General) Amendment (Nursing Homes)

Regulation 2004

under the

Public Health Act 1991

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Public Health (General) Amendment (Nursing
Homes) Regulation 2004.

2      Commencement

This Regulation commences on 1 January 2005.

3 Amendment of Public Health (General) Regulation 2002

The Public Health (General) Regulation 2002 is amended as set out in
Schedule 1.

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Public Health (General) Amendment (Nursing Homes) Regulation 2004

Amendment	Schedule 1
Schedule 1	Amendment

(Clause 3)

Clause 20B

Insert after clause 20A:

20B Minimum qualifications for director of nursing at nursing home

For the purposes of section 52 (2) of the Act, the prescribed minimum necessary qualifications for a registered nurse to be appointed as a director of nursing at a nursing home are:

(a)	5 years post-basic or post-graduate nursing experience, and
(b)	2 years full-time administrative experience in a position of, or more senior than that of, nursing unit manager in a hospital or nursing home.

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