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Nurses (Amendment) Bill
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Clause Notes
Clause 1 sets out the purposes of the Act.
Clause 2 provides that the Act comes into operation after the day on which
it receives Royal Assent.
provides that in the Act, the Nurses Act 1993 is called the
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Principal Act.
Clause 4 amends the definition of "endorsement" in the Principal Act.
Clause 5 inserts a new section 8C into the Principal Act which allows the
Board to endorse the registration of a nurse registered under
division 2 of the register if the Board is satisfied that the nurse
has completed an approved course of study in medication
administration or its equivalent.
Clause 6 amends the Principal Act to provide that the Board must notify an
applicant for endorsement of registration under section 8C of the
outcome of the application.
Clause 7 inserts a new sub-section (1C) into section 13 of the Principal Act
which provides for the renewal of an endorsement of registration
under new section 8C.
Clause 8 inserts new sub-sections (3) and (4) into section 14 of the
Principal Act which allows the Board to refuse to renew the
endorsement of registration under section 8C of an applicant if
the Board is satisfied that the applicant for renewal has not
maintained the required competencies in medication
administration for that endorsement. A nurse may make
submissions on such a refusal.
Clause 9 makes a consequential amendment to section 15 of the Principal
Act (which deals with the effect of suspension) so that it also
applies to a nurse whose registration is endorsed under
section 8C.
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Clause 10 makes consequential amendments to sections 17, 18 and 19 of the
Principal Act, which deal with matters related to the register and
certificates of registration, so that they also apply to registrations
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that have been endorsed under section 8C.
Clause 11 inserts new offences into the Principal Act which prohibit
persons or nurses from claiming to be endorsed under section 8C.
The clause also inserts offences that prohibit nurse agencies from
arranging for a nurse whose registration is not endorsed under
section 8C to work in contravention of the terms of that nurse's
endorsement or to work as a nurse whose registration is endorsed
under section 8C.
Clause 12 amends section 66 of the Principal Act (which sets out the
powers and functions of the Board) to provide that the Board may
also approve courses of study that provide competence for which
registration may be endorsed under section 8C and to determine
the manner in which competencies for such endorsement may be
maintained.
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