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Act No. of Year: ACT NO. 48 OF 1947
Enactment Date: [31st December, 1947.]
Act Objective: An Act to constitute an Indian
Nursing Council.. WHERE AS it is expedient to
constitute an Indian Nursing Council in order to
establish a uniform standard of training for
nurses, midwives and health visitors; It is hereby
enacted as follows:-
ACT YEAR: 1947-48
Section Text:
1. Short title, extent and commencement.
(1) This Act may
be called the Indian Nursing Council Act,1947.
(2) It extends to the whole of India except the
State of Jammu and Kashmir.
(3) It shall come into force at once.
2. Interpretation.
In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in
the subject or context,-
(a)"the Council "
means the 3[Council] constituted under this Act
(b)" prescribed means prescribed by regulations
made under section 16
(c)" State Council" means a Council (by whatever
name called) constituted under the law of a
State to regulate the registration of nurses,
midwives or health visitors in the State ;
(d) "State register" means a register of nurses,
midwives or health visitors maintained under the
law of a State.
3. Constitution and
composition of the Council.
1 The Central
Government shall as soon as may be constitute a
Council consisting of the following members,
namely:-
(a) one nurse
enrolled in a State register elected by each
State Council.
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1) The Act has been extended to Dadra
and Nagar Haveli by Reg. 6 of 1963, s. 2 and
Sch. I; Pondicherry by Reg. 7 of 1963, s. 3
and Sch. I, and Goa, Daman and Diu by Reg.
11 of 1963, s. 3 and Sch.
2) Subs. by Act 45 of 1957, s. 2, for
the former sub-section (w.e.f. 1-12-1958).
3) Subs. by s. 3, ibid., for "Indian
Council of Nursing" (w.e.f. 1-12-1958).
4) Cl. (e) omitted by s. 3, ibid. (w.e.f.
1-12-1958).
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(b) two members
elected from among themselves by the heads of
institutions recognized by the Council for the
purpose of this clause in which training is
given-
(i) for obtaining a
University degree in nursing; or
(ii) in respect of a post-certificate course
in the
teaching of nursing and in nursing
administration;]
(c) one member elected
from among themselves by the heads of
institutions in which health visitors are
trained;
(d) one member elected by the Medical Council
of India
(e) one member elected by the Central Council
of the Indian Medical Association
(f) one member elected by the Council of the
Trained Nurses Association of India ;
(g) one midwife or auxiliary nurse-midwife
enrolled in a State register, elected by each
of the State Councils in the four groups of
States mentioned below, each group of States
being taken in rotation in the following
order, namely: -
(i) Kerala, Madhya
Pradesh,Uttar Pradesh and Haryana],
(ii)Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra and
Rajasthan,
(iii)Karnataka, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and
West Bengal,
(iv) Assam, Gujrat, Tamil Nadu and Orissa
(h) the Director
General of Health Services, exofficio;
(i) the Chief Principal Matron, Medical
Directorate, General Headquarters, ex officio
;
(j) the Chief Nursing Superintendent, office
of the Director-General of Health Services, ex
officio;
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1. Subs. by Act 45 of 1957, s. 4, for the
original clause (w.e.f. 1-12-1958).
2. Subs. by the
Punjab Reorganisation and Delhi High Court
(Adaptation of Laws on Union Subjects)
Order, 1968, for "and Uttar Pradesh" (w.e.f.
1-11-1966).
3. Subs. by the Bombay Reorganisation
(Adaptation of Laws on Union Subjects)
Order, 1961, for "Bombay" (w.e.f. 1-5-1960).
4. Subs. by the
Mysore State (Alteration of Name)
(Adaptation of Laws on Union Subjects)
Order, 1974, for "Mysore" (w.e.f.
1-11-1973).
5. Ins. by the State of Himachal Pradesh
(Adaptation of Laws on Union Subjects)
Order, 1973 (w.e.f. 25-1-1971).
6. Subs. by the Bombay Reorganisation
(Adaptation of Laws on Union Subjects)
Order, 1961, for "Madras and Orissa" (w.e.f.
1-5-1960).
7. Subs. by the Madras State (Alteration of
Name) (Adaptation of Laws on Union Subjects)
Order, 1970, for "Madras" (w.e.f.
14-1-1969).
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(k) the Director of
Maternity and Child Welfare, Indian Red Cross
Society, ex officio;
(l) the Chief Administrative Medical Officer
(by whatever name called) of each State other
than a Union territory, ex Officio;]
(m) the Superintendent of Nursing Services (by
whatever name called), ex officio, from each
of the States in the two groups mentioned
below, each group of States being taken in
rotation in the following order, namely :-
(i) Andhra Pradesh,
Assam, 2[Maharashtra], Madhya Pradesh,
3[Tamil Nadu], Uttar Pradesh, 4[West Bengal
and Haryana] ;
(ii) Bihar, 5[Gujrat] 6[Himachal Pradesh]
Kerala, 7[Karnataka], Orissa, Punjab and
Rajasthan];
(n) four members
nominated by the Central Government, of whom
at least two shall be nurses, midwives or
health visitors enrolled in a State register
and one shall be an experienced educationalist
(o) three members
elected by Parliament, two by the House of the
People from among its members and the other by
the Council of States from among its members.
(2) The
President of the Council shall be elected by the
members of the Council from among themselves:
Provided that for five years from the first
constitution of the Council the President shall
be a person nominated from amongst the members
of the Council by the Central Government, who
shall hold office during the pleasure of the
Central Government.
(3) No act done by the Council shall be
questioned on the ground merely of the existence
of any vacancy in, or any defect in the
constitution of, the Council.
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1. Subs. by Act 45 of 1957, s. 4, for the
former clause (w.e.f. 1-12-
1958).
2. Subs. by the Bombay Reorganisation
(Adaptation of Laws on Union Sub-
jects) Order, 1961, for "Bombay" (w.e.f.
1-5-1960).
3. Subs. by the Madras State (Alteration of
Name) (Adaptation of Laws
on Union Subjects) Order. 1970, for "Madras "
(w.e.f. 14-1-1969).
4. Subs. by the Punjab Reorganisation and
Delhi High Court (Adaptation
of Laws on Union Subjects) Order, 1968, for
"and West Bengal" (w.e.f.
1-11-1966).
5. Ins. by the Bombay Reorganisation
(Adaptation of Laws on Union
Subjects) Order, 1961 (w.e.f. 1-5-1960).
6. Ins. by the State of Himachal Pradesh
(Adaptation of Laws on Union
Subjects) Order, 1973 (w.e.f. 25-1-1971).
7. Subs. by the Mysore State (Alteration of
Name) (Adaptation of Laws
on Union Subjects) Order, 1974, for "Mysore" (w.e.f.
1-11-1973).
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4. Incorporation of the Council. -
The Council constituted under section 3 shall
be a body corporate by the name of the Indian
Nursing Council having perpetual succession and a
common seal, with power to acquire property both
movable and immovable, and shall by the said name
sue and be sued.
5. Mode of elections.
(1) Elections
under sub-section (1) of section 3 by State
Councils shall be conducted in accordance with
rules made in this behalf by the respective
State Governments, andwhere any dispute arises
regarding any such election it shall be referred
to the State Government concerned whose decision
shall be final.
(2) Other elections under that sub-section shall
be conducted in the prescribed manner, and where
any dispute arises regarding any such election
it shall be referred to the Central Government
whose decision shall be final.
6. Term of office
and casual vacancies.
(1) Subject to the
provisions of this section, an elected or
nominated member, other than a nominated
President, shall hold office for a term of five
years from the date of his election or
nomination or until his successor has been duly
elected or nominated, whichever is longer.
(2) An elected or nominated member may at any
time resign his
membership by writing under his hand addressed
to the President, and
the seat of such member shall thereupon become
vacant.
(3) An elected or nominated member shall be
deemed to have
vacated his seat if he is absent without excuse
sufficient in the
opinion of the Council from three consecutive
meetings of the Council
where the interval between the first and third
of the said meetings
exceeds six months.
(4) A casual vacancy in the Council shall be
filled by fresh
election or nomination, as the case may be, and
the person elected or
nominated to fill the vacancy shall hold office
only for the remainder
of the term for which the member whose place he
takes was elected or
nominated.
(5) Members of the Council shall be eligible for
re-election or
renomination.
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1 Sub-section (6) omitted by Act 45 of 1957, s.
5 (w.e.f. 1-12-1958).
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8. Officers,
Committees and servants of the Council.
(1) The Secretary
of the Council (who may also, if it is deemed
expedient by the Council, act as Treasurer)
shall, for three years from the first
constitution of the Council, be a person
appointed by the Central Government and shall
hold office during the pleasure of the Central
Government.
(2) The Council
shall-
(a) elect from
among its members a Vice-President;
(b) constitute from among its members an
Executive Committee and such other committees
for general or special purposes as the Council
deems necessary to carry out the purposes of
this Act ;
(c) subject to the provisions of sub-section
(1), appoint a Secretary, who may also. if
deemed expedient, act as Treasurer;
(d) appoint or nominate such other officers
and servants as the Council deems necessary to
carry out the purposes of this Act ;
(e) require and take from the Secretary, or
from any other officer or servant, such
security for the due performance of his duties
as the Council deems necessary;
(f) with the previous sanction of the Central
Government, fix the fees and allowances to be
paid to the President. Vice President and
members and the pay and allowances of officers
and servants of the Council.
9. The Executive
Committee
(1) The Executive
Committee shall consist of nine members, of whom
seven shall be elected by the Council from among
its members.
(2) The President and Vice-President of the
Council shall be members ex officio of the
Executive Committee, and shall be President and
Vice-President, respectively, of that Committee.
(3) In addition to the powers and duties
conferred and imposed upon it by this Act, the
Executive Committee shall exercise and dis-charge
such powers and duties as the Council may confer
or impose upon it by any regulations which may
be made in this behalf.
10. Recognition of
qualifications.
(1) For the
purposes of this Act, the qualifications
included in 1[Part I of] the Schedule shall be
recognised qualifications, and the
qualifications included in Part II of the
Schedule shall be recognised higher
qualifications.
(2) Any authority within the States 2* * *
which, being recognised by the State Government
1[in consultation with the State Council, if
any] for the purpose of granting any
qualification, grants a qualification in general
nursing, midwifery, 1[auxiliary nursing
midwifery], health visiting or public health
nursing, not included in the Schedule may apply
to the Council to have such qualification
recognised, and the Council may declare that
such qualification, or such qualification only
when granted after a specified date, shall be a
recognized qualification for the purposes of
this Act.
(3) The Council may enter into negotiations with
any authority 3[in any 4[territory of India to
which this Act does not extend] or
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1 Ins. by Act 45 of 1957, s. 6 (w.e.f.
1-12-1958).
2 The words "of India" omitted by the A.O.
1950.
3 Subs. by Act 75 of 1950, s. 2, for " in any
State or country outside the States ".
4 Subs. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 3)
Order, 1956, for "Part B State".
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foreign country]
which by the law of 2[such territory] or country
is entrusted with the maintenance of a register
of nurses, midwives or health visitors, for the
settling of a scheme of reciprocity for the
recognition of qualifications, and in pursuance
of any such scheme the Council may declare that
a qualification granted by any authority in any
2[such territory] or country, or such
qualification only when granted after a
specified date, shall be a recognised
qualification for the purposes of this Act:
Provided that no declaration shall be made under
this sub-section in respect of any qualification
unless by the law and practice 3[of the foreign
country] in which the qualification is granted
persons domiciled or originating 4[in India] and
holding qualifications recognized under this Act
are permitted to enter and practise the nursing
profession 5[in that country]
Provided further
that-
(i) any reciprocal arrangements subsisting at
the date of the commencement of this Act between
a State Council
and any authority outside India for the
recognition of qualifications shall, unless the
Council decides otherwise, continue in force,
and
6[(ii) any qualification granted by an authority
in a territory of India to which this Act did
not extend at the date of its commencement, and
recognised on the said date by the State Council
of a State to which this Act then extended,
shall continue to be a recognised qualification
for the purpose of registration in that State.]
(4) The provisions of sub-sections (2) and (3)
and of sections 14 and 15 shall apply mutatis
mutandis to the declaration by the Council of a
qualification granted in respect of
post-certificate nursing training as a
recognised higher qualification.
11. Effect of
recognition. 7[(1)] Notwithstanding anything
contained in any other law,-
(a) any recognised
qualification shall be a sufficient
qualification for enrollment in any State
register
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1 The words "of India " omitted by the A.O.
1950.
2 Subs. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 3)
Order, 1956, for "such State".
3 Subs. by Act 75 of 1950, s. 2, for "of the
State or country".
4 Subs. by s. 2, ibid., for " in any State".
5 Subs. by s. 2, ibid., for "in that State or
country".
6 Subs. by Act 45 of 1957, s. 6, for the
former clause (w.e.f. 1-12-1958).
7 S. 11 re-numbered as sub-section (1) of that
section by s, 7, ibid, (w.e.f. 1-12-1958).
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(b) no person
shall, after the date of the commencement of
this Act, be entitled to be enrolled in any
State register as a nurse, midwife, 1[auxiliary
nurse-midwife,] health visitor, or public health
nurse unless he or she holds a recognised
qualification :
Provided that any person already enrolled in any
Stateregister before the said date may continue
to be so enrolled notwithstanding that he or she
may not hold a recognised qualification :
Provided further that any person who was
immediately before the said date entitled to be
enrolled in any State register but was not so
enrolled shall, on application made in this
behalf before the expiry of two years from the
said date be entitled to be enrolled in that
register ;
(c) any person holding a recognised higher
qualification shall be entitled to have the
qualification entered as a supplementary
qualification in any State register in which he
or she is enrolled, and after the said date no
person shall be entitled to have entered as a
supplementary qualification in any State
register any qualification which is not a
recognised higher qualification.
1[(2)
Notwithstanding anything contained in clause (b)
of sub-section (1)-
(a) a citizen
of India holding a qualification which
entitles him or her to be registered with any
Council of Nursing or Midwifery (by whatever
name called) in any foreign country, may, with
the approval of the Council, be enrolled in
any State register; and where approval has
been accorded by the Council in respect of
such qualification in one case, the approval
of the Council for enrollment in a State
register in the case of any other citizen of
India holding the same qualification shall not
be necessary ;
(b) a person
not being a citizen of India who is employed
as a nurse, midwife, auxiliary nurse-midwife,
teacher or administrator in any hospital or
institution situated in any State for purposes
of teaching, research or charitable work may,
with the approval of the President of the
Council, be enrolled temporarily in the State
register for
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1 Ins. by Act 45 of 1957, s. 7 (w.e.f.
1-12-1958).
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such period as may be specified in this behalf
in the order issued by the said President:
Provided that practice by such person shall be
limited to the hospital or institution to
which he or she is attached.]
12. Power to require information as to courses
of study and training and examinations.
Every authority in any State 1* * * which
grants a recognised qualification or a recognised
higher qualification shall furnish such
information as the Council may, from time to time,
require as to the courses of study and tranining
and examinations to be undergone in order to
obtain such qualification, as to the ages at which
such courses of study and examinations are
required to be undergone and such qualifications
conferred, and generally as to the requisites for
obtaining such qualification.
13. Inspections.
(1) The Executive
Committee may appoint such number of inspectors
2[,whether from among members of the Council or
otherwise,] as it deems necessary to inspect any
institution recognised as a training
institution, and to attend examinations held for
the purpose of granting any recognised
qualification or recognised higher
qualification.
(2) Inspectors appointed under this section
shall report to the Executive Committee on the
suitability of the institution for the purposes
of training and on the adequacy of the training
therein, or as the case may be, on the
sufficiency of the examinations.
(3) The Executive Committee shall forward a copy
of such report to the authority or institution
concerned, and shall also forward copies, with
the remarks, if any, of the authority or
institution concerned thereon, to the Central
Government and to the State Government and State
Council of the State in which the authority or
institution is situated.
14. Withdrawal of
recognition.
(1) When, upon
report by the Executive Committee, it appears to
the Council-
(a) that the
courses of study and training and the
examinations to be gone through in order to
obtain a recognised qualification from any
authority in any State 1* * *, or the
conditions for admission to such courses or
the standards of proficiency required from the
candidates at such examinations are not in
conformity with the regulations
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1 The words "of India" omitted by the A.O.
1950.
2 Ins. by Act 45 of 1957, s. 8 (w.e.f.
1-12-1958)
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made under this Act or fall short of the
standards required thereby, or
(b) that an institution recognised by a State
Council for the training of nurses, midwives,
1[auxiliary nurse-midwives] or health visitors
does not satisfy the requirements of the
Council, the Council may send to the
Government of the State in which theauthority
or institution, as the case may be, is
situated a statement to such effect, and the
State Government shall forward it, along with
such remarks as it may think fit to the
authority or institution concerned and, in a
case referred to in clause (b) to the State
Council also, with an intimation of the period
within which the authority or institution may
submit its explanation to the State
Government.
(2) On the receipt
of the explanation or, where no explanation is
submitted within the period fixed, then on the
expiry of the period, the State Government shall
make its recommendations to the Council.
(3) The Council, after such further inquiry, if
any, as it may think fit to make, and in a case
referred to in clause (b) of sub-section (1),
after considering any remarks which the State
Council may have addressed to it, may declare,-
(a) in a case
referred to in clause (a) of that sub-
section, that the qualifications granted by
the authority concerned shall be recognised
qualifications only when granted before a
specified date, or
(b) in a case referred to in the said clause
(b), that with effect from a date specified in
the declaration any person holding a
recognised qualification whose period of
training and study preparatory to the grant to
him of the qualification was passed at the
institution concerned shall be entitled to be
registered only in the State in which the
institution is situated.
(4) The Council
may declare that any recognised qualification
granted outside the States 2* * * shall be a
recognised qualification only if granted before
a specified date.
15. Mode of declarations.3[(1)]
All declarations under section 10 or section
14 shall be made by resolution passed at a meeting
of the Council called for the declarations
purpose, and shall forthwith be published in the
Official Gazette.
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1 Ins, by Act 45 of 1957, s. 9 (w.e.f.
1-12-1958).
2 The words "of India " omitted by the A.O.
1950.
3 S. 15 re-numbered as sub-section (1) of that
section by Act 45 of 1957, s. 10 (w.e.f.
1-12-1958).
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1[(2) The Central Government shall, from time to
time, by notification in the Official Gazette,
amend the Schedule so as to bring it into accord
with any declaration under section 10 or section
14.]
2[15A. Indian Nurses Register.(1) The Council
shall cause to be maintained in the prescribed
manner a register of nurses, midwives, auxiliary
nurse midwives and health visitors to be known
as the Indian Nurses Register, which shall
contain the names of all persons who are for the
time being enrolled on any State register.
(2) It shall be
the duty of the Secretary of the Council to keep
the Indian Nurses Register in accordance with
the provisions of this Act, and from time to
time, to revise the register and publish it in
the Gazette of India and in such other manner as
may be prescribed.
(3) Such register shall be deemed to be a public
document withinthe meaning of the Indian
Evidence Act, 1872 (1 of 1872), and may be
proved by a copy published in the Gazette of
India.
15 (B).Supply of copies of State registers.
Each State Council shall supply to the
Council twenty printed copies of the State
register as soon as may be after the 1st day of
April of each year and inform the Council without
delay of all additions to, and other amendments
in, the State register made from time to time.]
16. Power to make
regulations.
(1) The Council
may 3[by notification in the official gazette,]
make regulations not
inconsistent with this Act generally to carry
out the provisions of this Act, and in
particular and without prejudice to the
generality of the foregoing power, such
regulations may provide for-
(a) the
management of the property of the Council and
the maintenance and audit of its accounts ;
(b) the manner in which elections referred to
in sub- section (2) of section 5 and in clause
(a) of sub- section (2) of section 8 shall be
conducted ;
(c) the summoning and holding of the meetings
of the Council,the times and places at which
such meetings shall be held, the conduct of
business thereat and the number of members
necessary to constitute a quorum ;
(d) prescribing the functions of the Executive
Committee, the summoning and holding of
meetngs thereof, the times and places at which
such meetings shall be held, and the number of
members necessary to constitute a quorum ;
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1 Ins. by-Act 45 of 1957, s. 10 (w.e.f.
1-12-1958),
2 Ins. by s. 11, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-12-1958).
3 Ins. by Act 4 of 1986, s.2 and sch.(w.e.f.
15.5.1986)
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(e) prescribing the powers and duties of the
President and the Vice-President ;
1[(f) prescribing the tenure of office and the
powers and duties of the Secretary and other
officers and servants of the Council ;
(ff) prescribing the powers and duties of
inspectors;]
(g) prescribing the standard curricula for the
training of nurses, midwives and health
visitors, for training courses for teachers of
nurses, midwives and health visitors, and for
training in nursing administration
(h) prescribing the conditions for admission
to courses of training as aforesaid ;
(i) prescribing the standards of examination
and other requirements to be satisfied to
secure for qualifications recognition under
this Act ;
(j) any other matter which is to be or may be
prescribed under this Act.
(2) To enable the
Council to be first constituted, the President
may, with the previous sanction of the Central
Government, make regulations for the conduct of
the elections referred to in sub- section (2) of
section 5, and any regulations so made may be
altered or rescinded by the Council in exercise
of its powers under this
section.
2[(3) Every
regulation made under this Act shall be laid, as
soon as may be after it is made, before each
House of Parliament, while it is in session, for
a total period of thirty days which may be
comprised in one session or in two or more
successive sessions, and if, before the expiry
of the session immediately following the session
or the successive sessions aforesaid, both
Houses agree in making any modification in the
regulation or both Houses agree that the
regulation should not be made, the regulation
shall thereafter have effect only in such
modified form or be of no effect, as the case
may be; so, however, that any such modification
or annulment shall be without prejudice to the
validity of anything previously done under that
regulation.]
17.[Repeal of
Ordinance 13 of 1947.1 Rep. by the Indian Nursing
Council (Amendment) Act, 1957 (45 of 1957), s. 13
(w. e. f. 1-12- 1958).
PART I
Recognised qualifications
A.-General Nursing-Certificates (including
senior and junior certificates), Diplomas
or Degrees in Nursing issued by any of the
following authorities,
namely:
1. The Examination Board appointed by the
4[Government of Tamil
Nadu].
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1. Subs. by Act 45 of 1957, s. 12, for the
original cl. (f) (w.e.f. 1-12-1958).
2 Ins. by Act 4 of 1986, s.2 and Sch. (w.e.f.
15.5.1986)
3 Subs. by Act 45 of 1957, s. 14, for the
original Schedule (w.e.f. 1-12- 1958).
4 Subs. by the Madras State (Alteration of Name)
(Adaptation of Laws on Union Subjects) Order,
1970, for "Govt. of Madras" (w.e.f. 14-1-1969).
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2. The Bombay Nurses, Midwives and Health
Visitors Council.
3. The Bombay Presidency Nursing Association
(when issued before the 1st day of January,
1936).
4. The Bengal Nursing Council (when issued
before the 15th day of August, 1947).
5.The Uttar Pradesh State Medical Faculty.
6. The Uttar Pradesh Nurses and Midwives
Council.
7. The State Board of Medical Examinations,
Uttar Pradesh (when issued before the 1st day of
January, 1927).
8.
(a) The Punjab
Nurses Registration Council (when issued
before the 15th day of August, 1947 or after
the 26th day of January, 1950).
(b) The East Punjab Nurses Registration
Council (when issued before the 26th day of
January, 1950).
9. The Bihar
Medical Examination Board (when issued before
the 1st day of January, 1938).
10. The Bihar Nurses Registration Council.
11. The Madhya Pradesh Medical Examination Board
(when issued before the 1st day of April, 1950).
12. The Assam Nurses, Midwives and Health
Visitors Council.
13. The Orissa Medical Examination Board.
14. The Mid-India (United) Board of Examiners
for Nurses (when issued before the 1st day of
January, 1947).
15. The Joint Missionary Board for Examination
of Nurses (Marathi area) (when issued before the
1st day of January, 1934).
16. The North-India United Board of Examiners
for Mission and other Hospitals (when issued
before the 1[1st day of January, 1942].
17. PART II
Recognised higher qualifications
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Name of the authority issuing the Qualification
qualification
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1. The Examination
Board appointed 1.Diploma in Nursing- by the
3[Government of Tamil Sister Tutor Course. Nadu].
2. Diploma in Nursing- Nursing Administration
Course. 2. College of Nursing, New Delhi. 1.
Post-certificate course in Public Health Nursing
(when issued before the 31st day of December,
1953).
2.Combined Post- certificate course in Teaching
and Nursing Adminis- tration (when issued before
the 31st day of August, 1957).
3. Certificate of Examination in Ward Sisters
course.
4. Certificate of Examination in Nursing
Administration Course.
4[(When granted on or before the 30th
June, 1961).]
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1 [Ins. by Notification No. S.O. 2682, dated
10-9-1963, see Gazette of India, Pt. II, Sec.
3(ii), P. 3417.
2 Ins. by Notification No. S.O. 2187, dated
11-6-1968, see Gazette of India, Pt. II, Sec.
3(ii), P. 3063.
3 Subs. by the Madras State (Alteration of Name)
(Adaptation of Laws on Union Subjects) Order
1970, for "Government of Madras" (w.e.f.
14-1-1969).
4 Ins. by Notification No. S.O. 1391, dated
15-4-1964, see Gazette of India, Pt. II, Sec.
3(ii), p. 1643.
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(The Schedule.)
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Name of the authority issuing the Qualification
qualification
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2.College of
Nursing, New Delhi- 5.Certificate of
Examination in contd. Sister Tutor Course. 1
[(When granted on orbefore the 30th June,
1961).]
6. Certificate of
Examination in Mid-wife Tutor Course.
1 [(When granted on or before the 30th June,
1961).]
1[7.Diploma in Nursing administration.
8. Nursing Tutors Diploma.
9.Midwife Tutors Diploma.]
3. The (Missionary) Christian Me- Diploma in
Teaching and Superdical College, School of Nur-
vision (Sister Tutor Course) .sing, Vellore.
4. The School of Nursing, Christian Diploma in
Teaching and Medical College, Vellore.
Supervision (Sister Tutor Course).
5. The All India Institute of Mental Diploma in
psychiatric Nursing Health, Bangalore.
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