Section 10
Employment of person not registered to practise nursing [S 11/2014]
(1)
No person shall employ or engage a person who is not a person duly registered under this Act to practise nursing.
(2)
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 and, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding $20,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or both.
(3)
Subsection (1) does not apply to the employment or engagement of —
(a)
a medical practitioner;
(b)
a person to care for —
(i)
the person employing or engaging him; or
(ii)
a family member, relative or friend of the person employing or engaging him.
(4)
In any proceedings for an offence against this section, it shall be a defence for a defendant to prove that —
(a)
he did not know that the person concerned was a person not duly registered under this Act; and
(b)
he had exercised due diligence to ascertain if that person was a person duly registered under this Act.
Nurses Registration
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Regulations
Rg 1
Nurses Registration (Nursing Board for Brunei) Regulations
S 23/2002
Rg 2
Nurses Registration Regulations
S 12/2014
Rg 3
Nurses Registration (Committees) Regulations
S 13/2014
NURSES REGISTRATION (NURSING BOARD FOR
BRUNEI) REGULATIONS
S 23/2002
Amended by
S 91/2006
Nurses Registration
[Subsidiary]
(NURSING BOARD FOR BRUNEI) REGULATIONS
Regulation 1.
Citation 2.
Constitution of Board 3.
Membership of Board 4.
Meetings of Board
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Nurses Registration
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Regulations made under section 4(1)(e)
(NURSING BOARD FOR BRUNEI) REGULATIONS
Citation 1.
These Regulations may be cited as the Nurses Registration (Nursing Board for
Brunei) Regulations.
Constitution of Board 2.
The Nursing Board for Brunei is hereby constituted.
Membership of Board 3.
(1)
The Board shall consist of the following members —
(a)
the Director of Nursing Services, who shall be the chairman;
(b)
three Principal Nursing Officers;
(c)
the Principal of the Pengiran Anak Puteri Rashidah Sa'adatul
Bolkiah College of Nursing;
(d)
three Senior Nursing Officers;
(e)
a nursing officer from the Panaga Health Centre;
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(f)
a senior administrative officer from the Ministry of Health;
(g)
a medical officer;
(h)
a former nurse.
(2)
The members of the Board shall be appointed by the Minister for such period as he may think fit and shall be eligible for re-appointment.
(3)
The Minister shall appoint one of the members of the Board referred to in sub-regulation (1)(d) to be the secretary.
(4)
Notice of appointments under sub-regulation (1) shall be published in the
Gazette.
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(5)
In this regulation, “Minister” means the Minister of Health.
Meetings of Board 4.
(1)
In the absence of the chairman from any meeting of the Board, the members present shall elect from amongst themselves a person to be the chairman for that meeting.
(2)
Eight members present shall form the quorum of a meeting.
(3)
Subject to these Regulations, the Board may determine its own procedure.
S 12/2014
Nurses Registration
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Regulation 1.
Citation 2.
Interpretation 3.
Qualifications for registration 4.
Application for registration 5.
Refusal to register 6.
Issue of Certificate of Registration 7.
Entry of higher qualifications 8.