South Australian Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

NURSES ACT 1999 - SECT 22

22—The register and the roll

        (1)         The Board must, for the purposes of this Act, keep—

            (a)         a register; and

            (b)         a roll.

        (2)         The register will be a register of persons to whom the Board has granted registration under this Act.

        (3)         The register will be made up of the following parts:

            (a)         the general nurses register;

            (b)         the midwives register;

            (c)         the mental health nurses register;

            (d)         other parts (or "registers") for other areas of nursing recognised by the Board as being special practice areas (if any).

        (4)         The register must include, in relation to each registered person—

            (a)         the person's full name, personal address and business address (if any); and

            (b)         the qualifications for registration held by the person; and

            (c)         details of any specialist qualifications held by the person and determined by the Board to be appropriate for inclusion on the register; and

            (d)         details of any condition or limitation that applies to the person under this Act; and

            (e)         details concerning the outcome of any action taken against the person by the Board under Part 5,

and may include other information as the Board thinks fit.

        (5)         The roll will be a roll of nurses to whom the Board has granted enrolment under this Act and must include, in relation to each enrolled person—

            (a)         the person's full name, personal address and business address (if any); and

            (b)         the qualifications for enrolment held by the person; and

            (c)         details of any specialist qualifications held by the person and determined by the Board to be appropriate for inclusion on the roll; and

            (d)         details of any condition or limitation that applies to the person under this Act; and

            (e)         details concerning the outcome of any action taken against the person by the Board under Part 5,

and may include other information as the Board thinks fit.

        (6)         The Registrar will be responsible to the Board for the form and maintenance of the register and the roll.

        (7)         The Registrar must remove from the register or roll the name of a person who dies or ceases for any reason to be entitled to be registered or enrolled under this Act (including because of a failure to renew the registration or enrolment in accordance with this Act).

        (8)         The Registrar may act under subsection (7) without giving notice to the relevant person.

        (9)         A registered or enrolled person must, within three months after changing address, inform the Registrar in writing of the change.

Maximum penalty: $250.

        (10)         The Registrar may correct an entry in the register or roll that is not, or has ceased to be, correct.

        (11)         The Registrar must, on payment of the prescribed fee—

            (a)         release the full name of a nurse whose name appears on the register or roll;

            (b)         make any information entered under subsection (4)(b), (c) or (d) or (5)(b), (c) or (d) available for inspection.

        (12)         A certificate stating that a person was, or was not, registered or enrolled under this Act as at a particular date or during a particular period and purporting to be signed by the Registrar will, in legal proceedings in the absence of proof to the contrary, be accepted as proof of the registration or enrolment of that person, or of the fact that that person was not registered or enrolled, on the date, or during the period, stated in the certificate.