Nurses Act, 1950

Temporary appointment by Minister of members of the Board.

11.—(1) Before the establishment date the Minister shall appoint ten persons (being persons whose names are included in the register kept in pursuance of the Nurses Registration (Ireland) Act, 1919, or persons registered under the Act of 1944) to be members of the Board in addition to the thirteen persons mentioned in section 12 of this Act.

(2) Of the persons appointed under subsection (1) of this section—

(a) one shall be experienced in public health nursing;

(b) two shall be persons registered under the Act of 1944;

(c) two shall be qualified in mental nursing;

(d) three shall be persons whose names are included in the general part of the register kept in pursuance of the Nurses Registration (Ireland) Act, 1919, with experience in training persons for nursing;

(e) one shall have experience in private nursing; and

(f) one shall be engaged in nursing in a hospital which is not a training hospital.