Nurses Act, 1950

Removal of the name of midwife from the midwives division.

46.—(1) The Committee may, in accordance with rules, recommend to the Board that the name of a midwife should be removed from the midwives division and the Board shall give effect to such recommendation.

(2) The Board shall not, save on the recommendation of the Committee, remove the name of a midwife from the midwives division.

(3) The rules made for the purposes of this section shall, in particular, provide that, before the Committee exercise their powers under subsection (1) of this section in respect of a midwife, the Committee shall afford the midwife an opportunity of answering before them the charges made against her.

(4) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the rules made for the purposes of this section shall prescribe the causes for which and the conditions under which the Committee may recommend the removal of the name of a nurse from the midwives division.

(5) Where the Committee recommends the removal of a name of a midwife from the midwives division, they may also recommend to the Board that the Board should exercise their powers under subsection (1) of section 30 of the Act of 1944 and the Board shall exercise these powers accordingly.