Nurses Act, 1985

Approval by the Board of hospitals and institutions suitable for training purposes.

34.—(1) Where the Board, on application made to it in that behalf, is satisfied that a hospital or institution is suitable for the training of nurses or of candidates for registration in the register of nurses, the Board shall approve of the hospital or institution for such training.

(2) For the purposes of giving effect to the provisions of subsection (1) of this section the Board may, by rules, specify conditions of suitability for hospitals and institutions.

(3) Every hospital or institution approved of by the former Board for the purposes of section 53 of the Nurses Act, 1950 , shall be deemed, unless the Board determines otherwise, to have been approved of by the Board.

(4) The Board may, with the consent of the Minister, withdraw an approval under this section of a hospital or an institution.

(5) A hospital or an institution of which the Board has refused to approve may apply to the Minister, to direct the Board to approve of it and if the Minister, after consideration of the facts of the case, gives the direction, the Board shall approve of the hospital or institution.