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S.I. No. 502/2020 - Nurses and Midwives (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) (Amendment) Rules 2020

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 6th November, 2020.

The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 13 of the Nurses and Midwives Act 2011 (No. 41 of 2011), hereby makes the following rules:-

1. (1) These Rules may be cited as the Nurses and Midwives (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) (Amendment) Rules 2020.

(2) These Rules and the Principal Rules may be cited together as the Nurses and Midwives (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Rules 2018 and 2020.

2. In these Rules “Principal Rules” means the Nurses and Midwives (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Rules 2018 ( S.I. No. 220 of 2018 ).

3. Rule 12 of the Principal Rules is amended by inserting “, 8, 9 or 10” after “Rule 6”.

4. Rule 13 of the Principal Rules is amended by inserting “, 8, 9 or 10” after “Rule 6”.

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GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland,

16 October, 2020.

ESSENE CASSIDY,

President.

SHEILA MCCLELLAND

Chief Executive Officer.

I, STEPHEN DONNELLY, Minister for Health, approve of the making of the foregoing Rules.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

28 October, 2020.

STEPHEN DONNELLY

Minister for Health.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).

These Rules amend the Nurses and Midwives (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Rules 2018.