Nurses Act, 1950

Election of members of the Board.

13.—(1) Before the 1st day of December in each election year, ten persons (being nurses) shall be elected by nurses to be members of the Board.

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

(a) one shall be a person with such qualification or experience in public health nursing as may be prescribed;

(b) two shall be persons with such qualification or experience in midwifery as may be prescribed;

(c) two shall be persons with such qualification or experience in mental nursing as may be prescribed;

(d) three shall be general trained nurses with such experience in training nurses as may be prescribed;

(e) one shall have such experience in private nursing as may be prescribed;

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

(3) Every election under this section shall be carried out in accordance with rules.