Nurses (Scotland) Act 1951
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1951 c. 55 |
| Year | 1951 |
Nurses (Scotland) Act , 1951
(14 & 15 Geo. 6) CHAPTER 55
An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to nurses for the sick in Scotland.
[1st August 1951]
Be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
Part I
for Scotland, etc.General Provisions as to the General Nursing Council
The General Nursing Council for Scotland
1 The General Nursing Council for Scotland.
(1) There shall be a General Nursing Council for Scotland (in this Act referred to as ‘the Council’) constituted in accordance with the provisions contained in the First Schedule to this Act.
(2) The supplementary provisions contained in the First Schedule to this Act shall have effect with respect to the Council as constituted by this section.
The Register of Nurses
2 The register of nurses.
(1) It shall be the duty of the Council to keep a register of nurses for the sick (in this Act referred to as ‘the register’) subject to and in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
(2) The register shall consist of the following parts:—
(a ) a general part containing the names of all nurses who satisfy the conditions of admission to that part of the register;
(b ) a supplementary part containing the names of nurses trained in the nursing and care of persons suffering from mental diseases;
(c ) a supplementary part containing the names of nurses trained in the nursing and care of persons suffering from mental defect;
(d ) a supplementary part containing the names of nurses trained in the nursing of sick children;
(e ) a supplementary part containing the names of nurses trained in the nursing of persons suffering from fever; and
(f ) such other supplementary part as may be prescribed.
(3) Where any person satisfies the conditions of admission to any supplementary part of the register, his name may be included in that part of the register notwithstanding that it is also included in the general part.
(4) A certificate under the seal of the Council duly authenticated in the prescribed manner stating that any person is, or was at any date, or is not, or was not at any date, duly registered shall be evidence in all courts of law of the fact stated in the certificate.
(5) Any reference in this Act to the register shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be deemed to include a reference to any part of the register, and the expression ‘registered’ shall be construed accordingly.
The Roll of Assistant Nurses
3 The roll of assistant nurses.
(1) It shall be the duty of the Council to keep a roll of assistant nurses (in this Act referred to as ‘the roll’) subject to and in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
(2) A certificate under the seal of the Council duly authenticated in the prescribed manner stating that any person is, or was at any date, or is not, or was not at any date, duly enrolled shall be evidence in all courts of law of the fact stated in the certificate.
The Assistant Nurses Committee
4 The Assistant Nurses Committee.
(1) There shall be a Committee of the Council, to be called the Assistant Nurses Committee, constituted in accordance with the provisions contained in the Second Schedule to this Act.
(2) Any matter which wholly or mainly concerns assistant nurses shall stand referred to the Assistant Nurses Committee and any other matter may be referred by the Council to that Committee; and the Committee shall consider the matter and report upon it to the Council, and the Council, before taking any action on the matter, shall, unless in the opinion of the Council the matter is urgent, receive and consider the report of the Committee;
Provided that the following matters, that is to say—
(a ) any question whether any person shall be removed from or restored to the roll, and any matter arising out of any such question; and
(b ) any other matter referred to the Committee in so far as the Council expressly authorise the Committee to deal with it,
shall be finally dealt with by the Committee on behalf of the Council, and the Committee shall make a report to the Council as to the way they have dealt with it.
(3) The supplementary provisions contained in the Second Schedule to this Act shall have effect with respect to the Assistant Nurses Committee.
The Mental Nurses Committee
5 The Mental Nurses Committee.
(1) There shall be a Committee of the Council, to be called the Mental Nurses Committee, constituted in accordance with the provisions contained in the Third Schedule to this Act.
(2) The following matters, namely—
(a ) any matter which wholly or mainly concerns registered mental nurses or registered nurses for mental defectives (other than a question whether a person shall be registered or shall be removed from or restored to the register or a matter arising out of any such question); and
(b ) any matter relating to the training of persons for admission to the supplementary part of the register containing the names of nurses trained in the nursing and care of persons suffering from mental diseases or to the supplementary part of the register containing the names of nurses trained in the nursing and care of persons suffering from mental defect,
shall stand referred to the Mental Nurses Committee, and any such question as aforesaid or matter arising thereout, and any other matter, may be referred by the Council to that Committee; and the Committee shall consider all such matters and report upon them to the Council, and the Council, before taking any action on any such matter, shall, unless in the opinion of the Council the matter is urgent, receive and consider the report of the Committee:
Provided that any matter which stands referred to the Mental Nurses Committee or is referred to them by the Council shall be finally dealt with by the Committee on behalf of the Council if, and in so far as, the Council expressly authorise the Committee to deal finally with it, and the Committee shall make a report to the Council as to the way they have dealt with it.
(3) The supplementary provisions contained in the Third Schedule to this Act shall have effect with respect to the Mental Nurses Committee.
Provisions as to Rules
6 Rules.
(1) The Council shall make rules for the following purposes:—
(a ) for regulating the maintenance and publication of the register and the roll;
(b ) for regulating the conditions of admission to the register and the roll;
(c ) for regulating the conduct of any examinations which may be prescribed as a condition of admission to the register or the roll, and any matters ancillary to or connected with any such examinations;
(d ) for regulating the issue of certificates to persons registered or enrolled and making provision with respect to the uniform or badge which may be worn by persons registered or enrolled;
(e ) for prescribing the causes for which, the conditions under which, and the manner in which, persons may be removed from the register or the roll, the cancellation of the certificates of persons removed from the register or the roll, the procedure for the restoration to the register or the roll of persons who have been removed therefrom, and the fee to be payable on such restoration; and
(f ) for regulating the issue of certificates by or under the authority of the Council to persons who have undergone the prescribed training (being training carried out in an institution approved by the Council in that behalf) and, if the rules so provide, passed the prescribed examinations in the teaching of nursing.
(2) Rules made under this section shall contain provisions—
(a ) requiring as a condition of the admission of any person to the register or the roll that such person shall have undergone the prescribed training, and shall possess the prescribed experience, in the nursing of the sick;
(b ) requiring that the prescribed training shall be carried out in an institution approved by the Council in that behalf, or in the service of the Admiralty, the Army Council, or the Air Council, or in a hospital managed by a Government department;
(c ) for the reduction by the Council, to such extent as they may think appropriate, of the period of training prescribed under this section as a condition of the admission of any person to the register, in the case of persons enrolled as assistant nurses who have at any time before their admission to the roll undergone training with a view to qualifying for admission to the register but have not so qualified; and
(d ) for the admission to the register, on payment of such fees (if any) as may be prescribed, of persons who hold certificates issued by institutions which appear to the Council to be satisfactory for the purposes of this provision stating that they completed before the beginning of October, nineteen hundred and twenty-five, a course of training in nursing in the institution and who satisfy the...
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