Hong Kong Regulations

NURSES (REGISTRATION AND DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURE) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 12

Minimum training qualifications for examination

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

No person shall be entitled to enter for any examination under these
regulations unless he satisfies the Council- (L.N. 116 of 1999)

   (a)  that he has undergone systematic instruction in each of the subjects
        prescribed for such examination; and

   (b)  that he has completed, or is due to complete by the last day of the
        month in which such examination is to be held, a period of three years
        in the appropriate training school: Provided that this period may be
        reduced-

        (i)    by at least one year in the case of a person whose name is
               already registered in some other part of the register; and

        (ii)   by six months in the case of a person whose name is entered in
               the roll of enrolled nurses maintained in accordance with
               section 11 of the Ordinance. (L.N. 144 of 1972) (L.N. 34 of
               1970)