Admission to register of persons trained outside Belize

(1) Any person who proves to the satisfaction of the Council that he has been registered as a professional nurse, nurse anaesthetist, nurse practitioner, or public health nurse or as possessing other specialist training for an expanded role recognised by the Council, or a professional or practical midwife or a practical nurse in any part of the Commonwealth or in any foreign country, may be registered under this Act on making application in the prescribed manner and paying such fee not greater than the fee payable on ordinary application for registration under this Act, as the Council may prescribe, Provided that, (a) there shall be in force in such place an enactment, or a provision of any kind having the force of law, providing for the registration of professional nurses, nurse anesthetists, nurse practitioners, public health nurses or any other category of nurses with expanded roles recognised by the or professional or practical or practical nurses under some public authority; (b) the Council is satisfied that the standard of the courses and the examination required for admission to the register established under the said enactment or provision shall not be lower than the standard of training and examination required for admission under the corresponding section of the register kept under this Act. (2) Where there is a reciprocal agreement concerning nurses between Belize and any part of the Commonwealth or any foreign country, any person, who proves to the satisfaction 10 of the Council that he is registered in such part of the Commonwealth or foreign country either generally as a professional nurse or as a nurse of some special class recognised by the Council, shall be entitled on making application in the prescribed manner and on payment of such fee, not greater than the fee payable on ordinary application for registration under this Act, as the Council may prescribe, to be registered under this Act. (3) Any person who proves to the satisfaction of the (a) that he holds a diploma or licence from any nursing school, hospital or other institution in Great Britain or Ireland having authority to grant it, and is by law entitled to practice midwifery in Great Britain or Ireland; or (b) that he holds a certificate or licence from any part of the Commonwealth or a foreign country recognised for the time being by the Council or the Council for Human and Social Development, as furnishing a sufficient guarantee of the possession of the requisite knowledge and skill for the efficient practice of midwifery, and is by law entitled to practice midwifery in the Commonwealth or such foreign country, shall be entitled, on making an application in the prescribed manner and paying a fee not greater than the fee payable on ordinary application for registration under this Act, as the Council may prescribe, to be registered under this Act. (4) The Council may register on a temporary basis any professional nurse or any nurse of any special class entering Belize to work in an approved programme. The Council may impose such restrictions as it may deem fit on the grant of such temporary registration. 11