Local qualification

(1) Any person who at the commencement of the Act, shows to the satisfaction of the Council that she is of good character and has been practicing as a nurse or midwife in Belize prior to the 1st January 1954, and that she possesses a certificate as a nurse or midwife issued by a body which in the opinion of the Nurses and Midwives Council is an authorised body, either in Belize or in any part of the Commonwealth shall be entitled to be registered under the Act on the payment of a fee of four dollars. Nurses and Midwives Registration [CAP. 321 11 (2) There shall be kept as part of the Register a list hereinafter referred to as the “Temporary Register” in which shall be included the names of all persons who are registered in their country of origin as nurses or midwives who are serving in the employ of the Government of Belize whether by contract or otherwise, in the capacity of nurses or midwives at any hospital or institution approved by the Nurses and Midwives Council but who are not for the time being registered in any other part of the Register. The name of every person so included in the Temporary Register shall be removed from the Register on the termination of such employment. (3) In the case of a nurse or midwife who was on the 1st January 1954, engaged in practice as a nurse in Belize, the following evidence of knowledge, experience and of fitness shall be required– (a) a certificate of good character; (b) a certificate signed by the Matron of the Belize City Hospital or two Medical Practitioners, setting out that the applicant has been in regular attendance upon the sick for a period of not less than three years, prior to the 1st January 1954, and is competent to attend upon the sick in the capacity of a nurse or midwife, provided always that the Council may require the applicant, as a condition precedent to registration, to present herself for special enquiry before a Committee appointed by the Council for the purpose of satisfying the Council that she is a fit and proper person to be registered under the Act.