Nurses and Midwives Act 1999
Table of Contents
Long Title
Part 1 PRELIMINARY
1 Short title
2 Interpretation
Part 2 SINGAPORE NURSING BOARD
3 Establishment and membership of Board
4 Removal of appointed member from office
5 Vacancy in Board
6 Chairperson of Board
7 Meetings and quorum
8 Functions of Board
9 Appointment of executive secretary and other employees
10 Appointment of committees
11 Payment of members of Board and of committees
Part 3 REGISTRATION AND ENROLMENT
12 Registrar
13 Register and Roll
14 Registration and enrolment
15 Medical examination, induction programme, competency assessment and provisional registration and enrolment
16 Temporary registration and enrolment
17 General provisions for registration and enrolment
18 Practising certificate
19 Cancellation, etc., of registration or enrolment
20 Costs
21 Appeal
22 Conviction final and conclusive
23 Application for re-registration, re‑enrolment or re‑certification
24 Publication of registered nurses, etc., with practising certificates
25 Certificate of Registrar
Part 4 OFFENCES
26 False assumption of title of nurse, etc.
27 Practice of nursing or midwifery by unqualified person
28 Employment of unqualified person to practise nursing or midwifery
29 Nurse’s agents
30 Fraudulent registration, etc.
Part 5 ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSES
31 Interpretation of this Part
32 Certification of Advanced Practice Nurses, etc.
33 Publication of list of Advanced Practice Nurses
34 Certificate of Registrar
35 False assumption of title of Advanced Practice Nurse, etc.
Part 6 MISCELLANEOUS
36 Inspectors
37 Complaints Committees
38 Powers of Complaints Committees to require attendance of witnesses, etc.
39 Legal assessor and medical assessor
40 Service of documents
41 Where Board member is in public service
42 Funds of Board
43 No action against Board in absence of bad faith
43A Composition of offences
44 Power of Board to make regulations
Part 7 TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
45 Interpretation of this Part
46 Persons registered and enrolled under repealed Act
47 Saving of certificates
48 Pending disciplinary proceedings
Legislative History
Abbreviations
Comparative Table