- Laws of Fiji

Last Updated: 1 December 2016

[NUR 19] Nursing Register19

(1) The Registrar must keep the following—

(a)Register of nurses;
(b)Register of student nurses;
(c)Register of midwives;
(d)Register of nurse practitioners; and
(e)Register of specialised nurses.

(2) The Registers must include, in relation to each person on the register—

(a)the person’s full name and nominated contact address;
(b)the qualifications for registration held by the person;
(c)relevant qualifications obtained after registration;
(d)their licences and the conditions upon which each licence is issued; and
(e)any other particulars as the Council may deem necessary.

(3) All nurses, student nurses, midwives and nurse practitioners must ensure that they are correctly registered by completing the relevant registration forms with information that is true and correct. A person who breaches this provision commits an offence and is liable to a fine not exceeding $1,000.

(4) The Registrar must also keep an archival register of persons who have been removed from one of the registers mentioned in subsection (1) under this or any other written law and who have not been reinstated on that register.

(5) The archival register referred to in subsection (4) must not include any person who has died, but must include, in relation to each person on the register, a statement of—

(a)the register from which the person was removed;
(b)the reason for the removal of the person;
(c)the date of the removal;
(d)if the removal was consequent on suspension, the duration of suspension;
(e)if the registration has been cancelled, the date of cancellation; and
(f)if the person has been disqualified from being registered, the date and duration of the disqualification and any conditions attached to its removal.

(6) Information relating to a person who has been reinstated on either one of the registers mentioned in subsection (1) must be removed from the archival register.