- Laws of Fiji

Last Updated: 1 December 2016

[NUR 52] Nursing Professional Standards Committee52

(1) The Nursing Professional Standards Committee is hereby established.

(2) The Council is to ensure that the appropriate persons are appointed as members of the Nursing Professional Standards Committee.

(3) The Nursing Professional Standards Committee is to comprise of a—

(a)representative of the College of Nursing, Fiji National University;
(b)representative of the Council;
(c)representative of the TSI School of Nursing; and
(d)registered nurse nominated by the Minister.

(4) The functions of the Nursing Professional Standards Committee are to—

(a)assist the Council by monitoring and evaluating every training course for student nurses, as the case may be, within tertiary education facilities in Fiji;
(b)make recommendations to the Council concerning recognition of degrees awarded, in Fiji or elsewhere, as qualification for registration on the appropriate register;
(c)make recommendations to the Council concerning the qualifications for full registration, conditional registration and vocational registration;
(d)develop guidelines, to be considered and approved by the Council, for assessment of the clinical practice of registered persons;
(e)refer to the Council any perceived need to change the status previously granted to any course of training or education;
(f)establish broad guidelines for continuing professional education programmes;
(g)examine continuing professional education programmes proposed by registered persons, and make recommendations to the Council concerning recognition of such programmes;
(h)assess and determine the status to be given to persons completing such programmes managed by appropriate academic or professional bodies; and
(i)perform any other appropriate function assigned to the Committee by the Council from time to time.

(5) The Nursing Professional Standards Committee’s responsibility for monitoring of continuing professional education may be delegated to appropriate specialist bodies, but the Committee must monitor these bodies and set general guidelines on matters such as the number of hours, feedback questionnaires and distribution of points between interactive and private educational activity claims.

(6) The Nursing Professional Standards Committee must establish guidelines on appropriate matters, including, but not limited to the—

(a)number of hours to be spent in continuing professional education for the renewal of the licence; and
(b)distribution of points between interactive and private educational activity claims.

(7) The procedure of the Nursing Professional Standards Committee shall be established by the Council.