NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR REGULATION 72/15

NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
REGULATION 72/15

Registered Nurses Regulations (Amendment)
under the
Registered Nurses Act, 2008

(Filed September 10, 2015)

Under the authority of section 11 of the Registered Nurses Act, 2008, the Council of the Association of Registered Nurses of Newfoundland and Labrador, with the approval of the Minister of Health and Community Services, makes the following regulations.

Dated at St. John's, September 9, 2015.

Regina Coady
President
Council of the Association of Registered Nurses
of Newfoundland and Labrador

Steve Kent
Minister of Health and Community Services

REGULATIONS

Analysis

NLR 66/13
as amended

1. Subsection 6(2) of the Registered Nurses Regulations is repealed and the following substituted:

(2) Where a person who has not written the registered nurse examination is granted an interim licence he or she shall write the exam within 4 months from the date of issuance of the interim licence or another time approved by the council.

2. Subsection 7(1) of the regulations is repealed and the following substituted:

Exam failure-registered nurse

7. (1) Where a person fails a first writing of the approved registered nurse examination his or her interim licence shall be revoked but he or she may remain registered on the provisional register and may be granted a further interim licence subject to the conditions and restrictions determined by the council.

(1.1) Where a person fails a second writing of the approved registered nurse examination his or her interim licence granted under subsection (1) shall be revoked but he or she may remain registered on the provisional register.

3. Section 19 of the regulations is repealed and the following substituted:

Conditions and restrictions

19. (1) The council may attach those conditions and restrictions to a registration, a licence or an interim licence that the council considers appropriate.

(2) A member shall comply with all conditions and restrictions that are attached to his or her registration, licence or interim licence by the council.