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Karnataka] Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act, 1961 Complete Act

Title: Karnataka] Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act, 1961

State: Karnataka

Year: 1961

.....to licensing authority before commencement of practice Part V Section 22 - Regulation of nurses establishments Part VI Section 23 - Training Institutions Section 24 - Appeal against refusal to recognise institutions Part VII Section 25 - Removal of names from register on notice of death Section 26 - Penalty for dishonest use of certificate Section 27 - Penalty for unlawful assumption of title of registered nurse, midwife, auxiliary nurse-midwife, or health visitor Section 28 - Court competent to try offences under Act Section 29 - Power of State Government to make rules Section 30 - Power of Council to make by-laws Section 31 - Protection of persons acting in good faith under the Act, rules, or by-laws Section 32 - Jurisdiction or Civil Courts Section 33 - Control Section 34 - Repeal

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Karnataka] Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act, 1961 Part IV

Title: Nurses, Midwives, Auxiliary Nurse-midwives and Health Visitors Entitled to Practise and Control of Licensing Authorities

State: Karnataka

Year: 1961

.....to the local conditions of the area. Section 20 - Licensing authority to exercise general supervision (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules and by-laws made in this behalf, every licensing authority shall exercise general supervision and control over the nurses, midwives, auxiliary nurse-midwives, and health visitors practising within the area under its jurisdiction. (2) The licensing authority may authorise any of its officers to perform any of the duties and to exercise any of the powers conferred on it by this section and section 21. Section 21 - Notice to licensing authority before commencement of practice (1) Every person registered under this Act and every person whose name has been entered in the list, if he intends to continue to practise after the date on which this Part comes into force in any area or if either of such persons intends to practise in such area as a nurse, midwife, auxiliary nurse-midwife, or health visitor, he shall give notice in writing to the licensing authority and shall give a like notice to the said authority in the month of January every three years thereafter during the period he continues to practise within the.....

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Karnataka] Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act, 1961 Section 27

Title: Penalty for Unlawful Assumption of Title of Registered Nurse, Midwife, Auxiliary Nurse-midwife, or Health Visitor

State: Karnataka

Year: 1961

Any person who, not being a registered nurse, midwife, auxiliary nurse-midwife, or health visitor, takes or uses the name or title of registered nurse, midwife, auxiliary nurse-midwife or health visitor or uses any name, title, description, prescribed uniform, object or sign-board, with the intention that it may be believed, or with the knowledge that it is likely to be believed that such person is a registered nurse, midwife, auxiliary nurse-midwife or health visitor shall, on conviction, be punished with fine which may extend to one hundred rupees for the first offence and for any subsequent offence with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees or with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months or with both.

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Karnataka] Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act, 1961 Section 17

Title: Maintenance of List of Persons Practising as Nurses, Midwives, Auxiliary Nurse-midwives and Health Visitors

State: Karnataka

Year: 1961

(1) The Council shall prepare and keep a list of persons whose names are not entered in the register maintained under section 12 and who are practising as nurses, midwives, auxiliary nurse-midwives and health visitors. The list shall be divided into such parts as may be determined by the Council. (2) Every person not being qualified for registration under this Act, who, within the period of two years from the date on which this Part comes into force, proves to the satisfaction of the Council that he has been in regular practice as a nurse, midwife, auxiliary nurse-midwife, or health visitor and fulfils such other conditions as may be determined by the Council shall on payment of the prescribed fee, be entitled to have his name entered in the list: Provided that any person whose name has been removed from the register maintained under this Act or under any other law for the time being in force in any other part of India or from the register of any other country for infamous conduct in any professional respect shall not be entitled to have his name entered in the list. (3) The provisions of sections 14 and 15 shall mutatis mutandis apply to the list.

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Karnataka] Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act, 1961 Preamble 1

Title: Karnataka Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act, 1961

State: Karnataka

Year: 1961

Preamble 1 - KARNATAKA NURSES, MIDWIVES AND HEALTH VISITORS ACT, 1961 THE1[KARNATAKA] NURSES, MIDWIVES AND HEALTH VISITORS ACT, 1961 [Act, No. 4 of 1962]1 [16th January, 1962] PREAMBLE An Act to provide for the registration of Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors in the2[State of Karnataka]. WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the registration of nurses, midwives and health visitors in the2[State of Karnataka]; BE it enacted by the2[Karnataka State] Legislature in the Twelfth Year of the Republic of India as follows:- _______________________________ 1.First published in the Karnataka Gazette on the twenty- fifth day of january 1962. 2.Adapted by the Karnataka Adaptations of Laws Order 1973 w.e.f. 1.11.1973

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Karnataka] Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act, 1961 Part V

Title: Nurses Establishments

State: Karnataka

Year: 1961

.....any statement, record or information which he knows to be false in any material particular for the purpose of obtaining a licence under this section or for any other purposes of this Act shall, on conviction, be punished with fine which may extend to two hundred and fifty rupees for the first offence and for any subsequent offence with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees or with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with both. (12) (i) If the person committing an offence under this section is a company, the company as well as every person in charge of, and responsible to, the company for the conduct of its business at the time of the commission of the offence shall be deemed to be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly: Provided that, nothing contained in this sub-section shall render any such person liable to any punishment if he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge or that he exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of such offence. (ii) Notwithstanding anything contained in clause (i), where an offence under this section has been committed by a.....

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Karnataka] Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act, 1961 Section 22

Title: Regulation of Nurses Establishments

State: Karnataka

Year: 1961

.....any statement, record or information which he knows to be false in any material particular for the purpose of obtaining a licence under this section or for any other purposes of this Act shall, on conviction, be punished with fine which may extend to two hundred and fifty rupees for the first offence and for any subsequent offence with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees or with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with both. (12) (i) If the person committing an offence under this section is a company, the company as well as every person in charge of, and responsible to, the company for the conduct of its business at the time of the commission of the offence shall be deemed to be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly: Provided that, nothing contained in this sub-section shall render any such person liable to any punishment if he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge or that he exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of such offence. (ii) Notwithstanding anything contained in clause (i), where an offence under this section has been committed by a.....

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Karnataka] Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act, 1961 Part II

Title: The [Karnataka Nursing Council]

State: Karnataka

Year: 1961

Part II - THE [KARNATAKA NURSING COUNCIL] THE 1 [KARNATAKA NURSING COUNCIL] _______________________________ 1. Adapted by the Karnataka Adaptations of Laws Order 1973 w.e.f. 1.11.1973

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Karnataka] Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act, 1961 Section 18

Title: Persons Not Registered or Included in the List Not to Practise as Nurse, Etc

State: Karnataka

Year: 1961

(1) No person other than a person registered under this Act or a person whose name is entered in the list, shall practise or hold himself out, whether directly or by implication, as practising habitually or for personal gain as a nurse, midwife, auxiliary nurse-midwife or health visitor. (2) Any person who acts in contravention of the provisions of sub-section (1) shall, on conviction, be punished with fine which may extend to one hundred rupees for the first offence, to two hundred rupees for the second offence, and to three hundred rupees for any subsequent offence.

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Karnataka] Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act, 1961 Part VII

Title: Miscellaneous

State: Karnataka

Year: 1961

.....that section 6 of the 1 [Karnataka] General Clauses Act, 1899 (1 [Karnataka] Act III of 1899), shall b applicable in respect of such repeal and sections 8 and 24 of the said Act shall be applicable as if the said enactments had been repealed and re-enacted by this Act. _______________________________ 1. Adapted by the Karnataka Adaptations of Laws Order 1973 w.e.f. 1.11.1973 Section 34 - Repeal The Madras Nurses and Midwives Act, 1926 (Madras Act III of 1926), the Hyderabad Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Registration Act, 1951 (Hyderabad Act XIX of 1951) and the Bombay Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act, 1954 (Bombay Act XIV of 1954), are hereby repealed: Provided that section 6 of the 1 [Karnataka] General Clauses Act, 1899 (1 [Karnataka] Act III of 1899), shall b applicable in respect of such repeal and sections 8 and 24 of the said Act shall be applicable as if the said enactments had been repealed and re-enacted by this Act. _______________________________ 1. Adapted by the Karnataka Adaptations of Laws Order 1973 w.e.f. 1.11.1973

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