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Chapter: | 164
 | Title: | NURSES REGISTRATION ORDINANCE | Gazette Number: | L.N. 87 of 1999 |
| Section: | 7 | Heading: | Correction of the register | Version Date: | 03/05/1999 |
(1) The secretary may from time to time amend the register as to the address or other relevant particulars relating to any nurse whose name appears therein upon his being satisfied that such amendment is necessary for the purpose of preserving the accuracy of the register.
(2) Subject to the provisions of section 21, the secretary shall add to or delete from the register the name of any nurse whose name the Council directs shall be added thereto or deleted therefrom, as the case may be. (Amended 82 of 1997 s. 21)
(3) Without prejudice to anything contained in Part V, the Council may direct that the name of any nurse be removed from the register who- (Amended 82 of 1997 s. 21)
- (a) requests in writing addressed to the secretary that his name be so removed;
(b) dies;
(c) has left Hong Kong without giving to the secretary notice of intention to return;
(d) has not kept the secretary supplied with an address in Hong Kong at which notices from the Council may be served upon him: (Amended 82 of 1997 s. 21)
- Provided that-
- (i) this paragraph shall not apply to any registered nurse in the service of the Government; and
(ii) any nurse who fails to acknowledge within 12 months after the date of dispatch the receipt of a registered letter or telegram addressed to him at his last address as recorded in the register shall be deemed not to have kept the secretary supplied with an address under this paragraph; (Amended 67 of 1985 s. 16)