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NURSES ACT, 1985
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PART I Preliminary and General | |
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Short Title. |
1. —This Act may be cited as the Nurses Act, 1985. |
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Interpretation. |
2. —In this Act— |
[GA] | “the Board” means An Bord Altranais or the Nursing Board established by this Act; | |
[GA] | “establishment day” means the day appointed to be the establishment day under section 4 of this Act; | |
[GA] | “Fitness to Practise Committee” means the committee established by the Board under section 13 (2) of this Act; | |
[GA] | “the former Board” means An Bord Altranais established under the Nurses Act, 1950 ; | |
[GA] | “health board” means a health board established under the Health Act, 1970 ; | |
[GA] | “Member State” means a state, other than the State, which is a member of the European Economic Communities; | |
[GA] | “midwife” means a person whose name is entered in the midwives division of the register; | |
[GA] | “the Minister” means the Minister for Health; | |
[GA] | “nurse” means a woman or a man whose name is entered in the register and includes a midwife and “nursing” includes “midwifery”; | |
[GA] | “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made by the Board; | |
[GA] | “the register” means the register of nurses established under section 27 of this Act; | |
[GA] | “registered medical practitioner” means a person whose name is entered in the General Register of Medical Practitioners established under the Medical Practitioners Act, 1978 ; | |
[GA] | “rules” means rules made under section 26 of this Act. | |
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Commencement. |
3. —This Act shall come into operation on such day or days as may be fixed therefor by order or orders of the Minister either generally or with reference to a particular purpose or provision and different days may be so fixed for different purposes and different provisions of this Act. |
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Establishment day. |
4. —The Minister may by order appoint a day to be the establishment day for the purposes of this Act. |
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Repeals. |
5. —The enactments specified in the First Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed. |