Nurses and Midwives Act 2019 (No. 10 of 2019)
ZambiaAct of Parliament2019No. No. 10 of 2019
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The Nurses and Midwives Act 2019 (No. 10 of 2019) is an Act of the Parliament of Zambia enacted in 2019. It contains 99 sections. Read its sections below, or ask Levy any question about the Nurses and Midwives Act 2019 (No. 10 of 2019) and get an answer grounded in the Act with citations.
Sections of the Nurses and Midwives Act 2019 (No. 10 of 2019)
- S. 1Short title and commencement
- S. 2Interpretation
- S. 3Continuation and renaming of the General Nursing Council
- S. 4Functions of the Council
- S. 5Constitution of Board of Council
- S. 6Functions of Board
- S. 7Delegation of functions of Board
- S. 8Registrar
- S. 9Staff of Council
- S. 10Emoluments and other conditions of service of Registrar and other staff
- S. 11Inspectorate
- S. 12Power of entry, search and inspection
- S. 13Code of Conduct for inspectors
- S. 14Prohibition of practising without registration
- S. 15Registration as nurse or midwife
- S. 16General qualifications for, and disqualifications from, registration as nurse
- S. 17Provisional registration
- S. 18Full registration
- S. 19Specialist registration
- S. 20Changes in detail
- S. 21Cancellation of certificate of registration and deregistration
- S. 22Re-registration of nurse or midwife
- S. 23Prohibition of practice without practising certificate
- S. 24Application for and issue of a practising certificate
- S. 25Display of practising certificate
- S. 26Renewal of practising certificate
- S. 27Cancellation of practising certificate
- S. 28Retention of non-practising nurse or non-practising midwife on register
- S. 29Regulations on practising certificates
- S. 30Prohibition of transfer of certificate
- S. 31Duplicate certificate
- S. 32Surrender of cancelled certificate
- S. 33Prohibition ofprovision of nursingor midwifery trainingwithout
- S. 34Application for approval of training programme
- S. 35Approval of training programme
- S. 36Display of certificate of approval
- S. 37Review of approved training programme
- S. 38Withdrawal of approval of training programme
- S. 39Re-approval of training programme
- S. 40Regulations on education and training and continuing
- S. 41Prohibition of use of practical training site without accreditation
- S. 42Application for accreditation as practical training site
- S. 43Grant of accreditation
- S. 44Display of certificate of accreditation
- S. 45Renewal of accreditation
- S. 46Suspension and revocation of accreditation
- S. 47Indexing of students
- S. 48Prescription of qualifications and issue of certificates
- S. 49Offences relating to training of nurses and midwives
- S. 50Scope of nursing and midwifery practice
- S. 51Prohibition of prescription of listed medicine and allied
- S. 52Certificate of competence to prescribe listed medicine and
- S. 53Prohibition of operation nursing or midwifery facility without
- S. 54Application for licence
- S. 55Grant of licence
- S. 56Display of licence
- S. 57Transfer of licence
- S. 58Amendment of licence
- S. 59Duplicate licence
- S. 60Renewal of licence
- S. 61Surrender of licence on discontinued operation of nursing or
- S. 62Suspension or revocation of licence
- S. 63Publication of licenced nursing and midwifery facilities
- S. 64Offences relating to nursing and midwifery facilities
- S. 65Code of Ethics
- S. 66Professional misconduct
- S. 67Initiation of disciplinary action
- S. 68Professional Conduct Committee
- S. 69Reference of matters to Professional Conduct Committee
- S. 70Functions of Professional Conduct Committee in relation to
- S. 71Sanctions for professional misconduct by Professional Conduct
- S. 72Disciplinary Committee
- S. 73Functions of Disciplinary Committee
- S. 74Proceedings of Disciplinary Committee
- S. 75Powers of Disciplinary Committee at a hearing
- S. 76Sanctions for professional misconduct by Disciplinary
- S. 77Report by Disciplinary Committee
- S. 78Rules by Chief Justice
- S. 79Registers
- S. 80Publication of copies of registers
- S. 81Appeals
- S. 82Jurisdiction over acts committed outside Zambia
- S. 83Prohibition of publication or disclosure of information to
- S. 84Offences by principal officers of bodies corporate and
- S. 85General penalty
- S. 86Administrative penalty
- S. 87Immunity
- S. 88Guidelines
- S. 89Regulations
- S. 90Repeal of Act No. 31 of 1997, and savings and transitional
- S. IPRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
- S. IINURSING AND MIDWIFERY COUNCIL OF ZAMBIA
- S. IIIINSPECTORATE
- S. IVREGISTRATION OF NURSES AND MIDWIVES, AND PRACTISING CERTIFICATES
- S. IXGENERAL PROVISIONS
- S. VEDUCATION AND TRAINING OF NURSES AND MIDWIVES
- S. VISCOPE OF NURSING AND MIDWIFERY PRACTICE
- S. VIILICENSING OF NURSING AND MIDWIFERY FACILITIES
- S. VIIIDISCIPLINARY MATTERS