### Nurses Registration Ordinance 《護士註冊條例》

12. Information with respect to enrolled nurses
(1) The roll or a copy thereof shall be kept at the offices of the Council and shall be open to inspection by any person free of charge during usual business hours upon application being made in writing addressed to the secretary. (Amended 5 of 1988 s. 5) 
(2) The Council shall cause to be published in the Gazette in relation to successive periods, in such manner as the Council may think fit and at intervals of not more than 12 months, lists of all persons whose names have been entered in, removed from or restored to the roll during these periods.
(Amended 82 of 1997 s. 21)

13. Correction of the roll
(1) The secretary may from time to time amend the roll 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 roll.
(2) Subject to the provisions of section 21, the secretary shall add to or delete from the roll 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 roll 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 enrolled nurse in the service of the Government; and
(ii) any enrolled 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 roll shall be deemed not to have kept the secretary supplied with an address under this paragraph; (Amended 67 of 1985 s. 16)

(e) has failed to obtain a practising certificate issued under section 16A within 6 months of his enrolment under section 15 or of the expiry of such a certificate. (Added 34 of 1995 s. 28)
(Amended 45 of 1972 s. 3)

### Nurses Registration Ordinance 《護士註冊條例》

14. Qualification for enrolment
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, no person shall be qualified to be enrolled under this Part unless he has satisfied the Council that— (Amended 82 of 1997 s. 21)
(a) he has attained the age of 20 years;
(b) he is of good character; and
(c) either—
(i) he has completed such training as may be prescribed and has passed such examinations as may be required by the Council; or
(ii)-(iv) (Repealed 68 of 1995 s. 2)(v) he possesses a valid certificate to practise nursing issued by such certifying body as may be recognized by the Council as constituting sufficient evidence of his competency to practise nursing. (Added 28 of 1974 s. 4. Amended 68 of 1995 s. 2)
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1), the Council may require any applicant for enrolment in any part of the roll to prove his competency in nursing by examination conducted by examiners appointed by the Council and, if required, to undergo such further training as the Council may specify.
(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1), any person who, before 31 December 1972, satisfies the Council that he— (Amended 45 of 1972 s. 4; 82 of 1997 s. 21)
(a) has attained the age of 20 years;
(b) is of good character;
(c) has completed a course of training which is acceptable to the Council; and
(d) has, within the period of 3 years immediately preceding the date of application for enrolment, been bona fide engaged on nursing duties so as to fit him for enrolment as an enrolled nurse,
shall be qualified to be enrolled as an enrolled nurse. (Amended 45 of 1972 s. 3)
(Amended 82 of 1997 s. 21)

### Nurses Registration Ordinance 《護士註冊條例》

14A. Review of results of examinations under section 14
(1) A person who is aggrieved by the result of an examination under section 14 may request the Council to review the result.
(2) A request for review under subsection (1)—
(a) shall be in writing;
(b) shall state the grounds relied on; and
(c) shall be made within 1 week after the announcement of the examination result by the Council.
(3) On receipt of a request accompanied by a prescribed fee, the Council shall review the relevant examination result as soon as practicable.
(4) The Council shall notify the person who has requested the review of the result of the review within 1 month after the completion of the review by a written notice served on the person personally or sent to the person by registered post.
(Added 9 of 2002 s. 4)

15. Enrolment
(1) Any person who considers himself qualified to be enrolled in any part of the roll may apply in the manner prescribed to the secretary for enrolment.
(2) The name of a person qualified to be enrolled in accordance with section 14 who has complied with subsection (1) and with any regulations relating thereto shall, subject to payment of any prescribed fee and to subsection (3), be entered upon the roll by the Council. (Replaced 67 of 1985 s. 16. Amended 82 of 1997 s. 21)
(3) If, after due inquiry, the Council is satisfied that a person applying under subsection (1) has in Hong Kong or elsewhere— (Amended 82 of 1997 s. 21)
(a) been convicted of an offence punishable with imprisonment; or
(b) been guilty of unprofessional conduct,
the Council may, in its discretion, refuse to enter the name of that person upon the roll. (Added 67 of 1985 s. 16. Amended 82 of 1997 s. 21)
(4) Such provisions of Part V as are capable of application to an inquiry held for the purposes of this section shall apply to any such inquiry, and any such provision may be construed with such modifications not affecting the substance thereof as may be necessary to render it applicable.

16. Certificate of enrolment
(1) When the name of any person is enrolled under section 15, the secretary shall issue to him a certificate of enrolment in the form prescribed.
(2) (Repealed 9 of 2002 s. 4)(3)-(4) (Repealed 82 of 1997 s. 13)