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

9. Registration
(1) Any person who considers himself qualified to be registered in any part of the register may apply in the manner prescribed to the secretary for registration.
(2) The name of a person qualified to be registered in accordance with section 8 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 register by the Council. (Replaced 67 of 1985 s. 16. Amended 82 of 1997 s. 21)
(3) If, after due inquiry into any case referred to it by the Preliminary Investigation Committee in accordance with regulations made under section 27, 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 register. (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 as may be necessary to render it applicable.

10. Certificate of registration
(1) When the name of any person is registered under section 9 the secretary shall issue to him a certificate in the form prescribed.
(2) (Repealed 9 of 2002 s. 4)(3) Any certificate issued under the provisions of the Nurses Registration Ordinance 1931*, shall be deemed to have been validly issued under the provisions of this Ordinance.
(4)-(5) (Repealed 82 of 1997 s. 9)Editorial Note:
* See Cap. 164, 1950 Ed.

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

10A. Person not to practise as registered nurse without practising certificate
(1) A person to whom this section applies shall not practise as a registered nurse in Hong Kong unless he is the holder of a practising certificate which is then in force issued under this section. 
(2) Subject to the payment of the prescribed fee for the issue of a practising certificate under this section, the secretary, on application made to him for that purpose by a person to whom this section applies, shall issue to the person a certificate to the effect that the person is, subject to any conditions and restrictions specified in the certificate, entitled to practise as a registered nurse in Hong Kong. 
(3) Where the secretary issues a practising certificate in respect of a period which is to commence in the year in which the application for the certificate is made, he shall issue a certificate that, subject to subsection (5), is in force from the date of its issue until the end of the third year commencing on 1 January of the year of issue. 
(4) Where the secretary issues a practising certificate in respect of a period that is to commence in the year following the year in which the application for the certificate is made, he shall issue a certificate that, subject to subsection (5), is in force for a period of 3 years commencing on 1 January of the first year of the relevant period. 
(5) If at any time during the currency of a practising certificate issued under this section, the name of the holder of the certificate is removed from the register, the certificate shall thereupon be deemed to be cancelled. 
(6) Any person who is required under this section to be the holder of a practising certificate issued under this section shall be deemed to have obtained the certificate when he has duly applied to the secretary and paid the prescribed fee for the issue of the practising certificate. 
(7) This section applies to—
(a) a person registered under section 9; and 
(b) a person deemed to be a registered nurse by virtue of section 26(b). 
(Added 34 of 1995 s. 27)

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

10AA. Replacement copies of certificates of registration or of practising certificates for registered nurses
(1) The holder of a current certificate of registration or practising certificate issued under section 10 or 10A respectively may apply to the secretary for a replacement copy of the certificate of registration or of the practising certificate (as the case may be) if the original certificate of registration or practising certificate (as the case may be) is lost, destroyed or defaced.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), the secretary shall issue to the applicant a replacement copy of the certificate on receipt of an application accompanied by a prescribed fee.
(3) The secretary shall not issue a replacement copy of the certificate unless the applicant proves to the satisfaction of the secretary that the original certificate is lost, destroyed or defaced.
(Added 9 of 2002 s. 4)

10B. Recovery of practising fees
(1) If a person to whom section 10A applies contravenes subsection (1) of that section, the amount of the prescribed fee payable by him under subsection (2) of that section shall be recoverable as a civil debt. 
(2) In any proceedings under this section a certificate purporting to be under the hand of the secretary to the effect that the person concerned had not paid the prescribed fee for the issue of a practising certificate issued under section 10A is admissible as evidence of the non-payment of the fee. 
(3) On recovery of a prescribed fee payable under section 10A the secretary shall, if the name of the person concerned appears on the register, issue to him an appropriate practising certificate. 
(Added 34 of 1995 s. 27)

11. Roll of enrolled nurses
(1) The Council shall cause to be kept a roll of enrolled nurses which shall contain such particulars as may from time to time be prescribed. (Amended 45 of 1972 s. 3; 82 of 1997 s. 21)
(2) The roll shall be divided into such number of parts as may be prescribed.
(3) Where a person satisfies the conditions of admission to more than one part of the roll, his name may be included in each such part.
(4) A certificate purporting to be under the seal of the Council and signed by the chairman or secretary stating that a person is or was at any date or is not or was not at any date an enrolled nurse shall be evidence in all courts of law of the fact stated in such certificate until the contrary is proved. (Amended 45 of 1972 s. 3; 82 of 1997 s. 21)