9. Syllabus 10. Examinations 11. Requirements for Admission to the Preliminary Examinations 12. Requirements for Admission to the Final Examination 13. Re-admission to Examinations 14. Examination Marks 15. Dates of Examinations and Entries 16. Examination Centres 17. Examiners 18. Examination Fees 19. Re-assessment of Examination Answers ANNEXURE A REQUIREMENTS FOR THE APPROVAL OF A NURSING COLLEGE AS FORMING PART OF A SCHOOL OF NURSING ANNEXURE B CONDITIONS FOR APPROVAL OF HOSPITALS FORMING PART OF A SCHOOL OF NURSING ANNEXURE C CONDITIONS FOR THE APPROVAL OF A HOSPITAL OR GROUP OF HOSPITALS AS A TRAINING SCHOOL FOR MALE NURSES REGULATIONS FOR THE TRAINING AND EXAMINATION OF NURSES FOR MENTAL DEFECTIVES, MADE UNDER SECTION 4 OF THE NURSING ACT, No. 45 OF 1944 1. Interpretation 2. Requirements for Admission to Training 3. Training Schools 4. Lectures and Demonstrations 5. Period of Training 6. Breaks in Training 7. Exemption from Training 8. Examinations 9. The Preliminary Examination 10. The Final Examination 11. Requirements for Admission to the Preliminary Examination 12. Requirements for Admission to the Final Examination 13. Examination Questions 14. Examination Marks 15. Re-admission to Examinations 16. Dates of Examinations and Entries 17. Examination Centres 18. Examiners 19. Examination Fees 20. Reassessment of Examination Answers REGULATIONS FOR THE TRAINING AND EXAMINATION OF MENTAL NURSES (EXCEPT NURSES FOR MENTAL DEFECTIVES) MADE UNDER SECTION FOUR OF THE NURSING ACT, NO. 45 OF 1944
Candidates will not be placed in order of merit. Information in regard to marks or places will only be given by special authority of the Council. In case of a candidate failing to pass the examination, the training school may, however, be advised in what part of the examination she has failed to satisfy the examiners. Re-Admission to Examinations 15. (a) A candidate who has failed to pass in an examination and obtained an aggregate mark of less than 40 per cent. of the total marks available shall not be permitted to present herself for the examination immediately following the one in which she failed. (b) A candidate who has failed, to pass an examination after twice entering therefor may be required to undergo such further training as the Council may decide upon before being re-admitted to the examination. Dates of Examinations and Entries 16. Examinations in all portions of the examination shall be held twice per year in the months of April and October, and applications for admission’ to such examinations shall be lodged with the registrar on or before the 25th day of February and the 25th day of August, respectively. Applications lodged after the aforementioned dates but on or before the first day of March and the first day of September, respectively, shall be accepted only on payment of an additional fee of 5s. per entry. No application which reaches the registrar after the first day of March or the first day of September shall be accepted for the next ensuing examination. Examination Centres 17. The examinations shall be held at such places as the Council may appoint. Examiners 18. The Council shall from time to time appoint such examiners as may be required. The examiners shall conform to such rules as the Council may from time to time resolve upon for the conduct of the examination.,’ and shall receive remuneration at such rates as may be fixed by the Council. They need not be members of the Council. Of the examiners appointed for the preliminary and final written examinations, one shall be the. Commissioner for Mental Hygiene and one a Physician Superintendent of a Mental Hospital, or both examiners shall be Physician Superintendents of Mental Hospitals. The practical and oral examinations shall be conducted by the superintendent of the institution, who shall have as co-examiners - (a) for the preliminary examination, a Physician Superintendent or assistant physician of a mental hospital or institution for mental defectives; (b) for the final examination - (i) a Physician Superintendent or assistant physician of a mental hospital or institution for mental defectives; and