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NURSES ACT 1999 - SECT 39

39—Other restrictions

        (1)         Subject to the regulations, a person must not practise nursing for remuneration, fee or other reward unless the person is registered or enrolled under this Act.

        (2)         Subject to the regulations, a person must not take or use the title "nurse", or another title calculated to induce a belief on the part of another that the person is a nurse, unless the person is registered or enrolled under this Act.

        (3)         Subject to the regulations—

            (a)         a person who is not registered or enrolled under this Act must not hold himself or herself out as a nurse or permit another person to do so; and

            (b)         a person must not hold out another as being a nurse unless the other person is registered or enrolled under this Act.

        (4)         A person who is registered or enrolled under this Act must not perform a function in the provision of nursing care that the person is not authorised to perform under this Act.

        (5)         A person must not require another to perform a function in provision of nursing care that the other person is not authorised to perform under this Act.

        (6)         A person who is not registered as a midwife under this Act must not—

            (a)         take or use the title "midwife", or another title calculated to induce a belief on the part of another that the person is a midwife; or

            (b)         hold himself or herself out as being a midwife or permit another person to do so.

        (7)         A person must not hold out another as a midwife unless the other person is registered as a midwife under this Act.

        (8)         A person who is not registered as a mental health nurse under this Act must not—

            (a)         take or use the title "mental health nurse" or "psychiatric nurse", or another title calculated to induce the belief on the part of another that the person is a mental health nurse or psychiatric nurse; or

            (b)         hold himself or herself out as being a mental health nurse or psychiatric nurse or permit another to do so.

        (9)         A person must not hold out another as a mental health nurse unless the person is registered as a mental health nurse under this Act.

        (10)         A person who is not registered in another special practice area under this Act must not—

            (a)         take or use a title calculated to induce the belief on the part of another that the person is a nurse who is entitled to practise in that area; or

            (b)         hold himself or herself out as being entitled to practise as a nurse in that area.



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