Act

Nepal Nursing Council Act, 2052

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Type
Act
Year
२०५२ BS
Status
In force
Category
खण्ड १५: स्वास्थ्य · Volume 15: Health
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English translation
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Includes amendments up to: 2058 BS. Translations may not include later amendments. The Nepali text is the authoritative law.

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What does it do?

  • The Act sets up the Nepal Nursing Council as an autonomous body to regulate the nursing profession and register nurses according to their qualifications. The Council is chaired by a nurse with at least a bachelor's degree and 15 years' experience nominated by the government, and includes nursing campus chiefs, the President of the Nepal Nursing Association, officials from the Department of Health Services and the Institute of Medicine, three members elected by the Association's general members, and other government nominees; members serve four years.यो ऐनले नर्सिङ पेसालाई व्यवस्थित गर्न र योग्यताअनुसार नर्सको नाम दर्ता गर्न स्वायत्त नेपाल नर्सिङ परिषद् स्थापना गरेको छ। परिषद्को अध्यक्ष नर्सिङमा कम्तीमा स्नातक गरी पन्ध्र वर्ष अनुभव भएका व्यक्तिमध्येबाट नेपाल सरकारले मनोनीत गर्छ; नर्सिङ क्याम्पस प्रमुख, नेपाल नर्सिङ सङ्घका अध्यक्ष, स्वास्थ्य सेवा विभाग र चिकित्साशास्त्र अध्ययन संस्थानका प्रतिनिधि, सङ्घका साधारण सदस्यबाट निर्वाचित तीन जना र सरकारबाट मनोनीत अन्य सदस्य परिषद्मा रहन्छन्; सदस्यको पदावधि चार वर्ष हुन्छ। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Sections 3–6, pp. 3–5
  • Only nurses registered with the Council may practise nursing. Applicants with the prescribed minimum qualification apply to the Council; a subject committee checks the qualification within 15 days and the Council decides. Registration is valid for six years and must be renewed within 35 days of expiry (or, with a late fee, within a further 60 days), failing which the name is removed. The Council may hold a licensing examination, and those who fail it are not registered or renewed. Registration of foreign nationals is governed by rules.परिषद्मा नाम दर्ता भएका नर्सले मात्र नर्सिङ व्यवसाय गर्न पाउँछन्। तोकिएको न्यूनतम योग्यता भएकाले परिषद्मा निवेदन दिन्छन्; विषय समितिले पन्ध्र दिनभित्र योग्यता जाँच्छ र परिषद्ले निर्णय गर्छ। दर्ता प्रमाणपत्र छ वर्षका लागि मान्य हुन्छ र म्याद सकिएको ३५ दिनभित्र (वा थप दस्तुरसहित थप ६० दिनभित्र) नवीकरण गर्नुपर्छ, नत्र नाम हटाइन्छ। परिषद्ले परीक्षा लिन सक्छ र त्यसमा असफल हुनेको नाम दर्ता वा नवीकरण हुँदैन। विदेशी नागरिकको दर्ता नियमअनुसार हुन्छ। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Sections 16–17, pp. 9–10; Section 18A, p. 10; Section 20, p. 11; Section 24A, p. 13
  • The Council may remove a nurse's name for mental incapacity, conviction for a crime involving moral turpitude, insolvency, or breach of the professional code of conduct (decided by a two-thirds majority), and may cancel registration obtained by fraud or error. Council decisions can be appealed to the High Court within 35 days.मानसिक सन्तुलन बिग्रिएको, नैतिक पतन देखिने फौजदारी अभियोगमा सजाय पाएको, दामासाहीमा परेको, वा व्यावसायिक आचारसंहिता पालना नगरेको भनी परिषद्को दुई तिहाइ बहुमतले ठहर गरेको अवस्थामा परिषद्ले नाम दर्ता किताबबाट हटाउन सक्छ, र धोखा वा गल्तीले भएको दर्ता रद्द गर्न सक्छ। परिषद्को निर्णयउपर ३५ दिनभित्र उच्च अदालतमा पुनरावेदन लाग्छ। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Sections 18–19, pp. 10–11; Section 29A, p. 14
  • The Council recognises nursing, midwifery and ANM teaching institutions and qualifications (published in the Nepal Gazette), receives annual reports on their curriculum, admission criteria, examinations and infrastructure, may send observers to their examinations, and may recommend to the government and the affiliating university that an institution's approval be revoked or degrees from irregular examinations be cancelled.परिषद्ले नर्सिङ, मिडवाइफरी र अ.न.मि. पढाउने शिक्षण संस्था र उपाधिलाई मान्यता दिन्छ (नेपाल राजपत्रमा प्रकाशित हुन्छ), तिनको पाठ्यक्रम, भर्ना शर्त, परीक्षा र पूर्वाधारसम्बन्धी वार्षिक प्रतिवेदन लिन्छ, परीक्षाको निरीक्षण गर्न निरीक्षक पठाउन सक्छ, र मापदण्ड नपुगेमा संस्थाको स्वीकृति खारेज गर्न वा अनियमित परीक्षाबाट दिइएको उपाधि रद्द गर्न सरकार र सम्बन्धन दिने विश्वविद्यालयलाई सिफारिस गर्न सक्छ। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Sections 21–24, pp. 11–12
  • Practising nursing without registration is punishable by up to three years' imprisonment and a fine of up to Rs 30,000; other breaches by a fine of up to Rs 2,000. The government may direct the Council and, if it fails to comply, dissolve it and form an interim council, with a new council to be formed within three months.दर्ता नगरी नर्सिङ व्यवसाय गरेमा तीन वर्षसम्म कैद र तीस हजार रुपैयाँसम्म जरिबाना, र अन्य उल्लङ्घनमा दुई हजार रुपैयाँसम्म जरिबाना हुन्छ। नेपाल सरकारले परिषद्लाई निर्देशन दिन सक्छ र पालना नभएमा परिषद् विघटन गरी अन्तरिम परिषद् गठन गर्न सक्छ; तीन महिनाभित्र नयाँ परिषद् गठन गर्नुपर्छ। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Section 28, pp. 13–14; Section 29, p. 14

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