Nurses Act, 1950

Appointment by Minister of members of the Board.

12.—(1) Before the establishment date and before the 1st day of December in each election year, the Minister shall appoint thirteen persons to be members of the Board.

(2) Where an appointment is made under this section of persons to be members of the Board—

(a) (i) one shall be a person who is or has been a master of a maternity hospital, or an assistant master of a maternity hospital,

(ii) two shall be medical practitioners who are engaged in the training of nurses in training hospitals,

(iii) one shall be a medical practitioner with experience in connection with mental nursing,

(iv) one shall be representative of general medical practitioners,

(v) one shall be a medical officer of health,

(vi) one shall be a person specially experienced in educational matters,

(vii) one shall be representative of councils of counties, and

(viii) one shall be representative of councils of county boroughs; and

(b) two shall be persons who are nurses, persons whose names are included in the register kept in pursuance of the Nurses Registration (Ireland) Act, 1919, or persons registered under the Act of 1944.

(3) Before appointing the persons referred to in paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of this section, the Minister shall consult such organisations or bodies as he considers suitable to advise him on the appointments, but if the Minister considers that there is no suitable organisation or body qualified to advise him on any particular appointment, he shall make that appointment without consultation.