Nursing Act, 2005 (Act No. 33 of 2005)

Regulations

Regulations relating to the Course Leading to Enrolment as a Nursing Auxiliary

3. Conditions for the approval of a nursing school

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(1)A nursing school shall apply to the council to offer a course referred to in these regulations.

 

(2)An application referred to in subregulation (1) shall be approved by the council if—
(a)all required information has been furnished by the nursing school;
(b)the organisational structure and the facilities for presenting the course are satisfactory in the opinion of the council;
(c)the curriculum, including the system of continuous evaluation in respect of theory and clinical practica, submitted by the nursing school, is satisfactory in the opinion of the council;
(d)the facilities for clinical practice are satisfactory in the opinion of the council;
(e)the person in charge of the nursing school is a registered nurse against whose name an additional qualification in nursing education has been registered in terms of section 22 of the Act;
(f)at least one registered nurse is on duty at all times at the institution where the clinical training is presented;
(g)all members of the nursing staff who take part in the clinical training are registered or enrolled nurses.

 

(3)Notwithstanding the provisions of subregulation (2), the council may approve a nursing school upon conditions that substantially correspond with the requirements of that subregulation.