BILL No. 5 of 1921.

An Act to amend The Registered Nurses Act. (Assen.,ted to ' 1921.) HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1.

Section of The Registered Nurses Act, being

chapter of the Statutes of Alberta, 1916, is repealed, and the following new

section substituted therefor: "3. Every applicant for registration as a registered nurse pursuant to the provisions of this Act after the first day of May, 1921, shall- " (

a) Have received at least three· years' training in medical, surgical and obstetrical work at a general hospital recognized by the Senate of the University of Alberta; ''(

b) Pass the qualifying examination hereinafter referred to; "(

c) Pay a fee of five dollars: "Provided that any applicant who was resident in Alberta upon the eighteenth day of April, 1916, and then possessed the qualification set out in paragraph (

a) of this

section need not further comply with the requirements of paragraph (b)." 2. The said Act is further amended by adding after

section thereof the following as

section 3a :' "3a. Any person who is registered as a nurse under the law of any other province, state or country, may, upon payment of the proper fee, be registered without further examination if the Senate of the University of Alberta is satisfied that the standard of qualification for registration required therein, is at least equivalent to that required in Alberta." 3.

Section of the said Act is repealed, and the: following new

section substituted therefor: "4. The Senate of the University of Alberta shall­ " (

a) Fix standards- " (

i) Of educational attainment to be required of any person entering upon a course of hospital training leading to registration under this Act; 2 11 (ii) Of training with regard to bed capacity, classes: lectures and other factors making for efficiency. "(

b) Refuse recognition to any hospital in which such standards are not consistently observed; "(

c) Prescribe the subjects and scope of the qualifying examination hereinbefore referred to and appoint examiners to conduct the same." No.5. FOURTH SESSION FOURTH LEGISLATURE GEORGE V BILL

An Act to amend The · Registered Nurses Act. Received and read the First time .......... 0 •••• 0 •• Second time ............... . Third time ................ . HoN. C. R. MITCHELL. EDMONTON: J. w. JJIII'FICBT, KING'S PBINTI>Bo A.D.l921 Title: 1921 (4th, 4th) Bill 5,

An Act to amend The Registered Nurses Act