Bill 14 (Legislature 7, Session 4)

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Bill No. 14 of 1934. A BILL TO AMEND 'THE REGISTERED NURSES ACT. NOTE. By

section 2 of this Bill a degree of B.Sc. in Nursing from a recognized University is made a qualification which may be accepted for registration, and the proviso to subsection (1) of

section 3 is struck out as being no longer required. By

section 3 of the Bill the standard of education required of a person entering upon a course of hospital training lead ing to registration is raised from Grade Eight to Grade Eleven. The remaining sections of the Bill amend the provisions relating to the internal management of the Association. R. ANDREW SMITH, Legislative Counsel. (This note does not form any part of the Bill cmd 'is offered merely as ,a partial explanation of some of its provisions.)

BILL No. 14 of 1934.

An Act to amend The Registered Nurses Act. (Assented to 1934.) HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. This Act may be cited as "The Registered Nurses Act Amendment Act, 1934." 2. The Registerod. NU1'ses Act, being

chapter 210 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1922, is hereby amended as to

section 3 thereof- (

a) by adding at the end of paragraph (c~) of subsection (1) thereof the following words: "or shall have received the degree of B.Sc. in nursing from a recog nized University"; (

b) by striking out all the words of the proviso to sub section (1) thereof which follow after paragraph (

c) thereof. 3. The said Act is further amended as to

section 4 there of by striking out the words "the grade VIII examination of the Public School course of the Province" where the same occur in paragraph (

a) thereof, and by substituting there for the words "the grade XI examination of the Department of Education of the Province." 4. The said Act is further amended by striking out all the words after the end of

section 5 and to the end of

section 6 thereof and by substituting therefor the following: "ELECTION OF COUNCIL. "6. The council of the association shall consist of seven members elected at an election held in every alternate year after the year in which the last preceding election was held which election shall be held not earlier than the first day of January nor later than the thirty-first day of May of that year." 5. The said Act is further amended as to

section 8 thereof by striking out the same and by substituting therefor the following: "8. Every member of the association in good standing shall be entitled to vote at any election for members of the

2 council, and may vote for not more than seven persons, and in the event of any elector placing more than seven names on the voting paper, it shall not be counted." 6. The said Act is further amended as to

section 9 thereof by striking out the same and by substituting therefor the following: "9. At least seven weeks prior to the holding of an elec tion the Registrar shall make out a list of the names and addresses of the members of the association who are entitled to vote at such an election, and transmit a copy of such list, accompanied by a nomination paper in Form A, in the

schedule to this Act, to each member whose name appears thereon." 7. The said Act is further amended as to

section 12 there of by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "

(2) Any member whose name appears on said list may nominate for the council any number of such members not exceeding seven resident in the Province and for such pur pose shall fill out and sign the said Form A and forward the same postage prepaid so as to reach the Registrar at least four weeks before the date fixed for the election; and the secretary shall remove from the list of persons so nomi nated the name of any member who declines to stand for election to the council." 8. The said Act is further amended as to

section 13 there of by adding at the end thereof the following new subsec tion: "

(2) No person shall be entitled to be elected unless duly nominated as hereinbefore provided and any vote cast for any person not duly nominated shall be disallowed." 9. The said Act is further amended as to

section 14 thereof by striking out the same and by substituting there for the following: "14. At least three weeks before the date fixed for the election, the Registrar shall mail to each member whose name appears on the list referred to in

section 9 of this Act a ballot in Form D in the

schedule to this Act, and a list in alphabetical order of the persons nominated, and every member wishing to vote shall do so by completing the said Form B, voting for not more than seven of those nominated, and the ballot shall be forwarded to the Registrar, postage prepaid, in a special envelope marked 'Ballot' or may be delivered so that the Registrar will receive the same before the hour prescribed for opening the ballot papers." 10. The said Act is further amended as to

section 30 thereof by striking out all the words in subsection (2) there of commencing with the word "Provided" to the end of that subse~ti0.n, and by striking out subsection (3) thereof and subshtutmg therefor the following: "( 3) Any member of the association who notifies the treasurer that he or she desires to discontinue nursing or

3 any work pertaining thereto in this Province for a definite or indefinite period, shall not be required to pay the annual fee during such period, and any member so serving such notice shall be entitled to practise his or her profession at a later period by notifying the treasurer of her intention so to do, and paying the fee for the year in which notice is given." 11. The said Act is further amended as to the

schedule hereto by striking out the same and by substituting there for the following: "SCHEDULE "FORM A "(Section 9) "THE GRADUATE NURSES' ASSOCIATION OF ALBERTA "NOMINATION PAPER "I, .......................................... , of · . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........ , in the Province of Alberta, do hereby nominate as candidates for the Council of the above Association, the following members: · ............................. , of ............... . .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. . . .. .. .. , of ............... . · ....... , ..................... , of .............. . .. .. ........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. , of ............... . .. .. .. ... . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. , of ............... . .. .. .. .... .. .. .. . , ............ , of ............... . .. .. ...... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. , of ............... .

"WITNESS my hand this ......................... day of ............... " ............ , 19 .. . "N.E.-Only members resident in Alberta are eligible for nomination. "FORM B "(Section 14) "THE GRADUATE NURSES' ASSOCIATION OF ALBERTA "VOTING PAPER "I,. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .......................... , of · ............................... , in the Province of Alberta, .......... . . . . . . . .. . .... , do hereby declare: "1. That the signature hereto is my proper handwriting. "2. That I now reside at. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ...... .. "3.

That I vote for the following persons as members of the Council of the Graduate Nurses' Association of Alberta: .............................. , of ............... . · ....... , ..................... , of ............... . .. .. ...... .. .. . . .. . . .. .. .. .. .. , of ............... . · ............................. , of ............... . .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. . . .. .. .. . . .. , of ............... . .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . .. . . , of ............... . .. .. .. .... .. . . . . .. . . . . .. .. .. . , of ............... . "4. That I have signed no other voting paper at this election.

4 "5. That this voting paper was executed on the day of the date hereof. ,. WITNESS my hand this ........................ day of ............................. , 19 .. . "Witness: . . . .. . ................... " 12. This Act shall come into force on the day upon which it is as.sented to.

No. 14. FOURTH SESSION SEVENTH LEGISLATURE 24 GEORGE V 1934 BILL

An Act to amend The Registered Nurses Act. Received and read the First time_ Second "LIme Third Llme._ HON. MR. HOADLEY. EDMONTON: W. D. McLEAN, KING'S PRINTER 1934 Title: 1934 (7th, 4th) Bill 14,

An Act to amend The Registered Nurses Act

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