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

Regulations

Regulations Setting Out the Acts or Omissions in Respect of which the Council May Take Disciplinary Steps

Chapter 4 : Auxiliary Midwives

 

33. The acts or omissions set out in this chapter are deemed to be further acts or omissions in respect of which the Council can take disciplinary steps against a practitioner registered in terms of section 31(1)(e).

 

34. Regulations 4 to 27 shall apply mutatis mutandis to a practitioner registered in terms of the Act as an Auxiliary Midwife.

 

35. Failure to identify the health needs and to promote the health of mother and child through such acts and procedures as the scope of his/her practice permits.

 

36. Failure to protect the name, person and possessions of a mother and child under his/her care or charge through the—
(a) correct identification of the mother and child;
(b) prevention of infection and the spread of infection;
(c) carrying out of and the recording of all observations and interventions at reasonable intervals while the mother and child are in his/her care.

 

37. Failure to comply with conditions under which he/she may carry on his/her profession as published in the Government Gazette.

 

38. Acting beyond the scope of practice in purporting to perform the acts of a person registered in terms of the Act, the Health Professions Act, 1974 (Act No. 56 of 1974) or the Pharmacy Act, 1974 (Act No. 53 of 1974) for which acts the Auxiliary Midwife is unqualified to perform.

 

 

Dr A Motsoaledi, MP

Minister of Health