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SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 458.13
TRAINING SCHOOL FOR MIDWIVES 
REGULATIONS
13th August, 1971
LEGAL NOTICE 55 of 1971, as amended by: Legal Notices 87 of 1971,
103 of 1974 and 41 of 1975.
Title.
Midwives Regulations.
Interpretation.
Amended by:
L.N. 103 of 1974.
2. In these Regulations, "training school" and "school" mean
a training school for midwives, approved by the Council for Nurses
and Midwives.
Conditions for 
admission.
Substituted by:
L.N. 87 of 1971.
Amended by:
L.N. 103 of 1974.
3. The training school shall be open to female candidates
only, and no candidate shall be admitted to such school unless -
( a ) she is not under twenty-one years of age nor over
thirty-five years of age;
( b ) her name is entered in the general part of the register
of nurses kept by the Council for Nurses and
Midwives;
( c ) she has, for not less than six months after having been
so registered, practised as a nurse in a general hospital
or in any other institution recognised for this purpose
by the said board; and
( d ) she has been approved at a selective interview.
Candidates to be 
certified medically 
fit.
4. No candidate shall he allowed to join the training school
unless she is certified medically fit to the satisfaction of the Chief
Government Medical Officer.
Intake of 
candidates.
5. (1) Candidates shall be admitted to the training school
twice yearly, and the number of candidates to be admitted shall be
fixed from time to time by the Chief Government Medical Officer
at his discretion.
(2) No course of training shall start unless there are at least
three candidates who qualify for admission to the training school.
Course of training.
Amended by:
L.N. 103 of 1974.
6. Each course of training shall last for not less than one year
during which course there shall be imparted theoretical and
practical instruction in accordance with the curricula of studies
approved from time to time by the Council for Nurses and
Midwives, in the compilation of which curricula the said council
shall be guided by the Rules issued by the Central Midwives Board
for England and Wales.
Student midwives 
to be under the 
direction of a 
midwifery tutor.
Amended by:
L.N. 103 of 1974.
7. Candidates admitted to the training school shall be known
as student midwives and shall be under the direction of a midwifery
tutor possessing a midwife teacher’s diploma recognised by the
Council for Nurses and Midwives, and such tutor shall be in charge
of the theoretical and practical instruction.
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Work in and 
outside hospital.
Amended by:
L.N. 103 of 1974.
8. (1) During the course of training, students shall be
required to work in the wards, in the operating theatre and in the
out-patients’ division of the obstetric department of a hospital
approved for the purposes of these regulations by the Council for
Nurses and Midwives, and may be required to perform night duties
at regular intervals.
(2) Student midwives may also be required to attend, under
guidance, at domiciliary confinements and to gain experience in the
care of mother and baby in the home.
Assessment 
examination.
Amended by:
L.N. 41 of 1975.
9. (1) During the last two weeks of the course of training
there shall be an examination, known as the assessment
examination, which shall consist of a written and of a pratical and
oral test.
(2) The written test shall consist of -
( a ) a paper containing questions on midwifery and
paediatrics, and
( b ) a paper containing questions on social services.
(3) The written test shall be followed by a practical and oral
test dealing with all aspects of midwifery, paediatrics and social
services, at which test candidates will be required to present to the
examiners their record book of instruction and practical work, and
detailed case histories of three patients attended during the course.
Pass mark in tests.
Amended by:
L.N. 103 of 1974.
10. (1) A candidate shall not be deemed to have passed the
assessment examination unless she shall have obtained a pass mark
in both papers of the written test as well as in the practical and oral
test.
(2) For the purpose of this regulation, a pass mark means not
less than fifty per cent of the maximum mark obtainable.
Supplementary 
examination.
Amended by:
L.N. 103 of 1974.
11. A candidate who fails in the assessment examination may
be allowed by the Chief Government Medical Officer to attend the
school for a further period of training so as to enable her to sit for
the next assessment examination, in the test in which she will have
failed to obtain the required pass mark, due to he held in
accordance with these regulations.
Conduct of 
assessment 
examination.
Amended by:
L.N. 103 of 1974.
12. (1) The assessment examination shall be conducted by a
board of examiners to be appointed by the Council for Nurses and
Midwives.
(2) The board of examiners shall submit the examination result
to the Council for Nurses and Midwives for approval and
ratification prior to publication.
Holding of 
assessment 
examination.
13. The assessment examination shall be held twice yearly and
a previous notice of the date of commencement shall be exhibited
on the notice board of the training school at least three weeks
before such date.
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Application and 
eligibility to sit at 
assessment 
examination.
Amended by:
L.N. 103 of 1974.
14. (1) A student who intends taking the assessment
examination shall submit to the Council for Nurses and Midwives
an application on a form obtainable at the Department of Health,
accompanied by the prescribed fee.
(2) Each application shall be accompanied by a certificate
signed by the midwifery tutor in charge of the training school to the
effect that the student has attended her full course of training at the
school, and that her conduct has been satisfactory throughout the
course.
(3) A student who is not granted such a certificate may apply
for that certificate after a further period of training as allowed by
the Chief Government Medical Officer in his discretion.
Certiticate to be 
awarded to 
successful 
candidates.
Amended by:
L.N. 103 of 1974.
15. (1) Students who, on the completion of the full period of
training, pass the assessment examination shall be awarded a
certificate signed by the chairman of the Council for Nurses and
Midwives to the effect that the candidate therein mentioned has
undergone the prescribed course of training at the school and has
been approved at the prescribed examination.
Cap. 464.
(2) Such certificate shall be deemed to be the certificate of
competency in midwifery as is referred to in the Health Care
Professions Act.
