Notice Type
General Section
Notice Title

Order of the Council in Disciplinary Session

Order in Respect of a Registered General and Obstetric Nurse
After due inquiry and in exercise of its powers under sections 41 (3) and 48F, 42 (2) (a), 42 (9), 42 (2) (ba), 42 (3) and 23 (2) of the Nurses Act 1977, the Nursing Council of New Zealand ("the council"), in a decision dated 18 May 2000, ordered that a registered and general obstetric nurse only practise as a general and obstetric nurse under supervision of an approved registered nurse for a period of 18 months, that she pay $4,517.00 being 40% of the actual costs and expenses of and incidental to the investigation and prosecution by the Preliminary Proceedings Committee and inquiry by the council, and that a notice stating the effect of these orders be published in the New Zealand Gazette, Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand and the council's newsletter with the names of all parties and location suppressed.
MARION CLARK, Registrar.