State Act

The Punjab Nurses Registration Act, 1932

17. Power to prohibit unregistered persons from practicing – (1) Any local authority may make bye-laws prohibiting unregistered persons from practicing as nurses, heath visitors, midwives, nurse-dais, 1[auxiliary nurses and midwives], trained dais or dais within the area subject to its authority and may in such byelaws provide that any person practicing in contravention of such bye-laws or any person committing or abetting the commitment of a breach of any such byelaws shall be liable on conviction by a Magistrate of the first class to a fine not exceeding fifty rupees for a first offence, or to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty rupees for second. or subsequent offence. (2) If any local authority fails to make bye-laws under sub-section (1), the, 2[State] Government may by notification prohibit unregistered persons from practising as nurses, health visitors, midwives, nurse dais, '[auxiliary nurses and midwives, trained (dais or dais within the area subject to such local authority, and any unregistered person practising in contravention of such notification shall be liable, on conviction by a Magistrate of the first class, to a fine not exceeding fifty rupees for a first offence, or to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty rupees for a second or subsequent offence 2(3) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any enactment, rule, bye-law or other provision of law or the time being in force, no person other than a registered nurse, a registered health visitor, a registered mid-wife, a registered nurse-dai, a registered auxiliary nurse and mid-wife, a registered trained dai or dai shall be competent to hold any appointment or be employed as such in any hospital, asylum, infirmary, dispensary, lying-in-hospital, nursing home, maternity home, health centre or other such institution, private or public whether supported by voluntary contributions or not.]