The Nursing and Midwifery Council (Education, Registration and Registration Appeals) Rules Order of Council 2004

Education leading to registration and re-registrationU.K.

3.—F1(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F1(1A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F1(1B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F1(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3) A registrant must undertake such continuing professional development as the Council shall specify in standards in accordance with article 19(1) of the Order.

(4) A person applying for registration, renewal or readmission:

(a)who first applies for registration more than five years after being awarded an approved qualification;

(b)whose registration has lapsed and who applies for readmission to the register, unless in the five years before the date of her application for readmission to the register she has practised for at least 750 hours; or

(c)who, subject to paragraph (5) has practised for less than 450 hours in the three years preceding the date of an application for renewal of registration,

shall undertake such education and training or gain such experience as the Council specifies in standards in accordance with article 19(3) of the Order.

(5) Until two years after the coming into force of these rules, a person may satisfy paragraph (4)(c) if she has practised for 750 hours or more in the five years preceding the date of her application.

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