Midwives Act · 2012 Revised Edition
5. Removal from register
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The Registrar may remove from the register the name of any registered midwife —
Registrar
“Registrar” means the Director of Nursing Services and includes any officer appointed by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan by notification published in the Gazette to be a Deputy Registrar or an Assistant Registrar. [S 47/02] Register of midwives.
who has ceased for a year or more to practise as a midwife in Brunei Darussalam;
against whom an allegation of malpractice, negligence or misconduct has been proved to the satisfaction of, and after due enquiry by, the Registrar in accordance with the rules set out in the
Third Schedule; or
who has been convicted of an offence against this Act or any regulations made thereunder or of any offence for which a court may impose a sentence of imprisonment without the option of a fine.
A midwife whose name has been removed from the register under subsection (1) shall, within one month from the date upon which she is notified thereof, surrender her certificate to the Registrar and, if she fails to do so, shall be guilty of an offence: Penalty, a fine of $400.
Terms defined in s 2
registered midwife
Defined · s 2“registered midwife” means, despite any reference to the feminine gender, a midwife of either sex registered under this Act whose name has not been removed from the register under section 5;
Registrar
Defined · s 2“Registrar” means the Director of Nursing Services and includes any officer appointed by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan by notification published in the Gazette to be a Deputy Registrar or an Assistant Registrar. [S 47/02] Register of midwives.