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Sri Lanka Nurses Council Act (No. 19 of 1988) - Sect 11

Powers and functions of the council

11.
(1) The Council shall have the power to do all such things as are necessary for or conducive or incidental to, the management and administration of the affairs of the Council.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the powers conferred by subsection (1) the Council may exercise and discharge the following powers and functions:
(a) to register a person, who has obtained a certificate of general nursing issued by the Director-General of Health Services or, a certificate of general nursing issued by a recognized teaching institution in or outside Sri Lanka and approved by the Director-General of Heath Services having regard to the curriculum and standard of training at such institution, as a nurse ;
(b) to charge from qualified nurses such fees as may be prescribed for the registration of their names in the register maintained by the Council;
(c) to suspend or remove from or restore to the register the name of a registered nurse or to take such other disciplinary action as may be necessary in accordance with the regulations made in that behalf;
(d) to recommend to the Government, the conditions for selection and recruitment of candidates to all courses of studies for nurses ;
(e) to recommend to the Government, the curricular for all courses of studies for nurses ;
(f) to recommend to the Government the text books to be used in courses of studies for nurses and to prepare and publish such text books if necessary;
(g) to ensure provision of such welfare facilities for nurses as may be decided upon by the Council;
(h) to recommend to the Government, such measures as are necessary to ensure the maintenance of proper standards of nursing;
(i) to make arrangements with the Director-General of Health Services for the inspection of educational institutions which provide courses of study on nursing ;
(j) to prescribe a code of ethics regulating the professional conduct of nurses ;
(k) subject to the provisions of this Act, to appoint, employ and remunerate officers and servants of the Council and to make rules regarding the appointment, promotion, remuneration and disciplinary control of its employees and the grant of leave and other benefits to them.

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