S.L. 458.20 Art. 12Eligibility to sit at preliminary and final examinations.

(1) No student nurse may sit for the final examination unless -

(a) he shall have passed the preliminary examination and has applied to sit for such examination and submitted the relative certificate as provided for in regulation 17.

(b) the Council for Nurses and Midwives is satisfied that such student has undergone the required level of training. For the purpose of paragraph (b), the principal nursing tutor shall report to the said Council every six months, on the progress made by such student nurse, which report shall be in accordance with such format as may be required by the said Council.

(2) No student nurse shall sit for the final examination if he has absented himself on sick leave or other cause, (excluding vacation leave) in excess of an aggregate period of thirty days throughout the duration of the prescribed course of studies at the school, unless he has made up for the excess absenteeism by attending for practical duties at a government hospital to the satisfaction of the principal nursing tutor before sitting for the final examination: Provided that where the curriculum of studies includes study blocks in accordance with curricula as may from time to time be approved by the Council for Nurses and Midwives, any period of absence for whatever cause, exceeding twenty per cent of the duration of the theoretical instruction in any of such blocks shall render the candidate ineligible to sit for the final examination unless he has made up for this absenteeism by attending for the specific instruction for which he had been absent before sitting for the final examination.

(3) After making up for the absenteeism as provided for in subregulation (2) such student nurse shall not be entitled to a special session of the final examination but may sit at a session not earlier than that which is due in the normal course of events.

(4) Any student nurse may, subject to the provisions of subregulation (2), make up for the excess absentee-ism referred to in the said sub-regulation or for any part thereof, by forfeiting an equivalent number of days of vacation leave to which he may be entitled.