S.L. 458.20 Art. 14Student nurses must pass final examination.

(1) A student nurse shall not be deemed to have passed the final examination unless he shall have obtained a pass mark in each of the written test and in the practical and oral test to the satisfaction of the board of examiners.

(2) A student nurse -

(a) who fails in any paper or in the practical and oral test of the final examination shall be allowed to sit again for that examination in any such paper or test if he produces a certificate from the principal nursing tutor, to the satisfaction of the Council for Nurses and Midwives, that he has undergone further intensive training at a school: Provided that no student nurse may avail himself of this concession to sit for such a supplementary examination at any time before the lapse of three months from the date on which he last sat for the said examination;

(b) who does not produce a certificate as is referred to in paragraph (a) shall be entitled to sit for a supplementary examination in accordance with the other provisions of these Regulations, at any session which is due in the normal course of events after the expiry of six months from the date of the session in which he last failed: Provided that, however, no student nurse may avail himself of any of these concessions at any time later than three years from the date on which he first sat for the final examination.

(3) A student nurse who fails in the final examination may opt to sit for the final examination for pupil nurses conducted in accordance with the regulations governing training schools for enrolled nurses, at a session not earlier than that which is due in the normal course of events, and if successful shall be awarded a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Council for Nurses and Midwives, which certificate shall be deemed to be the certificate referred to in Part IV of the Health Care Professions Act.

(4) Where the option referred to in subregulation (3) is taken:

(a) any such student nurse who shall have failed in any of the papers of the written test referred to in regulation 13 shall only be required to sit for the written test in the final examination for pupil nurses;

(b) any such student nurse who shall have failed in the practical and oral test referred to in regulation 13 shall only be required to sit for the corresponding test in the final examination for pupil nurses; and

(c) any such student nurse who shall have failed in any of the written papers and in the practical and oral test of the examination for student nurses shall be required to sit for the whole final examination for pupil nurses.