S.L. 458.21 Art. 13Pupil nurses must pass final examination.

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

(2) A pupil 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 pupil 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 pupil 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.