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 1520 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. II. Cii. 540 . 1929 . Executive secretary executive secretary shall ex officio act as treasurer of the board and to act as treasurer' as such shall furnish a bond in the penal sum which shall be fixed By-laws. by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. The said board shall adopt such by-laws as it shall deem necessary for carrying into effect the pro visions of th is Act and may amend such b y-laws from and Re•or register t of of nurses . meetings time to time at the discretion of said board. The executive secretary shall be required to keep a record of all meetings of the board and also a registe r of al l nurs es duly regist ered o r rereg istered under this Act, and to furnish a certificate of registration or of reregistration to all such nurses ; also to maintain a registry of nurses' training E xamin atio ns. schools in the District of Columbia approved by said board. The board shall hold examinations not less frequently than once a year, and notice of each examination shall be given in one daily newspaper published in Washington and in one nursing journal at least thirty Inspection of nursing clays prior to the examination. The executive secretary shall inspect schools. all recognized schools of nursing in the District of Columbia, and report to said board as to the sufficiency and quality of training afforded by such schools. The executive secretary may be removed by a majority vote of the said board for neglected duty or any just cause. Applications for regis- " SEC . 4 . That every nurse desiring to register in the District of tration . Columbia shall make application to the nurses' examining hoard for examination and registration, and at the time of making such appli- Evidence required . cation shall pay to the treasurer of said board $10 . Said applicant must furnish satisfactory evidence that she is over twenty-one years of age, or that she will attain the age of twenty-one years within six months after the date fixed for the necessary examination to be held Qualifications, by said board after the date of such application . Except as other- wise provided in this Act, an applicant shall not be registered unless she has passed an examination by the nurses' examining board . No nurse shall be registered i n the District of Columbia who has not attained the age of twenty-one years . Said applicant must also fur- nish satisfactory evidence,of good moral character, and further that she holds a diploma from a training school for nurses which has been registere d by the nurs es' examining board of the District of Req uirement for reg- Columbia : Provided, however, That no training school shall be is tering a tr aining registered which does not maintain proper educational standards and school . give not less than two years' training in a general hospital, or in a special hospital with adequate affiliations, all of which shall be deter- mined by the nurses' examining board. Registration without " SEC. 5 . T hat any nurse who is at le ast twenty-one ears of age examination allow ed y y b graduates of hospital and of good moral character and who presents satisfactory evidence school prior to July 1, 192 4 . that she has, prior to July 1, 1924, graduated from a school of nursing connected with a hospital, and that she has been engaged in nursing in the Distri ct of Columbi a prior to Ju ly 1, 1 929, sh all be entitl ed to registration without examination upon payment of the registration Time required . istr ati on Proviso . fee of $10 : Provided, however, That application for such registration must be made on or before June 30, 1932 . Registration without c SEC . 6 . That the nurses' examining board shall register in like ex amination, nurses with diploma from out- manner without examination any graduate or trained nurse registered side s chool. a s a nurse b y examination in another St ate or Territ ory who holds a diploma from a nurses' training school outside of the District of Columbia which, in the opinion of said board, maintains a standard substantially equivalent to that provided for by this Act. Reregistration. " SEC . 7 . Each nurse who has been registered in the District of Columbia shall be reregistered each year on the 1st day of July upon application to the executive secretary of said board and the payment .Provisos. of a fee of $1 : Provided, That such fee of $1 shall not be payable Fee ' in case the applicant has been originally registered within the twelve months next preceding the day for reregistration . Application for

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