(1) The Minister may, after consultation with the Council make rules for carrying the purposes and provisions of this Act into effect and, without limiting the generality thereof, for —
(a) prescribing the conditions and qualifications for persons to be admitted for training as nurses, midwives, nursing assistants and nurse practitioners;
(b) prescribing curricula of study and programmes of training to be followed at places of training or affiliated places of training for nurses, midwives, nursing assistants and nurse practitioners;
(c) prescribing, regulating and administering the Regional Examination for Nurses Registration (RENR) in accordance with the guidelines established by the National Nursing Councils;
(d) regulating and defining the nature of the services which may be performed by nurses, midwives, nursing assistants and nurse practitioners and directing the procedures to be followed in cases of emergency;
(e) providing for charges to be made or fees to be paid and the amounts thereof, for any of the purposes of this Act; and
(f) prescribing anything that is authorised or required to be prescribed under this Act.
(Amended by Act 1 of 1993 and substituted by Act 24 of 2014)
(2) Rules made by the Council shall not take effect until they have been approved by the Governor General.