from the registrar of the University an interim licence entitling him to practise during the period of one year from the said first day of March upon production by him. of evidence that he is a graduate of a school of chiropractic recognized by the Senate of the University as such. (2) Any person who receives any such interim licence. on or before the first day of May shall not be deemed to have incurred any penalty for having theretofore practised without being registered under this Act. [1922, c. 56, s. 14.] pretending to 72. Any person who wilfully or falsely pretends to be a Penalty for physician, doctor of medicine, surgeon, or general prac- be physician titioner, or assumes any title, addition, or description other than he actually possesses and is legally entitled to under this Act, shall be liable on conviction thereof before a justice of the peace to a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars. [1906, c. 28, s. 67.] assumption of name or title 73. Any person not registered pursuant to this Act, Penalty for who takes or uses any name, title, addition, or description, implying or calculated to lead people to infer that he is registered under this Act, or that he is recognized by law as a physician, surgeon, or a licentiate in medicine, surgery, or midwifery, shall be liable upon summary conviction. to pay a penalty of not less than twenty-five dollars and not more than one hundred dollars. [1906, c. 28, s. 68.] 74. (1) Any prosecution under this Act where a penalty Prosecutions is not provided may be brought and heard before a justice of the peace. (2) In case the penalty and costs awarded are not upon conviction forthwith paid the justice may commit the offender to the common gaol there to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding one month unless the penalty and costs are sooner paid, and for a second offence a term not exceeding two months, and for a third offence a term of three months. [1906, c. 28, s. 69; 1920, c. 21, s. 5.] Commitment to gaol 75. In any prosecution under this Act the burden Burden of of proof of registration shall be upon the person charged. [1906, c. 28, s. 70.] proof of time 76. Every prosecution under this Act shall be com- Limitation menced within six months from the date of the alleged offence. [1906, c. 28, s. 71.] Returns. 77. The registrar, whenever required by the Lieutenant Returns Governor in Council, shall transmit to the Provincial Secretary a certified return under the seal of the council, Pending application setting forth all such information and particulars relating 78. (1) Any person whose name has been added for registration to the register of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of the North-West Territories between the date of the last examination held by the said College and the ninth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and six, shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be a member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of the North-West Territories within the Province of Alberta. (2) In the event of the name of any such person not having been added to the register of the said College of Physicians and Surgeons, the Lieutenant Governor in Council may by Order cause such name to be added to the registry of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta. [1906, c. 28, s. 74.] SCHEDULE. FORM A. (Section 11.) I, John James Brown, a registered practitioner, vote for the person hereinafter named to form a member of the Council of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of the Province of Alberta: George Courteney. For District No. And I declare that I am entitled to vote at this election and am not in default in payment of my fees to the College. Dated... April 1st, 19.... JOHN JAMES BROWN. [1910(2), c. 2, s. 14.] CHAPTER 210. An Act to incorporate the Graduate Nurses of HIS IS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: Short Title. Short title Incorporation Qualifications for membership 1. This Act may be cited as "The Registered Nurses Act." [1916, c. 35, s. 1.] Incorporation of Association. 2. The association heretofore constituted under the name of "Alberta Association of Registered Nurses, hereinafter called "the association," is hereby continued as a body corporate under the same name, and shall have perpetual succession, and a common seal (which it may at pleasure change), and may sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, and may acquire by gift, purchase or otherwise, and may sell, mortgage, lease or otherwise dispose of real and personal property for the purpose of carrying into effect and of promoting the objects and designs of the said corporation, and may expend money in prosecuting violations of this Act, and may pass by-laws not inconsistent with this Act for the government and discipline of its members, the management of its property, the registration and admission of members, and all such purposes as may be deemed necessary for the management of the association, and the promotion of its welfare, and may issue registration certificates. [1916, c. 35, s. 2; 1920, c. 22, s. 1.] Membership. 3.-(1) Every applicant for registration as a registered nurse pursuant to the provisions of this Act shall (a) have received at least three years' training in medical, surgical and obstetrical work at a general hospital or hospitals recognized by the Senate of the University of Alberta; (b) pass the qualifying examination hereinafter referred to; (c) pay a fee of five dollars: Provided that any applicant who was resident in Alberta. upon the eighteenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, and then possessed a certificate of graduation from a hospital which provided for at least two years' training in medical, surgical and obstetrical work, need not further comply with the requirements of paragraph (a) or (b) of this subsection. (2) Any person who is registered as a nurse under the law of any other province, state or country, may, upon payment of the proper fee, be registered without further examination if the Senate of the University of Alberta is satisfied that the standard of qualification for registration required therein, is at least equivalent to that required in Alberta. [1921, c. 18, ss. 1, 2.] 4. The Senate of the University of Alberta shall— (b) fix standards of training with regard to bed capa- (c) refuse recognition to any hospital in which such (d) prescribe the subjects and scope of the qualifying Duties of 5. The affairs of the association shall be managed by a Council council (herein referred to as the council) consisting of seven members, all of whom shall be members of the association and who shall be elected every second year. [1916, c. 35, s. 5.] Election of Officers. election 6. Elections shall take place every two years at such Times of place, and on such date as the council by by-law or regulation may determine. [1916, c. 35, s. 7.] election 7. Every member of the association in good standing, Eligibility for resident in the Province of Alberta, shall be eligible for election to the council. [1916, c. 35, s. 8.] qualification 8. Every member of the association in good standing Voting shall be entitled to vote at any election for members of the council, and may vote for not more nor less than seven persons, and in the event of any elector placing more or less than seven names on his or her voting paper, it shall [1916, c. 35, s. 9.] not be counted. |