EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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. month previous to the meeting ; at this meeting it shall be their

duty to examine all applicants for registration under this Act

to determine their fitness and ability to give efficient care of

the sick ; upon filing application for examination and registra-

tion, each applicant shall deposit a fee of five dollars.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted. That the applicant shall furnish

Qualifications

satisfactory evidence that he or she is twenty-three years of

of applicant.

age, is of good moral character, has received the equivalent

of a high school education, and has graduated from a training

school connected with a general hospital where three years of

training- with a systematic course of instruction is given in the

hospital, or has graduated from a training school in connection

Graduates of

with a hospital of good standing supplying a systematic three

training
schools.

years' training correspondence to the above standards, which

training may be obtained in two or more hospitals.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That all nurses graduating before

June 1, 1906, possessing the above qualifications, shall be per-

mitted to register without examination, upon payment of reg-

Permitted to

istration fee; nurses who shall show to the satisfaction of the

register.

Board of Examiners that they are graduates of training schools

connected with a general hospital or sanitarium giving two

years' training, or prior to the year 1897 having given one

year's training, and who maintain in other respects proper

standards, and are engaged in professional nursing at the

date of the passage of this Act, or have been engaged in nurs-

ing five years after graduation, prior to the passage of this

Act, also those who are in training at the time of the passage

of this Act. and shall graduate hereafter, and possess the

above qualifications, shall be entitled to registration without

examination, provided such application be made before June

1, 1906. Graduates of training schools in connection with

special hospitals, giving a two years' course, who shall obtain

one year's additional training in an approved general hospital,

shall be eligible for registration without examination before

June 1, 1906; or said graduates shall be eligible for registration

Eligible for

prior to said date upon passing a special examination before

registration.

the Board of Examiners in subjects not adequately taught in

the training school from which they have been graduated.

And it shall be unlawful after the expiration of that time for

any person to practice professional nursing as a registered

nurse without a certificate in this State : a nurse who has re-

ceived his or her certificate according to the provisions of this

Act shall be styled and known as a "Registered Nurse ;" no

other person shall assume such title or use the abbreviation

R. N., or any other letters or figures to indicate that he or she

is a registered nurse.