ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Nurses and Midwives Act
21. Offences by persons conducting training courses or examinations without authority
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
21. Offences by persons conducting training courses or examinations without authority
(1)Any person, being in charge of any health or other institution which is not approved by the Council as an institution for the training of persons seeking registration or enrolment under this Act, who—(a)admits to the institution under his charge any person for the purpose of training in any of the categories of nursing in respect of which provision is made for registration or enrolment under this Act;(b)purports to be conducting courses of training or examinations under this Act or regulations made thereunder;(c)issues any document, statement, badge, seal or uniform implying that the institution under his charge is approved by the Council as an institution for training of persons seeking registration or enrolment under this Act;(d)issues any document, statement, certificate, badge or seal implying that the holder thereof has undergone a course of instruction or passed an examination prescribed by the Council,shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand shillings or imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.(2)Any person who purports to conduct examinations on behalf of the Council while not being authorized by the Council so to do shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand shillings or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months.