LESSON PLAN ON

NURSING REGULATORY
BODIES
PREPARED BY: VARSHA SHARMA
PROFESSIONAL TRENDS AND ADJUSTMENT
GNM INTERNS

IDENTIFICATION DATA
Name: Ms. Varsha Sharma
Subject: Obstetrics & Gynecology
Group: B.Sc. 3rd year students
Date:
Duration: 45 minutes
Methods of teaching: Lecture cum discussion
Place: GNM 3rd year classroom
Language: English
Name of supervisor:
Previous knowledge of group:
Group has some knowledge about the nursing regulatory Bodies
General Objective:
After the completion of class students will be able to gain in depth knowledge about nursing regulatory Bodies.
Specific Objectives:

S.NO.

TIME

1.

2Min

SPECIFIC
OBJECTIVE

CONTENT

TEACHING LEARNING
ACTIVITY/A.V. AIDS

EVALUATION

INTRODUCTION
Health Professionals such as nurses,
doctors, Pharmacist and many
others are regulated and licensed by
regulatory bodies as required by
provincial legislation. All nurses are
required to be licensed to practice
with their designated provincial
nursing regulatory body. It is
important to know the law in one
state and the authorities enforcing
these laws.
At the end of
teaching students
will be able to

2.

4Min

To Introduce the
topic to the group.

INTRODUCTION
A regulatory framework determines the scope
of nurse and midwifery practice.
It is the legal definition of nursing and
midwifery practice, which is included in
professional legislation, that establishes the basis
for the scope of practice in which a registered
nurse or midwife may engage.
Each country has its own method of regulating
and authorizing nursing and midwifery practice.

Teacher is has given information

about nursing regulatory bodies by
using PPT/Lecture cum discussion
etc.

What is
regulation?

This authorization includes both the:

Educational preparation for nursing and
midwifery, and
Protection of titles and systems for licensing
or registration.
REGULATION
Regulation is "controlling human or societal
behavior by rules or restrictions.
Forms of Regulation :
Legal regulation: Promulgated by a government
authority
Self-regulation : It is done by an industry,
institution such as through a trade association,
social regulation e.g. norms
INFLUENCE OF REGULATION
Educational programmes and institutions
(approval, accreditation)
Practitioners (registration, licensure,
certification)
Practice (scope of practice)
Health care agencies (accreditation, approval)
All of those legitimate and appropriate mean
governmental, professional and individual
whereby order, identity, consistency and control
are brought to a profession and its practice.
(Styles & Affara for ICN. 1997)
Health Professionals such as nurses, doctors,
Pharmacist and many others are regulated and
licensed by regulatory bodies as required by

provincial legislation. All nurses are required to

be licensed to practice with their designated
provincial nursing regulatory body. It is
important to know the law in one state and the
authorities enforcing these laws.
ICN (INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF
NURSING)
The International Council of Nurses
(ICN) is a federation of more than 130
national nurses associations. It was
founded in 1899 by Mrs. Bedford
Fenwick. It is a federation of Non
Political and self Governing National
Nurses Association and was the first
international organization for health care
professionals. It is headquartered in
Geneva, Switzerland.
The organization's goals are to bring
nurses' organizations together in a
worldwide body, to advance the socioeconomic status of nurses and the
profession of nursing worldwide, and to
influence global and domestic health
policy
Convening regular international
meetings of National Nurses Association
leaders, government Chief Nurses, and
national nursing regulatory authorities to
address key issues in regulation
Monitoring and analyzing nursing

regulation and regulatory forces and

trends worldwide.
Providing regular opportunities for
interaction among individuals, groups
and organizations that have an interest in
or are responsible for regulating nursing.
(e.g. conferences, network and web
based activities)
Providing national nurses associations
and others with the tools(e.g.
information, guidelines, international
standards, competencies and
frameworks) to enable them to remain
up-to-date on regulatory matters
Providing nursing and other key
stakeholders with advice and
consultation to undertake reforms and to
respond to changes having an impact on
professional regulation
Liaising with international institutions
addressing issues of regulation.
Influencing/negotiating regulatory
reform in the best interest of the public
and the profession.
Establishing accreditation, certification
and endorsement services in selected
areas.
Collaborating with other groups and
interested parties on regulatory activities
and issues of common interest.
Setting directions for the ongoing

development of nursing regulation

worldwide
Promoting data collection in order to
provide an evidence base for regulatory
policies and practices.
INC ( INDIAN NURSING COUNCIL)
The Indian Nursing Council was
authorized by the Indian Nursing Act of
1947. It was established in 1949 to
provide uniform standards in nursing
education and nursing registration
throughout the country. Nurses registered
in one state were not necessarily
recognized for registration in another
state before this time. The Condition of
mutual recognition by the state Nurses
Registration Councils, which is called
reciprocity, was possible only if uniform
standards of nursing education were
maintained
FUNCTIONS OF INC
It provides uniform standards in nursing
education and reciprocity in nursing
registration.
It has authority to prescribe curriculum
for nursing education in all states.
It has authority to recognize programme
for nursing education or to refuse
recognition of a programme if it did not
meet the standards required by the

council.
To provide the Registration of foreign
nurses and maintaining Indian Nurses
Register.
The INC authorizes State Nurses
Registration Council and Examining
Board to issue qualifying certificates.
SNC (STATE NURSING COUNCIL)
Registration councils have now been
established in all states. Nursing schools in the
union Territories are affiliated to Nursing
Councils of adjacent state.
The procedure of registration is usually
initiated by the nursing administration of
institution.
A nurse is qualified to register when she has
completed the recognized programme of nursing
education and passed the qualifying
examination.
The examining authority will issue a diploma
which must then be sent with copies and a
properly filled out application form to the
register of nurses registration council in that
state.
Registration is necessary for active nursing
practice either in India or aboard.
This is done through the state Nurses
Registration council. It provides the nurse with
legal protection and protects the patient from
poor nursing care.

FUNCTIONS OF SNC
Inspect and accredit schools of Nursing
in their state
Conduct the examination
Prescribe rules of conduct
Maintain register of Nurses, midwives,
ANM and Health visitors in the state.
The state registration councils are
autonomous except they do not have power
to prescribe the syllabus for courses
ACCREDITATION IN NURSING
Accreditation is a certification of the academic
quality of an institution of higher learning. Some
countries have independent/private organizations
that oversee the educational accreditation
process, while other countries accredit through a
government agency. Some countries require
accreditation and others consider it voluntary. In
either case accreditation denotes academic
quality and schools that lack recognized
accreditation often claim accreditation from
unrecognized sources. Unrecognized
accreditations are meaningless to the academic
community.
CLASSIFICATION OF ACCREDITATION
Accrediting organizations in higher education
are classified into three types:
National accrediting agency
National professional accrediting
Agency

National accrediting agencies are concerned

with appraising the total activities of the
institutions of higher learning and safeguarding
the quality of liberal education, the foundation
of professional programs in colleges and
universities.

India has the following national agencies:

Central Advisory Board of Education
All India Council for Elementary
Education
All India Council for Secondary
Education
University Grants Commission
All India Council for Technical
Education
National Assessment and accreditation
council
Professional accrediting is supported by state
licensure laws. These professional group aims to
foster research, to improve service to the public
and the number of individuals to the profession.
In India, particularly in the field of health,
national professional accrediting agency are:
Medical Council of India
Indian Nursing Council
Dental Council of India
Pharmacy Council of India
Central Council of Indian System

of Medicine
Indian Nursing Council (INC) is the
official accrediting agency for all
programs of nursing, which include
DGNM, B. Sc Nursing (both basic and
post basic), M. Sc. nursing, M.Phil and
Ph. D in nursing.
Licensure: It is the mechanism by which a state
establishes and verifies compliance with nursing
standards (O Keefe)
License: A license is a legal document that
permits a person to offer her or his skills and
knowledge to the public in a particular
jurisdiction, where such practice could be
unlawful without a license. The purpose of
nursing license is to protect society from
unskilled and incompetent person who would
practice Nursing. Respective State Nursing
Council has the responsibility to issue license
and to ensure maintenance of standards as laid
down by Indian Nursing Council.

REGISTRATION
Registration is the listing of an individual
name and other information on the
official roster of a governmental or non

governmental agency
Nurse who are registered are
permitted to use the title registered
nurse.
REGISTRATION IN INDIA
Every nurse after passing basic
education in Nursing has to get
registered in the state Nursing
Registration Council to practice in India.
Institution plays an important role in the
Registration of their students to the state
Nursing registration council.

RENEWAL / REPEAT REGISTRATION

In INDIA: recommended to renewal

every 5 years (for previously
enrolled nurses), every 3 years and
every year

Practiced in most of the

developed and developing
countries

Renewal of ones license about

every 5 or 3 years with payment
of fee each time

Granting renewal only when the

applicant has

Worked for certain hours in last

year

Taken number of hours of

continuing education

Passed in exam conducted by

nursing board
Renewal will only be done for the nurses who
are employed in the state of Delhi. Renewal of
Registration will be done for 5 years.

Acquisition of 30 (thirty) Credit

hours per year i.e. 150 Hours in 5
years gained by means of
attending continuing education
programmes and workshops.

Submission of true copy of

certificates of continuing
education programme or
workshops attended.

Payment of Rs. 500/- for RN and

RM and Rs.200/- for ANM.

Submission of Proof of being

employed in Delhi since last one
year.

Candidate must bring attested

photocopies of all the documents
to Submitted at the time of
Registration.

Three recent passport size

photographs

Photocopies (duly attested) of

10th and 12th class certificate.

(School leaving) and Mark
sheets.

Photocopies (duly attested) of

mark sheets of all three / four
years examination issued by
Council/Exam
Board/Universities.

Photocopy (duly attested) of

diploma certificate / degree From
Examination Board / Nursing
Council / University.

Duly attested photocopy (Front

and back) of registration
certificate with other councils,
(RN & RM).

Nursing Practice Act

Each state or territory has a law called the Nurse
Practice Act which is enforced by each nursing
board. Nurses must comply with the law and
related rules in order to maintain their licenses.
The law describes the following:

Qualifications for licensure

Nursing titles that are allowed to

be used

Scope of practice (what the nurse

is allowed to do)

Actions that can or will happen if

the nurse does not follow the
nursing law

All states and territories have enacted a nurse

practice act (NPA). Each states NPA is
enacted by the states legislature.
The NPA itself is insufficient to provide the
necessary guidance for the nursing profession,
therefore, each NPA establishes a board of
nursing (BON) that has the authority to develop
administrative rules or regulations to clarify or
make the law more specific.
Although the specificity of NPAs varies among
states, all NPAs include:

Authority, power and

composition of a board of nursing

Education program standards

Standards and scope of nursing

practice

Types of titles and licenses

Requirements for licensure

Grounds for disciplinary action,

other violations and possible
remedies

The practice of nursing is a right granted by a

state to protect those who need nursing care. The
guidelines of the NPA and its rules provide safe
parameters within which to work, as well as
protect patients from unprofessional and unsafe
nursing practice. The act is a dynamic document
that evolves and is updated or amended as
changes in scope of practice occur.

Consumer Protection Act

The act came into effect on
December 24, 1986 after being
passed by the Indian Parliament and
signed by the president of India. It
was modified later on and the
modifications came into effect on
march 15, 2003. The act is
applicable in all states in India
except in Jammu and Kashmir.
An Act to provide for better

protection of the interest of

consumers and for that purpose to
make provision for the
establishment of consumer
councils and other authorities for
the settlement of consumers
disputes and for matters
connected therewith.
Objectives (Consumer Protection Act)
To protect the consumers from
immoral activities and unfair trade
practices of the traders.
To protect and promote the rights

of the consumers
To set up Consumer Protection

Councils to educate the

consumers and to make them
aware of their rights.
To redress disputes of the

consumers and matters connected

with them speedily
To make provision for Quasi

Judicial machinery to control

marketing.
Consumer Rights
The right to be protected
The right to be informed
The right to be assured
The right to be heard
The right to seek redressal
The right to consumer education
Consumer protection Councils
The act provisions the central and
state government to create councils
at the central. State and district level
to promote consumerism.
These consumer protection

councils have very little statutory

powers and as such any direct
benefit one can get as a consumer
from these councils is low to
none.
Central Consumer Protection Council
The Central Council consists of the following
members, namely: The Minister in charge of the
consumer affairs in the Central

Government, who shall be its

Chairman, and Such number of

other official or non-official

members representing such
interests as may be prescribed.
Procedure for meetings of the Central
Council: The Central Council shall meet as

and when necessary, but at least

one meeting of the Council shall
be held every year.
The Central Council shall meet at

such time and place as the

Chairman may think fit and shall
observe such procedure in regard
to the transaction of its business
as may be prescribed.
Summary

Today we have
discussed about:

Regulation, Types and

Importance of
Regulation

Accreditation;
Licensure,
Registration

Definition, Roles of
INC, SNC,

Conclusion

Regulation is
"controlling human
or societal behaviour
by rules or
restrictions.

It can be Legal
regulation:
promulgated by a
government
authority, Selfregulation: by an
industry, institution
such as through a
trade association,
social regulation e.g.
norms.

Regulatory bodies
play an important
role in maintaining
standard and
uniformity of
nursing services in
the country.

Accreditation of the
nursing program is
very important, and
it should be
considered on two
levels--the
accreditation of the

university or college
and the accreditation
of the nursing
program.

Health services
managers should
encourage nurses to
advance their
knowledge, skills,
and professional
capabilities because
these may be
positively related to
patient safety.

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