BILL To amend the Midwives Acts, 1902 and 1918, and to provide for the registration of maternity homes, and for purposes connected therewith. Presented by Colonel Fremantle, supported by Major Hills, Sir Henry Slesser, Mr. Morris, and Mr. Greenwood. Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed, 11 February 1926. To be purchased directly from H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE at the following addresses: 1, St. Andrew's Crescent, Cardiff; or 120, George Street, Edinburgh; or through any Bookseller. Bill. [AS AMENDED BY STANDING COMMITTEE A.] ARRANGEMENT OF CLAUSES. PART I. AMENDMENT OF THE MIDWIVES ACTS, 1902 AND 1918. Clause. 1. Amendment of s. 1 (2) of Midwives Act, 1902. 2. Amendments of Midwives Act, 1918. 3. Provision as to midwives' roll. 4. Regulations as to badges. PART II. REGISTRATION OF MATERNITY HOMES. 5. Registration. 6. Cancellation of registration. 7. Notice of refusal or cancellation of registration. 13. Short title, construction, extent and saving. A BILL [AS AMENDED BY STANDING COMMITTEE A] ΤΟ Amend the Midwives Acts, 1902 and 1918, and to A.D. 1926. provide for the registration and inspection of maternity homes, and for purposes connected E it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, 5 as follows: PART I. AMENDMENT OF THE MIDWIVES ACTS, 1902 AND 1918. 1. The following subsection shall be substituted for Amendment subsection (2) of section one of the Midwives Act, 1902, of s. 1 (2) of 10 (which relates to certification of midwives) : 15 20 Midwives "(2) If any person, being either a male 2 Edw. 7. person, or a woman not certified under this c. 17. Act, attends a woman in childbirth otherwise than under the direction and personal supervision of a duly qualified medical practitioner, that person shall, unless he or she satisfies the court that the attention was given in a case of sudden or urgent necessity, be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding ten pounds." 2. (1) Where a midwife has been suspended from Ainendpractice in order to prevent the spread of infection she ments of shall, if she was not herself in default, be entitled to recover Midwives Act, 1918. |