Subject to the provisions contained in this Act, the powers, duties and functions of the Council shall be,—
(a) to maintain the register and the list, and to provide for the registration and enlistment of nursing personnel;
(b) to hear and decide appeal from any decision of the Registrar;
(c) to prescribe a code of ethics for regulating the professional conduct of nursing personnel;
(d) to reprimand a registered or an enlisted nursing personnel or to suspend or remove his name from the register and the list, or to take such other disciplinary action against him as may, in the opinion of the Council, be necessary or expedient;
(e) to hold examinations and to make all necessary arrangements for such examinations;
(f) to prescribe the courses or training leading to the examinations held by the Council, and to charge fees for such examinations;
(g) to prepare, publish and prescribe text-books and to publish statements of prescribed courses of study;
(h) to grant certificates and diplomas and marks of honour;
(i) to award stipends, scholarships, certificates of merit, medals, prizes and other rewards;
(j) to recognize institutions for the purpose of training and giving instructions for the courses leading to the examinations held by the Council, or to cancel such recognition;
(k) to inspect nursing establishments and to regulate the functioning of such establishments;
(l) to provide for the inspection of recognized and affiliated institutions, and to require such institutions to furnish such information as may be necessary;
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(m) subject to the approval of the Government, to receive donations and to determine the conditions of acceptance of donations; and
(n) to exercise such other powers and perform such other duties and functions as are laid down in this Act, or as may be prescribed.