(1) As soon as may be after the appointed day, the Registrar shall prepare and maintain thereafter a Register of nursing personnel for the State in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
(2) The Register shall be in such form and may be divided into such parts as may be prescribed. It shall include the full name, address and qualifications of the nursing personnel, the date on which each qualification was granted, and such other particulars as may be prescribed.
(3) Any person who holds any of the recognised qualifications included in the Schedule to the Indian Nursing Council Act, 1947 (XLVIII of 1947) shall, subject to any conditions laid down by or under the said Act, at any time, on an application made in the prescribed form to the Registrar and on payment of the prescribed fee and on presentation of his degree, diploma or certificate, be entitled to have his name entered in the register:
Provided that, the name of an applicant who is unable to present his degree, diploma or certificate may be entered in the Register, if he satisfies the President that he holds such degree, diploma or certificate but for sufficient cause cannot present the same with his application.
(4) Every registered nursing personnel shall be given a certificate of registration in the prescribed form. Such certificate shall be valid upto the date specified therein.