(1) Every registered nursing personnel within three months prior to the expiry of his registration shall apply to the Registrar and pay to the Council a renewal fee of such amount as may be prescribed for the continuance of his name on the register.
(2) (a) If the renewal fee is paid on or before the due date, the Registrar shall issue to the registered nursing personnel a renewal slip in the prescribed form specifying the date upto which the validity of the certificate of registration has been extended.
(b) If the renewal fee is not paid by the due date, the Registrar shall remove the name of the defaulting person from the register. On such removal, the certificate of registration issued to the nursing personnel shall be deemed to have been cancelled:
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Provided that, the name so removed may be re-entered in the Register on payment of the outstanding renewal fee, and such penal fee as may be prescribed in this behalf. On receipt of such fees, the Registrar shall issue a renewal slip as provided in clause (a).