Representation of Unionised Nurses at Nursing Board Inquiries

10 Mr Patrick Tay Teck Guan asked the Minister for Health whether nurses who are union members and who are to present themselves before the Nursing Board for inquiries can be represented by designated officers of the trade union whom they are members of, to be at the meetings and hearings.

Mr Ong Ye Kung: For inquiry hearings relating to professional matters, the Nurses and Midwives Act 1999 and the Nurses and Midwives Regulations 2012 do not specify the position on representation by designated officers of the trade union whom the nurses are members of. They do provide that the nurse may appear for an inquiry hearing in person or be represented by his or her legal counsel.