Act No. 3438 — An Act to Amend Section Fourteen of Act Numbered Twenty-Eight Hundred and Eight, Entitled "An Act Regulating the Practice of the Nursing Profession in the Philippine Islands," as Amended by Act Numbered Three Thousand and Twenty-Five.

Act No. 3438 · Act · Approved November 28, 1928 · 2 sections

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Section 1

SECTION 1. Section fourteen of Act Numbered Twenty-eight hundred and eight, as amended by Act Numbered Three thousand and twenty-five, is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 14. Semiannual examinations.—The Board of Examiners for Nurses shall meet in the City of Manila for the purpose of examining candidates desiring to practice the profession of nursing in the Philippine Islands on the second Monday of April and the fourth Monday of October of each year or as often as the Board may deem necessary upon authorization by the Secretary of the Interior. The Board may meet and hold examinations for the same purpose in other points of the Archipelago upon authorization granted by the Secretary of the Interior, who shall in each case designate the date when such examination shall take place."

Section 2

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval. Approved, November 28, 1928.

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