ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH OFFICERS (REGISTRATION), ETC.

Section 8: Register.

2003Section 8 of 29Federal Republic of Nigeria

(1) The Registrar shall prepare and; maintain, in accordance with rules made by the Council under this section, a register of the names, addresses, approved qualifications and such other particulars; as may be specified of all persons who are entitled in accordance with the provisions of this Act to be registered as members of the profession and who apply in the specified manner to be so registered.
(2) Subject to the provisions of this section, the Council shall make rules with respect to the form of keeping of the register and making of entries therein, and in particular-
(a) regulating the making of application for registration and providing for the evidence to be produced in support of applications;
(b) providing for the notification to the Registrar by the person to whom any registrar by the person to whom any registered particulars relate, of any change in those particulars;
(c) authorizing a registered person to have any qualification which is, in relation to his profession, whether an approved qualification or an accepted qualification under section 10 (2) of this Act, registered in relation to his name in addition to or, as he may elect in substitution for any other qualifications registered;
(d) specifying the fees to be paid to the Council in respect of the entry of names on the register and authorizing the Registrar to refuse to enter a name on the register until any fees specified for entry has been paid;
(e) specifying anything falling to be specified under the foregoing provisions of this section, but rules made for the purposes of paragraph (d) of this subsection shall not come into force until they have been confirmed by the Minister.
(3) The Registrar shall-
(a) correct, in accordance with the directions of the Council, any entry in the register which the Council directs him to correct as being in the opinion of the Council an entry which was incorrectly made;
(b) make, from time to time, any necessary alteration to the registered particulars of registered person;
(c) remove from the register the name of any registered person who has died or has become insane or for any other reason has ceased to be member of the profession.
(4) If the Registrar-
(a) sends by post to any registered person a registered letter addressed to him at his address on the register inquiring whether the registered particulars relating to him are correct and receives no reply to that letter within three months from the date of posting it; and
(b) upon the expiration of that period sends in like manner to the person in question a second letter and receives no reply to that letter within three months from the date of posting it; the Registrar may remove the particulars relating to the person in question from the register but the Council may direct the Registrar to restore to the register any particulars removed therefrom under this subsection.

Cite this section

Section 8, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH OFFICERS (REGISTRATION), ETC. (2003).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/environmental-health-officers-registration-etc/section/8/