Section 1: Establishment of the Health Records Officers Registration Board of Nigeria

(1) There is hereby established for health records officers a body to be known as the Health Records Officers Registration Board of Nigeria (in this Act referred to as "the Board").
(2) The functions of the Board shall include the following, that is-
(a) determining what standards of knowledge and skill shall be attained by a person seeking to become a member of the profession of health records management and improving those standards from time to time as circumstances may permit;
(b) securing in accordance with the provisions of this Act, the establishment and maintenance of a register of persons registered under this Act as members of the profession and the publication from time to time of lists of those persons;
(c) conducting examinations in health records management and awarding certificates or diplomas to successful candidates as appropriate, and for such purpose the Board shall prescribe fees to be paid in respect thereof; and
(d) performing such other functions conferred on the Board by this Act.