Section 16: Supervisory authority

(1) The Chief Nursing Officer of the State concerned shall be the supervisory authority over nurses and midwives within the State concerned and it shall be the duty of a supervisory authority-
(a) to work in co-operation with the State Nursing and Midwifery Committee (which is hereby required to keep its supervisory authority informed of its activities under this Act) and generally to exercise supervision as directed by the Council;
(b) if any particular case so requires, to investigate charges of malpractice, negligence, misconduct or contravention of instructions given by the Council to the State Nursing or Midwifery Committee;
(c) to report any matter to the Council and in any particular case, to recommend to the Council that the matter so reported be dealt with by the tribunal under this Act;
(d) to inform the Council as soon as possible of the name of any nurse or midwife convicted of an offence.
(2) A supervisory authority shall not delegate any of the aforesaid duties to any person without the prior authority in writing of the Council.