Section 20: Offences (as amended by Section 13 of the Nursing and Midwifery (Registration, etc.) (Amendment) Act, 2022).

(1)
Any person not being a person duly registered under this Act who-
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(a) for or in expectation of reward practises or holds himself out to practise as such; or
(b) without reasonable excuse takes or uses any name, title, addition or description implying that he is authorised by law to practise as a nurse or midwife,
is guilty of an offence under this section.
(2) Any person who employs any unregistered person as a nurse or midwife is guilty of an offence under this section and liable on conviction to be punished as provided in this section.
(3) It shall be an offence under this section for any registered nurse or midwife to establish a private nursing or maternity home without complying with the provisions of this Act.
(4) If any person for the purpose of procuring the registration of any time, qualification or other matter-
(a) makes a statement which is false in a material particular; or
(b) recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular,
he is guilty of an offence under this section.
(5) If the registrar or any other person employed by the Council wilfully makes any falsification in any matter relating to the register he is guilty of an offence under this section.
(6) A person shall not hold an appointment or practice as a Nurse or Midwife in Nigeria unless he is registered with the Council under the provisions of this Act.
(7) A person who violates any of the provisions of this Act commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not more that N500,000 or imprisonment for a term of one year or both.
(8) Where the offence is committed by a body corporate, with the knowledge or negligence of a director, manager, secretary, agent, or employee of the body corporate, or both director, manager, secretary, agent, or employee and the body corporate, the body corporate is liable to a fine not more than N5,000,000, and the director, manager, secretary, agent, or employee of the body corporate is liable on conviction to the punishment under subsection (7).