Section 11: Registration of members.

(1) Subject to section 12 of this Act and to rules made under section9 (3) of this Act, a person shall be entitled to be registered as an associate member of the profession if he satisfies the Council that-
(a) immediately before the commencement of this Act, he holds a qualification approved for membership of the Institute and has completed the post qualification experience ; and
(b)
he is by law entitled to practice for all purposes as a laboratory technologist in Nigeria or in the country in which the qualification was granted.
(2) Subject to subsection (1) of this section, a person shall also be entitled to be registered in the appropriate part of the register maintained under this Act if he holds such qualification as may be acceptable to the Council, from time to time.
(3) An applicant for registration under this Act shall in addition to evidence of qualification, satisfy the Council that-
(a) he is of good character ;
(b) he has attained the age of eighteen years ; and
(c) he has not been convicted in Nigeria or elsewhere of an offence involving fraud or dishonesty.
(4) The Council may, in its sole discretion, provisionally accept a qualification produced in respect of an application for registration under this section or direct that the application be renewed within such period as may be specified in the direction.
(5) Any entry directed to be made in the register, under subsection (4) of this section, shall show that the registration is provisional and no entry so made shall be converted to full registration without the consent of the Council signified in writing in that behalf.
(6) The Council shall, from time to time, publish in the Gazette particulars of qualifications for the time being accepted for registration under this Act.