Identity area
Type of entity
Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)
Authorized form of name
Ontario. Dept. of Health. Nurses' Registration Division
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Nurses' Registration Division
Other form(s) of name
Ontario. Dept. of Health. Nurses' Registration Branch
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1922-1952
History
The Nurses' Registration Division was established under the 1922 Nurse Registration Act. At that time it reported to the Provincial Secretary's Department.
In 1924 the branch/division was transferred to the newly-created Department of Health.
In 1952 the branch became the Nursing Branch under the 1951 Nursing Act.
Places
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
The Nurses' Registration Division was responsible for setting registration standards for nurses graduating from the province's hospitals, and to improve nurses' living and teaching conditions.
Address
Nurse Registration Act, Statutes of Ontario, 1922.
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Related entity
Ontario. Dept. of the Provincial Secretary (1867-1961)
Identifier of related entity
AA27
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Ontario. Dept. of the Provincial Secretary controls Ontario. Dept. of Health. Nurses' Registration Division
Dates of relationship
1922-1924
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario. Dept. of Health (1924-1972)
Identifier of related entity
AA37
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Ontario. Dept. of Health controls Ontario. Dept. of Health. Nurses' Registration Division
Dates of relationship
1924-1952
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario. Dept. of Health. Nursing Branch (1952-1966)
Identifier of related entity
CA1878
Category of relationship
temporal
Type of relationship
Ontario. Dept. of Health. Nursing Branch is the successor of Ontario. Dept. of Health. Nurses' Registration Division
Dates of relationship
Description of relationship
Access points area
Subject access points
Place access points
Epithet
Control area
Authority record identifier
CA1879
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
Status
Approved
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
Language(s)
Script(s)
Sources
Inventory 10
Maintenance notes
Archivist(s):
Stabile