Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
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Nursing Branch
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Description area
Dates of existence
History
The Nursing Branch was created in 1951 under the Nursing Act and replaced the Department of Health's Nurses' Registration Division.
By the 1960s the branch supervised nursing training in three universities and fifty-nine hospitals. Until March 1964, the Nursing Branch acted as agent upon the request of the College of Nurses of Ontario for carrying out certain responsibilities designated under the 1961-62 Nurses Act: the management of Schools of Nursing and Training Courses for Nursing Assistants, provision for provincial exams and registration of Nursing Assistants.
After March 1964 these duties were assumed by the College of Nurses of Ontario.
In 1966, the Registered Nursing Assistants Schools were brought under the Department's Public Health Division, with an Officer-in-Charge reporting directly to the Exective Director of the Division. This was the end of the Nursing Branch.
On 1 April 1972, responsibility for administering the RNA schools were transferred form the Ministry of Health to the Ministry of Colleges and Universities.
Places
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
The Nursing Branch was responsible for the supervision of schools of nursing and for training courses for certified nursing assistants, for the registration of Certified Nursing Assistants, and for the licensing of nurses' registries.The branch also acted as a liaison with organizations and divisions of government on matters concerning nursing, and administered related grants under the National Health Grants programme.
Address
Nursing Act, Statutes of Ontario, 1951
Internal structures/genealogy
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Rules and/or conventions used
RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Sources
Department of Health, Annual Reports
RG 10 Inventory
Maintenance notes
Archivist(s):
Stabile