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No. 92 വാലം 15 Vol. XV
1201 ധനു 24 24th Dhanu 1201 Thiruvananthapuram, Thursday
1947 ചപൗഷം 18 18th Pousha 1947
GOVERNMENT OF KERALA
Health and Family Welfare (C) Department
NOTIFICATION
Dated, Thiruvananthapuram, 30th December, 2025
G.O. (P) No. 134/2025/H&FWD
S. R. O. No. 32/2026
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Kerala Public Services Act, 1968 (19 of 1968), the Government of Kerala hereby make the following rules further to amend the Kerala Health Services (Nursing in Hospital Wing) Subordinate Service Rules, 2007 issued by notification under G.O.(P) No.257/2007/H&FWD dated 31st July, 2007 and published as S.R.O No. 671/2007 in the Kerala Gazette Extraordinary No.1457 dated 4th August, 2007, namely:-
2RULES
1. Short title and commencement.- (1) These rules may be called the Kerala Health Services (Nursing in Hospital Wing) Subordinate Service (Amendment) Rules, 2025.
(2) They shall come into force at once.
2. Amendment of the rules.- In the Kerala Health Services (Nursing in Hospital Wing) Subordinate Service Rules, 2007,-
(i) In the TABLE under rule 7, in column (4) 'Qualifications',-
a) in the entries against Sl. No. 1 Senior Nursing Officer, the words and symbol "(with Science Subjects)" wherever they occur shall be deleted;
b) in the entries against Sl. No. 2 Nursing Officer Grade I, the words and symbol "(with Science subjects)" wherever they occur shall be deleted;
c) in the entries against Sl. No. 3 Nursing Officer the words and symbol "(with Science subjects)" wherever they occur shall be deleted;
(ii) in the Note below the TABLE under Rule 7, the words "in science subjects" shall be deleted.
By order of the Governor,
Dr. RAJAN NAMDEV KHOBRAGADE I A S
Additional Chief Secretary
Explanatory Note
(This does not form part of the notification, but is intended to indicate its general purport.) The Government have issued the Kerala Health Services (Nursing in Hospital Wing) Subordinate Service Rules, 2007 as per notification issued under G.O.(P) No.257/2007/H&FWD dated 31st July, 2007 and published as S.R.O. No. 671/2007 in the Kerala Gazette Extraordinary No.1457 dated 4th August 2007. In accordance with the redesignation of posts ordered as per G.O.(Ms.) No.88/2021/H&FWD dated 6th May 2021, the said rules were amended as per notification issued under G.O.(P) No.76/2023/H&FWD dated 18th October, 2023 and published as S.R.O. No.1125/2023 in the Kerala Gazette Extraordinary No. 3481 dated 28th October, 2023.
As per the Indian Nursing Council guidelines, candidates who have passed the Higher Secondary Examination in any stream can apply for General Nursing and Midwifery Course. Therefore, the
3Government have considered it necessary to amend the educational qualification required for appointment to the posts regulated under this special rules in tune with the Indian Nursing Council guidelines.
This notification is indented to achieve the above object.
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