GOVERNMENT OF KERALA
NOTIFICATION
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:-
Dated, Thiruvananthapuram, 30th December, 2025
G.O. (P) No. 134/2025/H&FWD
Health and Family Welfare (C) Department
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2026
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KERALA GAZETTE
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RULES
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
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Government 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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