Nursing and Midwifery Council of ZambiaFREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQs)
The transfer window for a
student nurse or student midwife is from the 1st of June to 31st
July and 1st December to 31st January. For a student to
transfer he/she must be in their first year or second year of training and
first semester in third year of training.
Welcome to the online registration system for the General
Nursing Council of Zambia. Below are step-by-step instructions for both
students and registration officers:
For Students:
1. Visit the General Nursing Council's
website at https://portal.gnc.org.zm/.
2.
Sign
in using your provided login details.
3.
On the left side of the screen, you'll see a menu.
Look for and click on the "Registration" link.
4.
Complete the registration form
thoroughly, ensuring you fill in all the required fields accurately.
5.
Upload all necessary documents,
including a passport-size photo. Make sure these documents are scanned in PDF
format, named correctly, and are less than 1MB in size.
6.
Before submitting the form,
carefully read and agree to all declarations.
7.
To check the status of your
application, return to the Registration section and select "Previous
Applications." Here, you can track the progress of your application. If it
shows "Pending," it means your application is being processed. If
it's marked as "R" you can edit
your application by clicking on the pencil icon. Once processed, the status changes to “Processed”
and you'll be able to download your full registration
certificate and license.
The Nursing and Midwifery Council
of Zambia is a regulator of the education, training and practice of nurses and
midwives and not an employer of the same. The mandate of the council ends at
regulating the education, training and practice of nurses and midwives.
The council has four
categories of registers that it uses to register nurses namely Full Register, Provisional Register and Specialist Register.
- Full registration is given to a nurse or midwife with a qualification obtained from a higher education institution.
- Provisional registration is given to a nurse or midwife with a qualification obtained outside Zambia. Provisional registration is valid for two years subject to renewal for a further two years if an application for full registration is rejected after the initial two-year period. A nurse or midwife with provisional registration can only practice under supervision of a nurse- in- charge or midwife- in- charge.
- While specialist registration is given to a nurse or midwife who has attained Master’s Degree qualifications and above.
The functions of NMCZ are:
- Register
and regulate nurses and midwives
- Issue
practicing certificates to eligible nurses and midwives
- Set and
enforce professional standards of nursing and midwifery education, training and
practice
- Approve
in consultation with the Higher Education Authority and the Zambia
Qualifications Authority, training programmes for nurses and midwives and the
qualifications obtained
- License
nursing and midwifery facilities
- Conduct
licensure examinations
- Conduct
competence examinations and award prescribed qualifications in respect of
particular levels of examination.
- Investigate
cases of professional misconduct
- Ensure
adherence to the scope of practice and conditions that promote patient safety
and public confidence in the nursing and midwifery profession.
- Register nursing
and midwifery learning institutions, nursing agencies and nursing homes.
The mandate of the Nursing
and Midwifery Council of Zambia is to regulate the education, training and
practice of nurses and midwives.
To access the online service portal, please click here. Thereafter, click on Sign up for online services.