Has your NMC Ghana Pin expired? Find the information on your NMC Ghana Pin Renewal for 2023 on this page.
Nurses and Midwives in Ghana are required to register for a license before they can operate in the various hospitals and clinics in Ghana. Nursing and Midwifery is one of the respected job in Ghana. To become a Nurse and Midwife, there are some requirements you need to meet before you can actualize this dream.
After completing SHS and if you want to become a nurse or midwife, you have to be enrolled in the university or Nursing and Midwifery College. The duration for reading degree in Nursing and Midwifery in Ghanaian universities is four (4) years. While reading diploma in Nursing and Midwifery in Nursing and Midwifery Colleges takes three (3) years.
Upon completion, new graduates are expected to sit for NMC Ghana License Exam. Successful graduates are therefore given the license to operate in the country as Professional Nurses and Midwives.
NMC Ghana License Pin remains active for twelve (12) calendar months. After which there is the need for NMC Ghana Pin Renewal.
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Procedure and Requirements for NMC Ghana Pin Renewal
A PIN or AIN, once issued, expires after twelve (12) calendar months. Any Nurse Assistant, Nurse or Midwife whose PIN or AIN expires is required to apply through the Council’s Regional Offices else cannot work.
The PIN or AIN will be renewed upon submission of the following prescribed requirements:
Applicants must hence have accumulated the required Continuous Professional Development (CPD) points with; Two (2) Current Passport Pictures in Prescribed Uniform over a Red background for Nurse Assistants (Auxiliaries) and Two (2)
- Current Passport-size Pictures in Prescribed Uniform over a White background for Nurse.
- The required minimum CPD points for PIN/AIN renewal are as follows
- Category Required CPD Points
- Nurse Assistants: Ten (10) Points
- CHN, EN, NAC & NAP
- Staff Nurses/Staff Midwives, up to Fifteen (15) Points
- Nursing / Midwifery Officers
- Senior Nursing/Midwifery Officer/ Twenty (20) Points
- Health Tutor/Assistant Lecturers and above
Relevance of PIN or AIN
- The PIN confirms one’s professional status
- No employer will employ any Nurse Assistant, Nurse or Midwife without a PIN or AIN,
- It could be used for employment in the private sector even while on retirement.
- It is an offense to practice as a Nurse Assistant, Nurse or Midwife without a valid PIN or AIN. This attracts a penalty and or imprisonment as enshrined under Section 73 (d) of the Health Professions Regulatory Bodies Act, 2013 (Act 857).