Age & Educational Qualification:

• A candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not be above the age of 38 years as on the date of advertisement. Date of birth as recorded in the HSC Certificate issued by the Board of Secondary Education, Odisha or equivalent certificate issued by recognized Board/Council/Indian University shall only be accepted.
• Relaxation of Upper Age Limit:

1. The upper age limit is relaxed able by 5 years for the candidates belonging to SC/ST/SEBC/Women category. The upper age limit is also relaxed able by 10 years in case of Persons with Disabilities (PwD). The upper age limit is relaxed able by the total period of service rendered in defence service in case of Ex-Servicemen. The persons in Defence Service having more than six months to retire or to be discharged from service as on the last date of the submission of online application are not eligible to apply for the post. Provided that those Ex-Servicemen who have already secured regular employment under the State Government in civil post and services would be permitted the benefit of age relaxation as admissible for Ex-Servicemen for securing another employment in any higher post or services under the State Government but such candidates shall not be eligible for the benefit of reservation, if any, for Ex Servicemen in the State Government.
2. A candidate who comes under more than one category shall be eligible for only one benefit of relaxation which shall be considered most beneficial to him/her.                           Provided that Persons with Disabilities under SC/ST/SEBC category shall be entitled to cumulative age relaxation of ten years on account of their disability over and above the normal relaxation available to them as SC/ST/SEBC candidate.
3. Contractual Nursing Officer: The upper age limit for contractual Nursing Officers under OSH&FW Society/Scheme and for ASHAs, who shall take part in the recruitment process, if otherwise eligible, shall be 45 years of age as on the date of advertisement. They must upload online the appointment letter/s from their employers with self-attestation for availing such relaxation. Such candidates shall keep the original appointment letters and other documents in support of their claim with them for verification to be done on a later date after the written examination.

• Weightage for COVID-19 Healthcare worker: Under Rule-3 of the Odisha grant of weightage in marks in the Recruitment for Short-Term COVID-19 Healthcare workers Rules, 2022,

“The Short-Term COVID-19 healthcare workers who have been engaged in and performed COVID-19 duty for a minimum period of 3 months shall be allowed 5 percent extra marks on the total marks of the recruitment examination under the said relevant recruitment rules subject to the award of marks up to the maximum marks for which recruitment is conducted”.

This provision is applicable for this recruitment only as one time measure.

• In order to be eligible, the candidates must have passed +2 in the 10+2 system or its equivalent with Diploma in GNM/BSc Nursing from any Medical College and Hospital of the State/any other institutions duly recognised and approved by Indian Nursing Council.
• They shall have to register their name in Nursing Council in the State and have valid registration certificate as on the date of advertisement which shall be uploaded online.
• A candidate must be able to speak, read and write Odia and have

1. passed the Middle School Examination with Odia as a language subject; or
2. passed Matriculation or equivalent examination with Odia as the medium of examination in non-language subjects; or
3. passed Odia as language subject in the final examination of Class-VII or above from a School or Educational Institution recognised by the Government of Odisha or Central Government; or
4. Passed a test in Odia in M.E. School Standard conducted by the School & Mass Education Department.

• The Advertisement No. dated 9^th May, 2022 for the post of Nursing Officer-2022 has been cancelled. All the interested candidates who have applied earlier in response to the Advertisement shall have to apply afresh as the old applications already filed online shall not be considered for the purpose of recruitment.
• The candidates, who had already applied online earlier for recruitment to the post of Nursing Officer-2022 in response to this Commission’s Advertisement No. dated 9^th May, 2022 but ineligible to apply now on account of attainment of upper age limit, shall be eligible to apply for the post. 

Other Eligibility Criteria: An applicant, in order to be eligible for the post, must be-

• A citizen of India,
• Of good character,
• If married, must not have more than one spouse living. Provided that the Government may, if satisfied that such marriage is permissible under the personal law applicable to such person or there are other grounds for doing so, exempt any person from operation of the rule.
• Applicant(s) claiming reservation as Sportsperson must possess Sports Identity Card(s) issued by the Sports & Youth Services Department, Government of Odisha as on the date of application and upload the scanned copy of original (not photo copy) Sports ID card online.
• Applicants claiming reservation under Persons with Disability (PwD) category must ensure that they possess Permanent Disability Certificate and belong to the category and sub-category of disability for which the post has been reserved, as mentioned under Notes below the Annexure-I (Physical Requirements and Functional Classification), as the case may be. They must upload the scanned copy of the original (not photo copy) Unique Disability Identity (UDID) card issued by the Competent Authority. Those who do not have UDID card must enrol/apply online for UDID card and mention the enrolment/application registration number in the specified text box of the online application. The disability certificate other than UDID card is not acceptable.

          Further, to take the help of scribe in appearing the examination, they need to take written permission of the ADM-cum-District Superintendent concerned, at least three days prior to the date of Examination.

• Applicants claiming reservation as Ex-serviceman must have possessed Discharge Certificate/documents in support of service rendered in different services and must furnish an undertaking to the effect that they have not availed of any re-employment under the Government of Odisha till the date of this application.
• If any candidate has, at any time been debarred from recruitment examination for a certain period by this Commission, he/she shall not be eligible for appearing the same for that specific period.
• All the eligibility conditions should have been fulfilled as on the date of Advertisement.