Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW) Health Practitioner Regulation (New South Wales) Amendment (Paramedicine Council) Regulation 2017 (NSW)

New South Wales

Health Practitioner Regulation (New South

Wales) Amendment (Paramedicine Council)

Regulation 2017

under the

Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW)

His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following

Regulation under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW).

BRAD HAZZARD, MP

Minister for Health

Explanatory note

The object of this Regulation is to prescribe the membership of the Paramedicine Council of New South sections 41E and 247A (the general regulation-making power).

Wales.
Health Practitioner Regulation (New South Wales) Amendment

(Paramedicine Council) Regulation 2017

under the

Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW)

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Health Practitioner Regulation (New South Wales)
Amendment (Paramedicine Council) Regulation 2017.

2      Commencement

This Regulation commences on 8 January 2018 and is required to be published on the
NSW legislation website.

Schedule 1 Amendment of Health Practitioner Regulation
(New South Wales) Regulation 2016

[1]      Schedule 1 Membership of Councils

Omit “Other” from the heading to Part 9.
Insert instead “Chiropractic, Optometry, Osteopathy and Podiatry”.

[2]      Schedule 1, Part 10

Insert after Part 9:

Part 10 Paramedicine Council of New South Wales

14 Membership of Paramedicine Council

(1)

The Paramedicine Council of New South Wales consists of 6 members
appointed by the Governor.

(2)

The members are to be:

(a)	4 registered paramedics whose principal place of practice is in the State, and
(b)	1 person, who is not a paramedic, nominated by the Minister to represent the community, and
(c)	1 Australian lawyer nominated by the Minister.

(3)

A reference in subclause (2) (a) to a registered paramedic extends to include a person who holds the qualifications set out in clause 19A of the Health

Services Regulation 2013 but ceases to include any such person 90 days after

the repeal of that clause.