Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (South Australia) Variation Regulations 2012 (SA)

South Australia

Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (South Australia) Variation Regulations 2012

under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (South Australia) Act 2010

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1            Short title

2            Commencement

3            Variation provisions

Part 2—Variation of Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (South Australia) Regulations 2010

4            Variation of regulation 4—Representative bodies

5            Variation of regulation 13—Transitional provision—annual reports

6            Insertion of regulation 14

14          Transitional provisions—occupational therapy

7           Variation of Schedule 1—Revocation of regulations

1            Revocation of regulations

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (South Australia) Variation Regulations 2012.

2—Commencement

These regulations will come into operation on 1 July 2012.

3—Variation provisions

In these regulations, a provision under a heading referring to the variation of specified regulations varies the regulations so specified.

Part 2—Variation of Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (South Australia) Regulations 2010

4—Variation of regulation 4—Representative bodies

1. Regulation 4—after paragraph (a) insert:

   (aa)Australian Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Association;

   (ab)Australian and New Zealand Society of Nuclear Medicine (SA Branch) Limited;

2. Regulation 4—after paragraph (f) insert:

   (fa)Australian Institute of Radiography;

3. Regulation 4—after paragraph (g) insert:

   (ga)Australian Natural Therapists Association;

4. Regulation 4—after paragraph (n) insert:

   (na)Australian Traditional‑Medicine Society;

   (nb)Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture Society of Australia;

5. Regulation 4—after paragraph (q) insert:

   (qa)Federation of Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture (SA Branch);

6. Regulation 4—after paragraph (s) insert:

   (sa)National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker Association;

   (sb)Occupational Therapy Australia Limited, South Australia Division;

7. Regulation 4—after paragraph (x) insert:

   (xa)Society of Natural Therapists and Researchers Incorporated;

5—Variation of regulation 13—Transitional provision—annual reports

1. Regulation 13(1) and (2)—delete subregulations (1) and (2) and substitute:

   (1)The National Agency must, on or before 30 September 2012, deliver to the Minister a report on the activities of the Occupational Therapy Board of South Australia during the 2011/2012 financial year.

   (2)The report must—

   (a)contain the following information in relation to the 2011/2012 financial year:

   (i)the number of persons registered by the Board in each category of registration under the Occupational Therapy Practice Act 2005, as at 30 June 2012;

   (ii)the number of complaints received by the Board against registered persons or service providers under the Occupational Therapy Practice Act 2005, and the outcome of each complaint (including, if relevant, progress as at 30 June 2012);

   (iii)the number of disciplinary proceedings commenced by or on behalf of, or before, the Board under the Occupational Therapy Practice Act 2005, and the outcome of each of those proceeding (including, if relevant, progress as at 30 June 2012); and

   (b)incorporate the audited accounts of the Board for the 2011/2012 financial year.

2. Regulation 13(4), definitions of prescribed body and relevant Act—delete the definitions

6—Insertion of regulation 14

After regulation 13 insert:

14—Transitional provisions—occupational therapy

(1)The Occupational Therapy Board of South Australia is brought within the ambit of the definition of prescribed body in clause 29 of Schedule 1 of the Act.

(2)No application may be made to the Occupational Therapy Board of South Australia under Part 3 Division 2 of the Occupational Therapy Practice Act 2005 on or after 1 July 2012.

(3)For the purposes of clauses 42 and 43 of Schedule 1 of the Act, the Occupational Therapy Practice Act 2005 will be taken to be a relevant Act that has been repealed under that schedule on 1 July 2012.

7—Variation of Schedule 1—Revocation of regulations

Schedule 1, clause 1—delete clause 1 and substitute:

1—Revocation of regulations

The following regulations are revoked:

(a)the Occupational Therapy Practice (Election) Regulations 2006;

(b)the Occupational Therapy Practice (General) Regulations 2006.

Note—

As required by section 10AA(2) of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1978, the Minister has certified that, in the Minister's opinion, it is necessary or appropriate that these regulations come into operation as set out in these regulations.

Made by the Governor

with the advice and consent of the Executive Council

on 28 June 2012

No 168 of 2012

HEAC-2012-00022