Health Professionals Amendment Regulation 2006 (No 4) (ACT)

Health Professionals Amendment Regulation 2006 (No 4)

Subordinate Law SL2006-28

The Australian Capital Territory Executive makes the following regulation under the Health Professionals Act 2004.

Dated 5 June 2006.

Katy Gallagher

Minister

Simon Corbell

Minister

Health Professionals Amendment Regulation 2006 (No 4)

Subordinate Law SL2006-28

made under the

Health Professionals Act 2004

1. Name of regulation

   This regulation is the Health Professionals Amendment Regulation 2006 (No 4).

2. Commencement

   This regulation commences on a day fixed by the Minister by written notice.

   Note 1The naming and commencement provisions automatically commence on the notification day (see Legislation Act, s 75 (1)).

   Note 2A single day or time may be fixed, or different days or times may be fixed, for the commencement of different provisions (see Legislation Act, s 77 (1)).

   Note 3If a provision has not commenced within 6 months beginning on the notification day, it automatically commences on the first day after that period (see Legislation Act, s 79).

3. Legislation amended

   This regulation amends the Health Professionals Regulation 2004.

4. Section 132 (2) (d)

   omit

   electoral commissioner

   substitute

   commissioner for health complaints

5. Schedule 1, new items 12 and 13

   insert

12	ACT Chiropractors and Osteopaths Board	chiropractors	13
13	ACT Chiropractors and Osteopaths Board	osteopaths	14

1. Schedule 2, table 2.4, item 7

   substitute

7 general practice Fellowship of Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (FRACGP)

1. Schedule 2, table 2.4, item 11

   substitute

11	ophthalmology	Fellowship of Royal Australian College of Ophthalmologists (FRACO) or Fellowship of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (FRANZCO)
11A	pain medicine	Fellowship of the Faculty of Pain Management Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (FFPMANZCA)

1. New schedules 13 and 14

   insert

Schedule 13Chiropractors

(see s 4 and sch 1)

13.1Meaning of board—sch 13

In this schedule:

board means the ACT Chiropractors and Osteopaths Board.

13.2Board membership—Act, s 24

(1)The board is made up of the president and the following people:

(a)2 elected members;

(b)4 appointed members.

(2)The elected members must be—

(a)a chiropractor elected by chiropractors; and

(b)an osteopath elected under schedule 14.

(3)The appointed members must be a community representative and—

(a)if the president is a chiropractor—1 chiropractor and 2 osteopaths; or

(b)if the president is an osteopath—1 osteopath and 2 chiropractors.

(4)For subsection (3), if the president is a chiropractor and osteopath, the president must choose a profession before the members are appointed and give the Minister written notice of the choice.

Schedule 14Osteopaths

(see s 4 and sch 1)

14.1Meaning of board—sch 14

In this schedule:

board means the ACT Chiropractors and Osteopaths Board.

14.2Board membership—Act, s 24

(1)The board is made up as prescribed under schedule 13.

(2)The elected members must include an osteopath elected by osteopaths under this schedule.

1. Dictionary, note 2

   insert

   ·     commissioner for health complaints

Endnotes

1. Notification

   Notified under the Legislation Act on 8 June 2006.

2. Republications of amended laws

   For the latest republication of amended laws, see align="center">© Australian Capital Territory 2006