Medical Act Amendment Act 1961 (WA)

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MEDICAL.

10° Elizabeth II., No. XLII.

No. 42 of 1961.

AN ACT to amend the Medical Act, 1894-1956.

[Assented to 16th November, 1961.]

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most ExcellentMajesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Medical Act Short title and citation.

Amendment Act, 1961.

Vol. 6 of the

(2) In this Act the Medical Act, 1894-1956, is Reprinted	Acts.
Approved

referred to as the principal Act.

f or reprint

12th Febru-

arY. 1954

and amended

(3) The principal Act as amended by this Act by Acts Nos. 10 of 1955,

may be cited as the Medical Act, 1894-1961. 18 of 1955 and 35 of

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amended. 2. Section eleven of the principal Act is

amended

(a)	by substituting for the word, "he", being the first word in paragraph (a) of subsec- tion (1), the passage, "not being a person referred to in paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of this section, he";
(b)	by adding immediately after the subsection designation, "(2)" in the first line of sub- section (2), the paragraph designation, "(a)"; and
(c)	by adding at the end of subsection (2) after the word, "registration", being the last word in that subsection, the following para- graphs

(b) Any person who

(i)    satisfies the Board that he is of good fame and character; and

(ii)    is desirous of engaging in the occupation, as his sole profes- sional occupation in the State, of teaching or research, or of a post-graduate scholar, in medicine or surgery under the direction and control of a teaching or research institu- tion; and

(iii)  has such qualifications in medicine or surgery as in the opinion of the Board fit and qualify him for appointment to a position connected with, and to engage in the occupa- tion of teaching or research, or of a post-graduate scholar, in medicine or surgery,

shall, upon his making application to the Board for registration, be entitled to be registered as a medical practitioner under this Act during such time as his appoint- ment and engagemeent in such teaching

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or research or as a post-graduate scholar continues to be his sole professional occupation in the State, if in the opinion of the Minister and at the absolute discretion of the Minister it is desirable in the interests of the general community of the State to grant such registration.

For the purposes of this paragraph "teaching or research institution" means any university, college or school of medicine or surgery, research institute, hospital, clinic or other like institution which is engaged in this State in teaching or research in medicine or surgery and which is approved by the Board for the purposes of this paragraph.

(c) Any person who appears in person before the Board and satisfies the Board that-

(i)    he is registered under any Act of a State or Territory of the Commonwealth as a person entitled to practise medicine or surgery; and

(ii)    his sole occupation is that of a medical officer in the employ- ment of the Commonwealth, or a medical officer permanently attached to any of the Armed Services of the Commonwealth,

may, if the Minister in his absolute discretion thinks fit, be registered as a medical practitioner under this Act, without payment of any practice fee payable under this Act, during such time as he continues to fulfil the requirements of subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of this paragraph.