Medical Act Amendment Act 1971 (Qld)

880 (QUunsr? ANNO VICESIMO ELIZABETHAE SECUNDAE REGINAE No. 70 of 1971 An Act to Amend the Medical Act 1939® 1969 in certain particulars [ASSENTED TO 20TH DECEMBER, 19711 BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- 1. Short title and citation . (1) This Act may be cited as the Medical Act Amendment Act 1971. (2) The Medical Act 1939-1969 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act. (3) The Principal Act as amended by this Act may be cited as the Medical Act1939-1971. 2. Amendment of s. 15. Section 15 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the words " year certified as correct by the Auditor-General " and inserting in their stead the words " twelve months' period ending

Medical Act Amendment Act 1971, No. 70 881 on that date certified by the Auditor-General as in agreement with the books and accounts of the Board and as fairly setting out , in his opinion, the Board' s financial operations for that period ". 3. Amendment of s. 19. Section 19 of the Principal Act is amended by- (a) omitting subsections (1) and (2) and inserting in their stead the following subsections:- " (1) Subject to this Act, a person who makes application to the Board in that behalf in the prescribed form and pays the prescribed registration fee shall be entitled to be registered under this Act as a medical practitioner if he proves to the satisfaction of the Board that (a) he is the holder of a primary degree, diploma or certificate, conferred after due examination, in medicine or surgery of a university, college or other body in- (i) Great Britain, Northern Ireland, the Commonwealth of Australia, or the Dominion of New Zealand, which university, college, or other body is duly recognized in the country where it is situated and is legally authorized to grant such degree, diploma or, as the case may be, certificate; or (ii) the Republic of South Africa, or the Republic of Ireland, or Canada, which university, college, or other body is recognized by the Governor in Council by Order in Council published in the Gazette; or (b) he has completed a regular course of medical study of not less than five years' duration in a school of medicine and is the holder of a primary degree, diploma, or certificate, conferred after due examination, of a university, college or other body that in each case is duly recognized in the country where it is situated as competent to confer the same, which degree, diploma, or certificate- (i) is approved by the Board as equal to or higher than the degree in medicine conferred after due examination by the University of Queensland; and (ii) is recognized by the Governor in Council by Order in Council published in the Gazette as qualifying the applicant to practise medicine in that country, and that he is entitled under subsection (2) of this section to be so registered; and further so proves that- (c) subsequently to obtaining the degree, diploma, or certificate on which he relies he has served for a period or periods amounting in the aggregate to twelve months as a resident medical officer and has obtained the prescribed experience in medicine, surgery, and obstetrics- (i) in one or more of the hospitals to which The Hospitals Acts 1936 to 1967 apply; (ii) in a hospital in Queensland approved by the Board; or

882 Medical Act Amendment Act 1971, No. 70 (iii) in a hospital outside Queensland specifically approved by the Board, and produces to the Board a certificate or certificates as prescribed that all of such service was performed and completed to the satisfaction of the competent authority or authorities controlling the hospital or hospitals concerned; or (d) he is duly entitled to practise and has practised medicine for at least three years outside Queensland; and further so proves that- (e) he has attained the age of twenty-one years; and (f) he is of good fame and character; and (g) he has a sound understanding of the English language and possesses sufficient knowledge of and sufficient skill in the expression of that language , both written and oral. (2) A person whose application for registration as a medical practitioner depends partly on the qualification referred to in paragraph (b) of subsection ( 1) of this section shall not be entitled to be so registered unless the professors of medicine, surgery, and obstetrics of the University of Queensland are satisfied by oral and clinical examinations arranged or approved by them and conducted in the English language , of his knowledge, skill and ability to practise medicine efficiently in Queensland and they certify to the Board accordingly?'.