Medical Acts Amendment Act of 1963 (Qld)

20 1(ueeuslttrt'a ANNO DUODECIMO ELIZABETHAE SECUNDAE REGINAE No. 9 of 1963 An Act to Amend " The Medical Acts, 1939 to 1958," in certain particulars fASSENTED TO 4TH NOVEMBER, 19631 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. (1) Short title . This Act may be cited as "The Medical Acts Amendment Act of 1963." (2) Principal Act. " The Medical Acts, 1939 to 1958," are in this Act referred to as the Principal Act. (3) Collective title. The Principal Act and this Act may be collectively cited as " The Medical Acts, 1939 to 19630" 2. Amendment of s. 4 . Section four of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after the definition " President " the following definition:- " " Primary "-Where qualifying the terms degree or diploma or certificate the qualified term means a practising certificate, but any such term so qualified does not include or refer to a post-graduate degree, diploma or certificate; ".

Medical Acts Amendment Act of 1963, No. 9 21 3. Amendment of s. 19 (1). Subsection (1) of section nineteen of the Principal Act is amended by omitting paragraph (a) and inserting in its stead the following paragraph:- (a) He is the holder of a primary degree, diploma or certificate (obtained after due examination) in medicine or surgery of any university, college or other body in- (i.) Great Britain, Northern Ireland, the Commonwealth of Australia or the Dominion of New Zealand and which university, college or other body is duly recognised in the country in question and is legally authorised to grant such primary degree, diploma or certificate; or (ii.) The Republic of South Africa duly recognised by the Governor in Council (who is hereby thereunto authorised), by Order in Council published in the Gazette; or ". 4. New s. 20A inserted . The Principal Act is amended by inserting after section twenty the following section:- " [20A.] Registration for the purpose of post - graduate study in Queensland . (1.) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, on request by any institution or organization interested in post-graduate teaching in medicine or any branch of medicine, the Board may, for the purpose of enabling any person to receive in Queensland post-graduate tuition in medicine or any branch of medicine, grant to him a certificate of registration. The Board may renew any such certificate from time to time. (2.) The Board may at any time cancel any certificate of registration granted under this section, or any renewal thereof. Every such certificate or renewal thereof shall, unless sooner cancelled by the Board, be in force for the period specified therein. The Board shall not grant any such certificate or any renewal of any such certificate for a period longer than one year. (3.) During the continuance in force of a certificate of registration granted under this section or of any renewal thereof the grantee named in such certificate shall be deemed to be thereby registered as a medical practitioner so far as relates to the practise by him of medicine in the course and for the purpose of the receipt by him of tuition in medicine or, as the case may be, the branch of medicine in respect whereof the certificate was granted. Except as prescribed by this subsection a person shall not be registered as a medical practitioner by virtue of a certificate under this section or any renewal of such a certificate." 5. Repeal of and new s. 22. The Principal Act is amended by repealing section twenty-two and inserting in its stead the following section:- " [22.] Registration as a specialist . (1.) A medical practitioner who makes application in the prescribed form for registration as a specialist and pays the prescribed fee and who satisfies the Board that he has gained special skill in a particular specialty by adequate experience in that specialty and, in relation to a specialty in respect whereof degrees or diplomas are generally granted or recognised, who also satisfies the Board that he is the holder of, or is justly entitled to have conferred upon him, a degree or diploma approved by the Board in the specialty

22 Medical Acts Amendment Act of 1963, No. 9 to which his application relates of a university or other institution which is recognised by the Board as authorised to grant that degree or diploma, shall be entitled to be registered as a specialist in accordance with his application. (2.) The Board shall not grant any application under this section unless and until it is satisfied- (a) That the evidence of special skill produced by the applicant establishes that such special skill was gained by him- (i.) In practice, other than practice in a hospital, for a period of not less than five years; (ii.) In practice in a hospital approved by the Board for a period of not less than three years; or (iii.) Partly in practice, other than practice in a hospital, and partly in practice in a hospital so approved, for a period of not less than four years; and (b) That practice in the particular specialty in question, whether in a hospital so approved or otherwise, comprised the major portion of the practice. (3.) In respect of every registration as a specialist granted prior to the enactment of this section, the provisions of section twenty-two of " The Medical Acts, 1939 to 1958," shall be deemed to have, and to have always had, effect as if the words " recognised by the Board as authorised " were substituted for the words " legally authorised "."