Medical Board of Queensland Amendment By-law (No. 1) 1997 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 1997 No. 341 Medical Act 1939 MEDICAL BOARD OF QUEENSLAND AMENDMENT BY-LAW (No. 1) 1997 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 By-law amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Replacement of pt 5 (Advertising) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 PART 5—ADVERTISING 12 Definitions for pt 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 13 Prohibition on medical practitioners advertising in certain ways . . 2 14 Advertising about area of expertise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 Omission of pt 6, div 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

s1 2 s3 Medical Board of Queensland Amendment (No. 1) No. 341, 1997 ˙ Short title 1. This by-law may be cited as the Medical Board of Queensland Amendment By-law (No. 1) 1997 . ˙ By-law amended 2. This by-law amends the Medical Board of Queensland By-law 1987 . ˙ Replacement of pt 5 (Advertising) 3. Part 5— omit, insert— ‘ PART 5—ADVERTISING ˙ ‘ Definitions for pt 5 ‘ 12. In this part— “medical practitioner” includes a medical company. ˙ ‘ Prohibition on medical practitioners advertising in certain ways ‘ 13. A medical practitioner must not advertise, or authorise another person to advertise, about the professional services provided by the medical practitioner if the advertisement— (a) is false, misleading or deceptive or likely to be misleading or deceptive; or (b) unfavourably compares the professional services provided by another medical practitioner with the professional services provided by the medical practitioner; or (c) contains testimonials or other endorsements of the medical practitioner; or (d) is vulgar or sensational in a way that would be likely to affect

s4 3 s4 Medical Board of Queensland Amendment (No. 1) No. 341, 1997 adversely the standing of the medical profession. Maximum penalty—30 penalty units. ˙ ‘ Advertising about area of expertise ‘ 14. A medical practitioner must not advertise, or authorise another person to advertise, the medical practitioner as having expertise in an area of medicine if the medical practitioner does not have the appropriate qualifications, training, skills or knowledge to practise in the area. Maximum penalty—30 penalty units.’. ˙ Omission of pt 6, div 8 4. Part 6, division 8— omit. ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Medical Board of Queensland on 23 September 1997. 2. Approved by the Governor in Council on 16 October 1997. 3. Notified in the gazette on 17 October 1997. 4. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 5. The administering agency is the Department of Health. © State of Queensland 1997