Medical Indemnity (Prudential Supervision and Product Standards) Amendment Regulations 2006 (No. 1) (Cth)

Medical Indemnity (Prudential Supervision and Product Standards) Amendment Regulations 2006 (No. 1)¹

Select Legislative Instrument 2006 No. 232

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Medical Indemnity (Prudential Supervision and Product Standards) Act 2003.

Dated 24 August 2006

P. M. JEFFERY

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

PETER CRAIG DUTTON

Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer

Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Medical Indemnity (Prudential Supervision and Product Standards) Amendment Regulations 2006 (No. 1).

Commencement

These Regulations are taken to have commenced on 1 July 2006.

Amendment of Medical Indemnity (Prudential Supervision and Product Standards) Regulations 2003

Schedule 1 amends the Medical Indemnity (Prudential Supervision and Product Standards) Regulations 2003.

Schedule 1 Amendments

(regulation 3)

[1] Sub‑subparagraph 4 (1) (d) (i) (A)

omit

or a volunteer); and

insert

or a volunteer) or a student of the training institution; and

[2] Sub‑subparagraph 4 (1) (d) (i) (B)

after

staff

insert

, or as a student,

[3] Subparagraph 4 (1) (j) (ii)

omit

Insurance Act 1973).

insert

Insurance Act 1973);

[4] After paragraph 4 (1) (j)

insert

(k)an arrangement in accordance with which either or both of:

(i)a health care professional; and

(ii)the health care professional’s employer;

are the beneficiaries of an indemnity under a public liability policy in relation to health care provided to the employer’s employees;

(l)an arrangement under which either or both of:

(i)a health care professional; and

(ii)a person to whom the health care professional is contracted to provide medical services;

are the beneficiaries of an indemnity under a public liability policy in relation to health care provided to employees of the person to whom the health care professional is contracted to provide medical services;

(m)an arrangement under which a person who is not an insurer under a contract of insurance that provides medical indemnity cover to a health care professional bears any excess or deductible that applies under the insurance policy;

(n)an arrangement under which a person provides medical indemnity cover for the conduct of health care‑related research.

Note

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