Medical Practitioners Amendment Act 1900 (NSW)

Act No. 33, 1900.

An Act for the registration of medical practi­ tioners; the restriction of unqualified persons from practising; and to amend such other statutes as may be inconsistent therewith.

[12th October, 1900.]

Assembly of New South Wales in Pa r l i amen t assembled, and by the the advice and consent of the Legislat ive Council and Legislat ive au thor i ty of the same, as follows:—	BE it enacted by the Queen ' s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with
1. Any person who, not being a legally qualified medical prac­ t i t ioner within the meaning of the Medical P rac t i t ioners Act, 1898, or enti t led to be regis tered as a legally qualified medical pract i t ioner wi thin the meaning of this Act, takes or uses the name or title of a physician, doctor of medicine, l icentiate in medicine and surgery, bachelor of medicine, or surgeon, or any name, title, addition, or descript ion implying tha t he is a legally qualified medical prac t i t ioner as aforesaid, shall be liable to a penal ty of fifty pounds, and in the case of a continuing offence against the provisions of this section to a fur ther penal ty of five pounds for each day from the t ime when the said offence was first committed, or shall be liable to imprisonment for a t e rm not exceeding twelve months .
A person shall be deemed to be entit led to be regis tered as a legally qualified medical pract i t ioner within the meaning of this Act if he possesses the qualifications required in the Medical Prac t i t ioners Act, 1898, in order to entit le him to be regis tered as aforesaid.
2. If it a p p e a r s to the satisfaction of the New South Wales Medical Boa rd tha t any person regis tered as aforesaid—

(a)	has ceased to possess, or does not possess, the qualifications
in respect of which he was reg is te red ; or (b)

(b) has been convicted of any felony or misdemeanour, or of any

offence which, if committed within this Colony would be a felony or misdemeanour, it shall be lawful for the board to

remove such person's name from the register, and thereupon he shall cease to be a legally qualified medical practitioner within the meaning of the Medical Practitioners Act, 1898: Provided that such person so removed shall have the right of appeal to the Supreme Court; such appeal to be in the nature of

a rehearing.

3. A copy of the register kept in pursuance of the Medical Practitioners Act, 1898, purporting to be signed by the president of the New South Wales Medical Board, shall in any proceedings under this Act, be prima facie evidence that the persons whose names are therein contained and no others were, up to and including the time when the said copy of the register purported to have been so signed, legally qualified medical practitioners as aforesaid.
4. All penalties imposed by this Act may be recovered before, and all charges under this Act may be heard and determined by, a stipendiary or police magistrate or any two justices of the peace in petty sessions.

5. This Act may be cited as the " ' Medical Practitioners Amend­

ment Act, 1900."