Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts(1) On application, the health profession board for a health profession must register an individual or corporation as a health professional in the profession if satisfied that—
(a) the person satisfies the suitability to practise requirements for the profession; and
(b) for an applicant who is an individual—the person has a knowledge of written and spoken English that is adequate to allow the person to practise the profession; and
(c) for an applicant that is a corporation—each individual who will be providing the health services in the profession on behalf of the corporation has a knowledge of written and spoken English that is adequate to allow the individual to practise the profession on behalf of the corporation; and
(d) the person is covered by the insurance (if any) required under the regulations.
Note 1 Register , a person, includes enrol the person or renew the person's registration (see dict).
Note 2 The suitability to practise requirements are prescribed under the regulations, and include general competence.
(2) However, a corporation may apply under subsection (1) in relation to a health profession only if the regulations allow a corporation to be registered in the health profession.
(3) Also, the health profession board may refuse to register the person as a health professional if the person's registration has been suspended or cancelled in a local jurisdiction, whether before or after the person applies for registration in the ACT.
(4) A person may be registered under subsection (1) conditionally or unconditionally.
(5) The regulations may prescribe—
(a) what an application for registration may require and how it must be made; and
(b) when someone who is not required to be registered under subsection (1) may be registered conditionally; and
(c) when a health profession board may apply for the cancellation of registration; and
(d) when a health professional's registration may be renewed, including when it may be renewed retrospectively.
(6) The Executive may make regulations under subsection (2) in relation to a health profession only after it has consulted with an entity that is generally accepted to represent the health profession.
(7) Subject to any disallowance or amendment under the Legislation Act, chapter 7, the regulations mentioned in subsection (2) commence—
(a) if a motion to disallow the regulations is moved in the Legislative Assembly and the motion is negatived—the day after the day the motion is negatived; or
(b) the day after the 6th sitting day after the day the regulations are presented to the Legislative Assembly under that chapter; or
(c) if the regulations provide for a later date or time of commencement—on that date or at that time.