Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

HEALTH PROFESSIONALS ACT 2004 (NO. 38 OF 2004) - SECT 43

    (1)     This section applies to an application to the health professions tribunal relating to a health professional.

    (2)     The health professions tribunal president must ask the relevant health profession board to nominate the following to be part of the tribunal panel to deal with the application:

        (a)     2 health professionals, at least 1 of whom must be in the same profession as the health professional to whom the application relates;

        (b)     a community representative.

    (3)     It does not matter whether the 2 health professional mentioned in subsection (2) (a) are from the ACT or elsewhere.

    (4)     The health profession board must choose the community representative under subsection (2) (b) from the community representative list kept by the board.

Note 1     The exercise of a function by the tribunal is not affected only because of a vacancy in the tribunal's membership (see Legislation Act, s 199 (4)).

Note 2     See s 36 in relation to the community representative list.

    (5)     The health professions tribunal president need not act under this section in relation to an application if a suitable tribunal panel already exists and is available to decide the application.