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VETERINARY SURGEONS ACT 2015 (NO. 29 OF 2015)
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Long Title
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
1. Name of Act
2. Commencement
3. Dictionary
4. Notes
5. Offences against Act—application of Criminal Code etc
PART 2--OBJECTS AND IMPORTANT CONCEPTS
6. Objects of Act
7. Meaning of veterinary surgeon
8. Meaning of veterinary service
9. Meaning of regulated veterinary service
10. Meaning of registered veterinary surgeon
11. Meaning of required standard of practice
PART 3--REGISTRATION OF VETERINARY SURGEONS
Division 3.1--Veterinary surgeons—registration
12. Veterinary surgeon—registration requirements
13. Application for registration
14. Decision on application for registration
15. Board may ask for further information
16. Conditions on registration
17. Term of registration
Division 3.2--Veterinary surgeons—special registrations
18. Short-term registration
19. Conditional registration
20. When conditional registration is in public interest
21. Conditional registration not limited
22. Specialist area registration
Division 3.3--Veterinary surgeons—performance review
23. Review of veterinary surgeon's professional practice
24. Initial and final review reports
Division 3.4--Veterinary surgeons—practising certificates
25. Practising certificates
26. Replacement practising certificates
27. Return of practising certificates
Division 3.5--Veterinary surgeons—end of registration and renewal
28. When does registration end?
29. Failure to meet insurance requirement
30. Renewal notice for registration
31. Late payment of registration
32. Retrospective registration
Division 3.6--Veterinary surgeons—register
33. Veterinary surgeon register
34. Contents of register
35. Information in register to be accessible and extractable
36. Executive officer responsible for register
37. Access to register
38. Requests for changes of details in register
39. When board must not charge fees etc for register corrections
PART 4--OFFENCES
40. Meaning of registered—pt 4
41. Person not registered
42. Person pretending to be registered
43. False representation of person as veterinary surgeon
44. Conditions on practice
45. Direction to engage in unprofessional conduct
46. Change of registered details
47. No insurance
PART 5--COMPLAINTS
Division 5.1--Objects
48. Objects of pt 5
Division 5.2--Complaints
49. Meaning of registered veterinary surgeon—div 5.2
50. Who may complain?
51. Who may be given a complaint?
52. False or misleading complaint
53. How must complaint be made?
54. Help in making complaint
55. Further information about complaint etc
56. Notice to veterinary surgeon complained about
Division 5.3--Complaints—Human Rights Commission
57. Interaction with Human Rights Commission
PART 6--OCCUPATIONAL DISCIPLINE
58. Meaning of veterinary surgeon—pt 6
59. Grounds for occupational discipline
60. Applications to ACAT for occupational discipline
61. Considerations before making occupational discipline orders—suspensions of cancellation
62. Occupational discipline orders
63. Emergency orders
64. Referral to panel by ACAT
PART 7--JOINT CONSIDERATION WITH COMMISSION
65. Application—pt 7
66. Consultation with commission etc
67. Indication that offence committed
PART 8--PERSONAL ASSESSMENT PANEL
Division 8.1--Establishment and purpose
68. Personal assessment panel—establishment
69. Referral of application by ACAT
70. Personal assessment panel—functions
71. Personal assessment panel—members
Division 8.2--Assessments by personal assessment panels
72. Natural justice
73. Assessment by personal assessment panel
74. Powers of personal assessment panel on inquiry
75. Lawyer assisting personal assessment panel
76. Legal representation before personal assessment panel
77. Personal assessment panel—decisions
78. Action of personal assessment panel after inquiry
79. Inappropriate referral to personal assessment panel
80. Referral to board
Division 8.3--Action by board after inquiry by personal assessment panel
81. Board consideration of referral by personal assessment panel
82. Acceptance of condition
83. Decision on referred veterinary surgeon
84. Applications for condition review
85. Review of application
86. Action by board on recommendations by personal assessment panel
PART 9--PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS PANEL
Division 9.1--Establishment of professional standards panel
87. Professional standards panel—establishment
88. Professional standards panel—functions
89. Professional standards panel—members
90. Referral of application by ACAT
Division 9.2--Inquiries by professional standards panel
91. When may professional standards panel choose not to inquire?
92. Professional standards panel—decisions
93. Inappropriate referral to professional standards panel
Division 9.3--Procedural requirements for inquiry hearings
94. Setting inquiry hearing times
95. Conduct of inquiry hearing
96. Inquiry by professional standards panel
97. Role of commission
98. Interim actions
99. Adjournment
100. Lawyer assisting professional standards panel
101. Representation at inquiry hearing
102. Record of standards inquiry
103. Action of professional standards panel after inquiry
104. Inquiry report
PART 10--VETERINARY SURGEONS BOARD
Division 10.1--Establishment and functions of board
105. Veterinary surgeons board—establishment
106. Board—functions
Division 10.2--Board membership
107. Membership of board
108. Appointment of board president
109. Board deputy president
110. Appointment of board members
111. Consultation about appointment to board
112. Disclosure of interests by board members
113. Ending of appointment to board
114. Conditions of board appointment generally
115. Reporting on exercise of functions
116. Failure by board to exercise functions diligently
117. Discharging board
118. Effect of discharge—interim board
Division 10.3--Board administration
119. Banking and investment of money of board
120. Offence—prohibition on business
121. Borrowing powers
122. Appointment of executive officer
123. Executive officer—functions
124. Employment of staff
125. Delegation by board
PART 11--NOTIFICATION AND REVIEW OF DECISIONS
126. Meaning of reviewable decision—pt 11
127. Reviewable decision notices
128. Applications for review
PART 12--PROTECTION AND INFORMATION
129. Meaning of informed person—pt 12
130. Protection of participants and people reporting
131. Protection of informed people
132. Nondisclosure of complaints
133. Use and disclosure of protected information
PART 13--MISCELLANEOUS
134. Exemptions from Act
135. Costs of supervising protective action
136. Determination of fees by board
137. Determination of fees by Minister
138. Approved forms
139. Regulation-making power
PART 14--REPEALS AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS
140. Legislation repealed
141. Legislation amended—schs 2 and 3
PART 20--TRANSITIONAL
200. Definitions—pt 20
201. Members of board
202. Veterinary surgeons—registration
203. Suspended registration
204. Register
205. Inquiry under repealed Act
206. Executive officer
207. Transitional regulations
208. Expiry—pt 20
SCHEDULE 1
SCHEDULE 2
SCHEDULE 3
DICTIONARY
ENDNOTES
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