Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

CHIROPRACTORS AND OSTEOPATHS ACT 1983 (REPEALED) - SECT 44

    (1)     A person liable to pay fees or remuneration for a chiropractic or osteopathic service may, within 6 months after the service on him or her of an account for the fees or remuneration in accordance with section 43, apply in writing to the board to review the account.

    (2)     The board shall, on receipt of an application under subsection (1), review the account and certify, by writing signed by the chairperson or the deputy chairperson, the amount that, in the opinion of the board, is a reasonable amount of fees or remuneration for the chiropractic or osteopathic service.

    (3)     The board shall, in a certificate referred to in subsection (2), set out the facts on which the certificate is based.

    (4)     The board may request a person to give any information it considers necessary or desirable for the purpose of a review under this section and may fix a time within which the information should be given.

    (5)     If a person does not give information requested by the board under subsection (4) within the time fixed by the board under that subsection, the board may proceed to review the account for fees or remuneration without that information.

    (6)     In reviewing an account for fees or remuneration under this section, the board is not required to conduct a formal hearing, but the board shall provide the parties to the application with any information given to the board under subsection (4).

    (7)     In reviewing an account for fees or remuneration under this section, the board shall have regard to the time occupied in giving, and the nature of, the chiropractic or osteopathic service and any other circumstances submitted by the person who gave the chiropractic or osteopathic service in relation to the provision of the chiropractic or osteopathic service.

    (8)     The board shall send a copy of a certificate of the board under subsection (2) by post to the person who gave the chiropractic or osteopathic service at his or her professional address, or at 1 of his or her professional addresses, last known to the board.

    (9)     In proceedings for the recovery of fees or remuneration in relation to a chiropractic or osteopathic service, a certificate of the board under subsection (2) in relation to that service is evidence that the amount certified in the certificate is a reasonable amount of fees or remuneration for the chiropractic or osteopathic service.