Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

HEALTH AUTHORITY ORDINANCE 1985 - SECT 45

45. The Authority shall not appoint a person to be a visiting medical officer or visiting dental officer where—

        (a)     in the case of a person who is applying for appointment as a visiting medical officer—there are sufficient visiting medical officers in the area of medicine in which the person practices;

        (b)     in the case of a person who is applying for appointment as a visiting dental officer—there are sufficient visiting dental officers;

        (c)     the person's registration as a medical practitioner or as a dentist was obtained by fraud or misrepresentation;

        (d)     the person's qualification as a medical practitioner or as a dentist has been withdrawn or cancelled by the body that granted it;

        (e)     the person's registration in a State or another Territory has been cancelled, suspended or otherwise withdrawn on a ground other than the non-payment of a fee;

        (f)     the person has been convicted in the Territory or elsewhere of an offence punishable by imprisonment for one year or longer or of any other offence that, in the opinion of the Authority, renders the person unfit to be a visiting medical officer or visiting dental officer, as the case may be;

        (g)     the person has, in the opinion of the Authority, been guilty of unprofessional conduct;

        (h)     the person is, in the opinion of the Authority, guilty of habitual drunkenness or addition to a drug;

              (i)     the person is not mentally or physically fit to perform the duties of a visiting medical officer or visiting dental officer; or

        (j)     the person's standard of practice in his or her profession, or in the branch of his or her profession in which the person intends to practise as a visiting medical officer or visiting dental officer, as the case requires, is inadequate.