Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS ACT 1930 (REPEALED) - SECT 46

    (1)     A person other than a registered medical practitioner shall not—

        (a)     give or perform, for fee or reward, a medical service; or

        (b)     advertise or hold himself or herself out as being, or in any way pretend to be, or take or use the name or title (alone or in conjunction with any other title, word or letter) of a physician, doctor of medicine, licentiate in medicine or surgery, master in surgery, bachelor of medicine or surgery, surgeon, medically qualified or registered practitioner, apothecary, accoucheur, or any other medical or surgical name or title; or

        (c)     advertise or hold himself or herself out, directly or indirectly by any name, word, letter, title or designation, whether expressed in words, or by letters, or partly in one and partly in the other (either alone or in conjunction with any other word or words, or by any other means whatsoever) as being entitled or qualified, able or willing to give or perform a medical service.

    (2)     Any person, who for himself or herself or as assistant, servant, agent or manager, does or permits any act, matter, or thing contrary to this section or any part of it, commits an offence.

Maximum penalty:

        (a)     for a breach of subsection (1) (a)—50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both; or

        (b)     for a breach of subsection (1) (b) or (c)—30 penalty units.