Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A medical practitioner may apply to the Minister for a determination that the medical practitioner is a specialist or consultant physician in a particular specialty (other than general practice) if:
(a) the medical practitioner is domiciled in Australia; and
(b) the medical practitioner is registered under the National Law as a specialist in a particular specialty (other than general practice).
(2) A medical practitioner may also apply to the Minister for a determination that the medical practitioner is a specialist or consultant physician in a particular specialty (other than general practice) if the medical practitioner meets the criteria for the specialty, within the meaning of subsection 3D(2).
(3) An application under subsection (1) or (2) must be in writing.
(4) After receiving an application under subsection (1) or (2), the Minister must:
(a) determine that the medical practitioner be recognised, for the purposes of this Act, as a specialist or consultant physician (as the case requires) in the specialty; and
(b) notify the medical practitioner, in writing, of his or her recognition as a specialist or consultant physician in the specialty.
(5) A notification under paragraph (4)(b) is not a legislative instrument.