Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) A class of medical practitioners prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 41HC(4)(a) of the Act is the class of medical practitioners each of whom is:
(a) a specialist medical practitioner who is engaged in clinical practice in a hospital and is endorsed by the ethics committee of the hospital; or
(b) a specialist medical practitioner who is engaged in treating patients outside a hospital and is endorsed by an ethics committee that:
(i) has expertise relating to the principal activities of the practitioner; or
(ii) conducts its activities within the geographic area where the medical practitioner is engaged in treating patients.
(2) A class of recipients prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 41HC(4)(c) of the Act is the class of recipients each of whom is a person who is suffering from a life - threatening or otherwise serious illness or condition.
(3) For subsection 41HC(4) of the Act, each of the following is an exceptional circumstance in which paragraph 41HC(4)(b) of the Act does not apply:
(a) the Secretary is satisfied that the medical practitioner has no access to an ethics committee;
(b) the medical practitioner has an endorsement from a specialist college that does not have an ethics committee, but has expertise relevant to the treatment of the condition for which the authority is sought.