Commonwealth Numbered Acts

HEALTH LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1985 No. 167 of 1985 - SECT 29

29. After section 3C of the Principal Act the following sections are inserted:
Recognition as specialists of members of certain organisations

"3D. (1) Where a medical practitioner domiciled in Australia -

   (a)  who -

        (i)    is a fellow of an organisation (in this sub-section referred to
as the 'relevant organisation') that is declared by the
regulations to be a professional organisation in relation to a
particular specialty (in this sub-section referred to as the
'relevant specialty') for the purposes of this sub-section; and

        (ii)   has obtained, as a result of successfully completing an
appropriate course of study, a qualification that is declared
by the regulations to be a relevant qualification for the
purposes of this sub-section in relation to the relevant
organisation; or

   (b)  who is registered under a law of a State or Territory as a specialist
in a particular specialty, has paid the prescribed fee and applies in writing
to the Minister for a determination by the Minister that the medical
practitioner be recognised for the purposes of this Act as a specialist in the
relevant specialty, the Minister shall -

   (c)  make such a determination in writing; or

   (d)  pursuant to sub-section 61 (1), refer to the Specialist Recognition
Advisory Committee established for the State or Territory in which
the medical practitioner is domiciled the question whether the medical
practitioner should be so recognised.

"(2) Where the Minister makes a determination under paragraph (1) (c) or
refers a question to a Specialist Recognition Advisory Committee as mentioned
in paragraph (1) (d), the Minister shall notify the medical practitioner
concerned, in writing, accordingly.

"(3) A determination under paragraph (1) (c) ceases to have effect if the
practitioner ceases to be domiciled in Australia or to practise medicine in
Australia. Recognition as consultant physicians, &c., of certain medical
practitioners

"3E. (1) The Minister may make a determination in writing that a particular
medical practitioner who is not domiciled in Australia should be recognised
for the purposes of this Act for a specified period as a consultant physician,
or as a specialist, in a particular specialty.

"(2) The Minister shall not make a determination under sub-section (1) in
relation to a medical practitioner except on application by the practitioner
and on payment of the prescribed fee.

"(3) The Minister may at any time revoke a determination made in relation to a
medical practitioner under sub-section (1) by giving a notice in writing to
that effect to the medical practitioner.".