New South Wales Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

MEDICAL PRACTICE ACT 1992 - SECT 112B

112B Prohibition against offering or giving benefits for recommendation or referrals

A person ( "the offeror") must not offer or give a registered medical practitioner, or the employer of a registered medical practitioner, a benefit as inducement, consideration or reward for the registered medical practitioner:

(a) referring another person to the offeror, or

(b) recommending to another person that the other person use any health service provided by the offeror or consult with the offeror in relation to a health matter, or

(c) recommending to another person that the other person use any health product supplied by the offeror.

Maximum penalty:

(a) in the case of a corporation, 200 penalty units for a first offence or 400 penalty units for a second or subsequent offence, or

(b) in any other case, 100 penalty units for a first offence or 200 penalty units for a second or subsequent offence.