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This legislation has been repealed.

MEDICAL PRACTICE ACT 1992 - SECT 188

Penalties for false statements etc

188 Penalties for false statements etc

A person must not:

(a) make or cause to be made any falsification in the Register or in any matter relating to the Register, or
(b) make any statement upon any examination before the Board, a Committee, a Performance Review Panel or the Tribunal or in any document to be used in evidence before or to be submitted to the Board, a Committee, a Performance Review Panel or the Tribunal knowing the statement to be false or misleading in a material particular, or
(c) utter or put forward or attempt to utter or put forward, as true before the Board any false, forged or counterfeit degree, diploma, licence, certificate, or other document or writing, or
(d) procure or attempt to procure himself or herself or any other person to be registered by making or producing or causing to be made or produced, any false or fraudulent statement, declaration, or representation, either verbal or in writing, or
(e) impersonate or represent himself or herself as being the person referred to in any degree, diploma, licence, certificate, document, or writing presented to the Board, or in any certificate issued under this Act, or
(f) fraudulently or by false representation procure himself or herself or any other person to be registered, or obtain any certificate under this Act, or
(g) forge, alter, or counterfeit any such certificate, or
(h) utter or use or attempt to utter or use any such forged certificate knowing it to have been forged, or
(i) falsely advertise or publish himself or herself as having obtained any such certificate, or as being registered, or permit any such advertisement or publication, or
(j) aid or assist in the commission of any such offence.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.



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