New South Wales Repealed Acts

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MEDICAL PRACTICE ACT 1992 - SECT 191A

191A Board is to consult with affected third parties

(1) If an order or direction of the Tribunal, a Committee or a Performance Review Panel with respect to a registered medical practitioner requires the Board to approve any matter and the terms of the approval will, in the opinion of the Board, impose an appreciable burden on an identifiable third party in connection with the practitioner's practice, the Board:

(a) is to give the third party an opportunity to make submissions to the Board with respect to the matter, and

(b) is to take any such submission into account before giving any approval, and

(c) is to give notice of the terms of the approval to the third party affected.

(2) An example of an approval that may impose an appreciable burden on an identifiable third party in connection with a registered medical practitioner's practice is an approval of an arrangement under which an identified third party is required to supervise the practitioner's practice.

(3) In this section:
"third party" means a person other than the registered medical practitioner to whom an order or direction relates, but does not include a person or body exercising functions conferred by this Act or the Health Care Complaints Act 1993 .