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HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION NATIONAL LAW (QUEENSLAND) - SECT 33
Membership of National Boards
33 Membership of National Boards
(1) A National Board is to consist of members appointed in writing by the
Ministerial Council.
(2) Members of a National Board are to be appointed as
practitioner members or community members.
(3) Subject to this section, the
Ministerial Council may decide the size and composition of a National Board.
(4) At least half, but not more than two-thirds, of the members of a National
Board must be persons appointed as practitioner members.
(5) The practitioner
members of a National Board must consist of— (a) at least one member from
each large participating jurisdiction; and
(b) at least one member from a
small participating jurisdiction.
(c) if the National Board is established
for 2 or more health professions—at least one member of each health
profession for which the Board is established.
(6) At least 2 of the members
of a National Board must be persons appointed as community members.
(7) At
least one of the members of a National Board must live in a regional or rural
area.
(8) A person cannot be appointed as a member of a National Board if the
person is a member of the Agency Board.
(9) One of the practitioner members
of the National Board is to be appointed as Chairperson of the Board by the
Ministerial Council.
(9A) The regulations may prescribe matters relating to
the composition of practitioner members for a National Board established for 2
or more health professions.
(10) Schedule 4 sets out provisions relating to a
National Board.
(11) In this section—
"large participating jurisdiction" means any of the following States that is a
participating jurisdiction— (a) New South Wales;
(b) Queensland;
(c) South
Australia;
(d) Victoria;
(e) Western Australia.
"small participating jurisdiction" means any of the following States or
Territories that is a participating jurisdiction— (a) the Australian Capital
Territory;
(b) the Northern Territory;
(c) Tasmania.
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