South Australian Numbered Acts

CHIROPRACTIC AND OSTEOPATHY PRACTICE ACT 2005 (NO 30 OF 2005) - SECT 31

31—Reinstatement on register

        (1)         A person who has been removed from a register under this Act—

            (a)         on his or her application; or

            (b)         on account of failure to pay the annual practice fee or to furnish the return required under section 32; or

            (c)         on account of failure to pay a fine imposed on the person by the Board under this Act; or

            (d)         on account of the person—

                  (i)         ceasing to hold a qualification required for registration on that register or otherwise ceasing to be entitled to be registered on that register; or

                  (ii)         ceasing to be enrolled in the course of study that formed the basis for the person's registration on the chiropractic student register or osteopathy student register,

may apply to the Board at any time for reinstatement on that register.

        (2)         A person whose registration on a register has been suspended may apply to the Board for reinstatement on that register (but not, in the case of an order for suspension for a specified period, until after the expiry of that period).

        (3)         A person who has been disqualified from being registered on a register under this Act may, subject to the terms of the order for disqualification, apply to the Board for reinstatement on that register.

        (4)         An application for reinstatement must—

            (a)         be made to the Board in the manner and form approved by the Board; and

            (b)         be accompanied by the reinstatement fee fixed under this Act.

        (5)         An applicant for reinstatement must, if the Board so requires provide the Board with specified information to enable the Board to determine the application.

        (6)         The Board may require an applicant for reinstatement of registration—

            (a)         to submit a medical report or other evidence acceptable to the Board as to the applicant's medical fitness to provide chiropractic or osteopathy of the kind authorised by registration on the register to which the application relates; or

            (b)         to obtain additional qualifications or experience specified by the Board before the Board determines the application.

        (7)         Subject to this section, the Board must reinstate on the appropriate register an applicant under this section if satisfied that the applicant is eligible for registration on that register.

        (8)         The Board may refuse to reinstate the applicant on the appropriate register until all complaints (if any) laid against the applicant under this Act have been finally disposed of.