South Australian Numbered Acts

CHIROPRACTIC AND OSTEOPATHY PRACTICE ACT 2005 (NO 30 OF 2005) - SECT 71

71—Board may require medical examination or report

        (1)         The Board may, for any purpose associated with the administration or operation of this Act, require a registered person or a person who is applying for registration or reinstatement of registration to—

            (a)         submit to an examination by a health professional, or by a health professional of a class, specified by the Board; or

            (b)         provide a medical report from a health professional, or from a health professional of a class, specified by the Board,

(including an examination or report that will require the person to undergo some form of medically invasive procedure).

        (2)         If a person fails to comply with a requirement made under subsection (1), the Board may suspend the person's registration until further order of the Board.

        (3)         In this section—

"health professional" means—

            (a)         a medical practitioner; or

            (b)         a psychologist; or

            (c)         any other person who belongs to a profession, or who has an occupation, declared by the Board, by notice in the Gazette, to be a profession or occupation within the ambit of this definition.