(1) For the purposes
of section 24(2)(a)(iv) of the Act, the following information is to be
included in the Board's annual report in relation to the relevant financial
year:
(a) the
number of persons registered in each category of registration;
(b) the
number of persons in each category of registration registered with limited
registration;
(c) the
number of chiropractic or osteopathy services providers who have given notice
to the Board under section 33(1) of the Act;
(d) the
number of complaints received by the Board against registered persons,
chiropractic or osteopathy services providers or persons who occupy positions
of authority in corporate or trustee chiropractic or osteopathy services
providers from persons of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent;
(e) the
number of persons included on the register of persons who have been prohibited
by order of the Board from carrying on business as a chiropractic or
osteopathy services provider or occupying a position of authority in a
corporate or trustee chiropractic or osteopathy services provider;
(f) the
number of disciplinary proceedings commenced before the Board and the outcomes
of those proceedings;
(g) a
statement of whether codes of conduct or professional standards for registered
persons, codes of conduct for chiropractic or osteopathy services providers or
guidelines on continuing chiropractic or osteopathy education for
chiropractors or osteopaths have been prepared or endorsed by the Board and,
if so, a summary of the codes, standards or guidelines;
(h) a
description of any committees established by the Board and the purposes for
which they were established;
(i)
the number of persons in each category of registration in
respect of whom reports have been received by the Board under
section 43(1) of the Act;
(j) the
number of persons in each category of registration in respect of whom reports
have been received by the Board under section 43(2) of the Act;
(k) the
number and nature of orders made by the Board under section 45 of the
Act;
(l) the
number of persons in each category of registration who have submitted
information to the Board under section 56(1) of the Act;
(m) the
number of persons in each category of registration in respect of whom notices
have been received by the Board under section 62 of the Act;
(n) the
number of claims in respect of which information has been provided to the
Board under section 65(1) of the Act;
(o) the
number of claims in respect of which information has been provided to the
Board under section 65(2) of the Act;
(p) the
number of persons found guilty of an offence against the Act, the nature of
the offences and the penalties imposed.
(2) Information
presented in relation to the relevant financial year should be presented in a
manner enabling it to be compared with statistical data from previous years.