Victorian Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

Medical Practice Act 1994 - SECT 57

Notice of determination

57. Notice of determination



(1) If a determination has been made by a panel-

   (a)  imposing conditions, limitations or restrictions on the registration
        of a medical practitioner; or

   (b)  suspending the registration of a practitioner; or

   (c)  cancelling the registration of a practitioner-

the Board must give notice of the determination-

   (d)  in the Government Gazette; and

   (e)  to the medical registration authorities in all other States or
        Territories of the Commonwealth and in New Zealand; and

   (f)  to the Australian Medical Council; and

   (g)  to the Health Services Commissioner; and

   (h)  where the medical practitioner is an employee, to her or his employer;
        and

        (i)    to any Commonwealth body responsible for the funding of health
               or medical services; and

   (j)  if the Board has received a request for information about the person
        in respect of whom the determination has been made from a medical
        practitioner registration authority outside Australia, that authority.

(1A) If a determination has been made by a panel-

   (a)  imposing any condition, limitation or restriction on the medical
        student having direct patient contact; or

   (b)  prohibiting the medical student from having direct patient contact for
        the period specified-

the Board must give notice of the determination to the Australian Medical
Council and the medical school where the student is enrolled.

(2) Notice under sub-section (1) or (1A) must be given as soon as possible
after the determination has been made.

(3) No action for defamation lies against the Board or its members for giving
a notice under this section.

(4) If a notification has been made to the Board, the Board must notify the
notifier-



   (a)  of whether or not a formal or informal hearing is to be conducted into
        the matter and, if so, of the time and place of the hearing and, in
        the case of a formal hearing, of the fact that the notifier's identity
        is not to be published or broadcast; and

   (b)  in the case of a formal or informal hearing, of whether or not the
        notifier has any right to make submissions at the hearing; and

   (c)  of the findings and determinations of any hearing arising from that
        notification and the reasons for those findings and determinations,
        within 28 days of their having been made.