Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1) This section
applies to the following applications —
(a) an
application for registration;
(b) an
application under section 35 or 36;
(c) an
application under section 39 for a condition to be revoked or varied.
(2) An application is
to be —
(a) in
writing; and
(b) made
in an approved manner and form; and
(c)
accompanied by the application fee, if any, prescribed.
(3) Subject to
section 39(3), the Board is to determine an application to which this
section applies expeditiously.
(4) The registrar is
to, if required to do so by the Board —
(a)
investigate the application and the person who made the application; and
(b)
report to the Board on the results of the investigation.
(5) The applicant must
provide the Board or the registrar —
(a) with
such further information as the Board or the registrar requires, in any
particular case, and if required by the Board or the registrar must verify the
information by statutory declaration; and
(b) at
the request of the Board or the registrar, with the applicant’s written
consent to seek from another person, specified by the Board or the registrar,
information about the applicant relevant to the application.
(6) The Board may, in
writing, require an applicant to attend before the Board for the purpose of
satisfying the Board as to a matter relevant to the application and, if the
person fails to attend, may refuse the application.
(7) In relation to an
application for registration, the Board may, in writing, require an applicant
to —
(a)
submit to a physical or mental examination carried out by a person nominated
by the Board; or
(b)
submit to an oral or written examination carried out by a person nominated by
the Board; or
(c)
perform a clinical examination of one or more patients under the supervision
of a person nominated by the Board,
as the Board may
reasonably require in relation to any requirement for registration with which
the applicant must comply in order to be registered under this Act.
(8) The Board is to
nominate a person who is competent to carry out the examination or supervise
the clinical examination.
(9) In relation to an
application for renewal of registration, the applicant must provide the Board
with details of any development or educational activities related to the
practice of medicine undertaken during his or her latest period of
registration.
(10) If the applicant
fails to submit to the examination or perform the clinical examination
required by the Board or provide the details referred to in
subsection (9), the Board may refuse the application.