Western Australian Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

MEDICAL ACT 1894 - SECT 11AF

11AF .         Conditional registration at the discretion of the Board

        (1)         Subject to section 11AA, the Board may register a person as a medical practitioner under any of the following provisions and may impose such conditions on the registration as the Board thinks appropriate:

        A .         Graduates from non-accredited institutions —postgraduate training

                A person who is a graduate of medicine from an institution which is not accredited by the Australian Medical Council may be registered on a temporary basis to enable the person to undertake a period of postgraduate training in medicine approved by the Board.

        B.         Medical teaching

                A person may be registered for the purpose of enabling the person to fill a medical teaching position if the person has the qualifications that the Board recognises for that purpose.

        C.         Medical research

                A person may be registered for the purpose of enabling the person to fill a medical research position if the person has the qualifications that the Board recognises for that purpose.

        D.         Unmet areas of need

                A person may be registered for the purpose of enabling an unmet area of need to be met if the Board is satisfied that the person has suitable qualifications and experience to practise medicine in that area of need.

        E.         Recognised specialist qualifications and experience

                A person may be registered if the Board is satisfied that the person has specialist qualifications and experience in medicine obtained outside Australia and registration is for the purpose of enabling the person to practise within that specialty.

        F.         Foreign specialist qualifications and experience — further training

                A person may be registered if the Board is satisfied that the person has specialist qualifications and experience in medicine obtained outside Australia and registration is for the purpose of enabling the person to undergo further specialist training or examination as required by the Board.

        G .         Temporary registration in the public interest

                A person may be registered on a temporary basis if the Board is satisfied that it is in the public interest to do so.

        (2)         For the purposes of subsection (1)D —

        an unmet area of need means an area of need determined by the Minister.

        [Section 11AF inserted by No. 67 of 1994 s. 7; amended by No. 48 of 2000 s. 7.]