This legislation has been repealed.
TABLE OF PROVISIONS Long Title Preamble PART 1 -- Preliminary 1. Short title 2. Commencement 3. Objects of Act 4. Terms used in this Act 5. Application PART 2 -- Medical Board and committees Division 1 -- The Board 6. Board established 7. Membership of Board 8. Presiding member and deputy presiding member 9. Constitution and proceedings 10. Remuneration Division 2 -- Functions and powers 11. Functions of Board 12. Powers 13. Delegation by Board Division 3 -- Relationship of Board with Minister 14. Directions by Minister 15. Minister to have access to information Division 4 -- Committees 16. Committees 17. Provisions relating to committees Division 5 -- Registrar and other staff 18. Registrar 19. Other staff 20. Use of other government staff etc. Division 6 -- General 21. Duty not to make improper use of information 22. Meetings 23. Execution of documents by Board 24. Recovery of penalties, costs and expenses required to be paid to the Board PART 3 -- Finance and reports 25. Funds of the Board 26. Accounts 27. Audit 28. Annual report and other reports PART 4 -- Registration of medical practitioners Division 1 -- Registration 29. Natural persons may be registered 30. General registration 31. Conditional registration for internship or supervised clinical practice 32. Provisional registration 33. Conditional registration for general practice in remote and rural WA 34. Special purpose conditional registration 35. Non-practising registration 36. Voluntary change in registration 37. Specialties to be prescribed 38. Registration of specialists 39. Review of condition imposed under section 30(5), 33(6), 34(4) or 38(6) 40. Professional indemnity insurance 41. Application 42. Board may request consent to undertake a criminal record check 43. Criminal record check 44. Effect of registration 45. Duration of registration 46. Renewal of registration 47. Application for registration by a person whose registration has been cancelled under section 116(1)(k) Division 2 -- The register 48. The register 49. Inspection of register 50. Certificate of registration 51. Replacement of certificate of registration 52. Voluntary removal from register 53. Amendment of particulars 54. Removal of names in certain circumstances 55. Removal of names of deceased persons 56. Suspension or cancellation of registration in another State or a Territory 57. Effect of removal of name from register Division 3 -- Notifications to Board 58. Change of address 59. Loss of qualifications 60. Insolvency 61. Civil or criminal proceedings 62. Information about professional indemnity insurance 63. Notification of cancellation or suspension of registration elsewhere 64. Notification of condition imposed on registration elsewhere Division 4 -- Defence force medical officer 65. Medical officer of a defence force of the Commonwealth 66. Medical officer of visiting forces PART 5 -- Interstate practitioners Division 1 -- Preliminary 67. Terms used in this PART Division 2 -- Practice by an interstate practitioner 68. Persons who are to be taken to be registered under section 30 or 69. Practising in this State 70. Interstate practitioner not to be taken to be registered in some circumstances 71. Effect of suspension under this Act Division 3 -- Complaints about interstate practitioners 72. Referral of complaint to regulatory authority in another State or a Territory 73. Dealing with matters referred by a regulatory authority in another State or a Territory Division 4 -- Miscellaneous 74. Interstate practitioner disqualified in another State or a Territory 75. Interstate certificate PART 6 -- Disciplinary, competency and impairment matters Division 1 -- Preliminary 76. Disciplinary matters 77. Competency matters 78. Impairment matters Division 2 -- Committees 79. Complaints assessment committee 80. Professional standards committee 81. Impairment review committee 82. Panel Division 3 -- Complaints 83. Complaints 84. Action by complaints assessment committee 85. Complaints assessment committee to determine action required 86. Role of Board Division 4 -- Summary orders of Board 87. Interim orders by Board 88. Complaint dealt with summarily to be referred to the State Administrative Tribunal Division 5 -- Disciplinary matters 89. Action by Board 90. Investigator 91. Report of investigator 92. Powers of investigator 93. Warrant to enter premises 94. Issue of warrant 95. Execution of warrant 96. Role of professional standards committee 97. Role of Board Division 6 -- Impairment matters 98. Request by medical practitioner for imposition of condition 99. Revocation of condition 100. Action by Board 101. Medical examination of medical practitioner 102. Role of the impairment review committee 103. Role of Board Division 7 -- Competency matters 104. Action by Board 105. Assessment of medical practitioner 106. Assessor 107. Powers of assessor 108. Role of the professional standards committee 109. Role of Board Division 8 -- Conciliation 110. Conciliation process 111. Action if conciliation fails Division 9 -- Medical students 112. Impaired ability to participate in a clinical activity 113. Referral to impairment review committee 114. Revocation of prohibition Division 10 -- Role of the State Administrative Tribunal 115. Constitution of State Administrative Tribunal 116. Powers of the State Administrative Tribunal in relation to a disciplinary matter 117. Powers of the State Administrative Tribunal in relation to an impairment matter 118. Powers of the State Administrative Tribunal in relation to a competency matter 119. Powers of the State Administrative Tribunal in relation to a medical student 120. Ancillary powers of the State Administrative Tribunal Division 11 -- Miscellaneous 121. Release of information: Board, professional standards committee and impairment review committee 122. Suspension 123. Costs PART 7 -- Offences 124. Persons who may practise medicine 125. Persons who may be employed or engaged to practise medicine 126. Exceptions to sections 124 and 127. Use of title “medical practitioner” or a title of a specialist, or pretending to be registered 128. Medical services provided by a person registered elsewhere 129. Medical practitioners to arrange consultation in certain cases 130. Restriction on administration of anaesthetics in certain cases 131. Offences related to advertising medical services 132. Failure to comply with an order or requirement of the Board 133. False or misleading information 134. Confidentiality 135. Offences in relation to assessment or investigation 136. Obstruction of assessor or investigator 137. Impersonating an investigator or assessor 138. Information relating to certain business structures 139. Undue influence 140. Payment, or acceptance of payment, for referrals prohibited 141. Persons may be prohibited from supplying health services etc. 142. Assistance to execute a warrant 143. Surrender of certificate 144. Incriminating information, questions or documents 145. Legal professional privilege PART 8 -- Codes of practice, rules, regulations and forms 146. Codes of practice 147. Rules 148. Regulations 149. Forms PART 9 -- Miscellaneous 150. Protection 151. Notice of decision to be given 152. Review 153. Publication of proceedings etc. 154. Furnishing information 155. Legal proceedings 156. Liability of certain officers of body corporate: offences 157. Confidentiality of certain reports 158. Assessment and medical report 159. Review of Act 160. Repeals 161. Savings and transitional provisions 162. Consequential amendments SCHEDULE 1 -- Constitution and proceedings of the Board SCHEDULE 2 -- Savings and transitional provisions SCHEDULE 3 -- Consequential amendments Compilation table