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TASMANIA
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HEALTH PRACTITIONERS REGISTRATION
(MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS) BILL 2006
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CONTENTS
PART 1 - PRELIMINARY
1. Short title
2. Commencement
PART 2 - DENTAL PRACTITIONERS REGISTRATION ACT 2001
AMENDED
3. Principal Act
4. Section 73 amended (Medical practitioners' notices relating to
fitness to practise)
PART 3 - MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS REGISTRATION ACT 1996
AMENDED
5. Principal Act
6. Section 3 amended (Interpretation)
7. Section 74 repealed
8. Schedule 2 amended (Provisions with respect to meetings of
Council)
9. Schedule 3 amended (Powers and procedures of assessment
committees and investigators)
10. Schedule 5 amended (Provision with respect to powers and
procedures of Tribunal)
[Bill 48]-III
PART 4 - PHARMACISTS REGISTRATION ACT 2001 AMENDED
11. Principal Act
12. Section 3 amended (Interpretation)
13. Section 38 amended (Removal from register)
14. Section 73 amended (Information about bodies corporate)
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HEALTH PRACTITIONERS REGISTRATION
(MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS) BILL 2006
(Brought in by the Minister for Health and Human Services,
the Honourable Larissa Tahireh Giddings)
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the Dental Practitioners Registration Act
2001, Medical Practitioners Registration Act 1996 and
Pharmacists Registration Act 2001
Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by
and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and
House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:
PART 1 - PRELIMINARY
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Health
Practitioners Registration (Miscellaneous
Amendments) Act 2006.
2. Commencement
This Act commences on the day on which this
Act receives the Royal Assent.
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Health Practitioners Registration (Miscellaneous Amendments)
Act 2006
Act No. of
s. 3 Part 2 - Dental Practitioners Registration Act 2001 Amended
PART 2 - DENTAL PRACTITIONERS REGISTRATION
ACT 2001 AMENDED
3. Principal Act
In this Part, the Dental Practitioners
Registration Act 2001* is referred to as the
Principal Act.
4. Section 73 amended (Medical practitioners' notices
relating to fitness to practise)
Section 73 of the Principal Act is amended by
omitting "that prescribed instrument" and
substituting "the order or recommendation".
*No. 20 of 2001
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Health Practitioners Registration (Miscellaneous Amendments)
Act 2006
Act No. of
Part 3 - Medical Practitioners Registration Act 1996 Amended s. 5
PART 3 - MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS
REGISTRATION ACT 1996 AMENDED
5. Principal Act
In this Part, the Medical Practitioners
Registration Act 1996* is referred to as the
Principal Act.
6. Section 3 amended (Interpretation)
Section 3(1) of the Principal Act is amended by
omitting the definition of "contravene".
7. Section 74 repealed
Section 74 of the Principal Act is repealed.
8. Schedule 2 amended (Provisions with respect to
meetings of Council)
Clause 6 of Schedule 2 to the Principal Act is
amended by inserting after subclause (4) the
following subclauses:
(5) A person must not fail to comply with an
order under subclause (3)(a).
*No. 2 of 1996
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Act 2006
Act No. of
s. 9 Part 3 - Medical Practitioners Registration Act 1996 Amended
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 25 penalty
units.
(6) A person must not fail to comply with an
order under subclause (3)(b).
Penalty: In the case of -
(a) a body corporate, a fine
not exceeding 50 penalty
units; or
(b) an individual, a fine not
exceeding 25 penalty
units.
9. Schedule 3 amended (Powers and procedures of
assessment committees and investigators)
Clause 2 of Schedule 3 to the Principal Act is
amended by inserting after subclause (3) the
following subclauses:
(4) However, a responsible entity that is
conducting any proceedings in public
may do either or both of the following if
it considers that there are compelling
grounds to do so:
(a) make an order excluding any
person from the proceedings;
(b) make an order prohibiting the
reporting or other disclosure of
all or any of the proceedings or
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Health Practitioners Registration (Miscellaneous Amendments)
Act 2006
Act No. of
Part 3 - Medical Practitioners Registration Act 1996 Amended s. 9
prohibiting the reporting or other
disclosure of particular
information in respect of the
proceedings.
(5) Without limiting the range of grounds
that may be relevant for the purposes of
subclause (4), the responsible entity may
exercise its power under that subclause
if -
(a) it is dealing with privileged
information or information that
has been communicated to the
responsible entity in confidence;
or
(b) it is dealing with information
concerning the personal affairs,
finances or business
arrangements of a registered
medical practitioner; or
(c) the disclosure of the proceedings
or the information may be
unfairly prejudicial to the
reputation of a registered medical
practitioner or any other person.
(6) A person must not fail to comply with an
order made under subclause (4)(a).
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 25 penalty
units.
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Act 2006
Act No. of
s. 10 Part 3 - Medical Practitioners Registration Act 1996 Amended
(7) A person must not fail to comply with an
order made under subclause (4)(b).
Penalty: In the case of -
(a) a body corporate, a fine
not exceeding 50 penalty
units; or
(b) an individual, a fine not
exceeding 25 penalty
units.
10. Schedule 5 amended (Provision with respect to
powers and procedures of Tribunal)
Schedule 5 to the Principal Act is amended by
inserting after subclause (4) in clause 2 of Part 1
the following subclauses:
(5) A person must not fail to comply with an
order under subclause (2)(a).
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 25 penalty
units.
(6) A person must not fail to comply with an
order under subclause (2)(b).
Penalty: In the case of -
(a) a body corporate, a fine
not exceeding 50 penalty
units; or
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Health Practitioners Registration (Miscellaneous Amendments)
Act 2006
Act No. of
Part 3 - Medical Practitioners Registration Act 1996 Amended s. 10
(b) an individual, a fine not
exceeding 25 penalty
units.
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Health Practitioners Registration (Miscellaneous Amendments)
Act 2006
Act No. of
s. 11 Part 4 - Pharmacists Registration Act 2001 Amended
PART 4 - PHARMACISTS REGISTRATION ACT 2001
AMENDED
11. Principal Act
In this Part, the Pharmacists Registration Act
2001* is referred to as the Principal Act.
12. Section 3 amended (Interpretation)
Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended by
omitting the definition of "contravene".
13. Section 38 amended (Removal from register)
Section 38(4)(b) of the Principal Act is amended
by omitting "subsection (1)(b)(ii), (iii) or (iv)"
and substituting "subsection (1)(b)(ii) or (iv)".
14. Section 73 amended (Information about bodies
corporate)
Section 73(5) of the Principal Act is amended by
omitting "time" and substituting "period".
*No. 90 of 2001
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