S. 65ZB(1) amended by No. 52/2004 s. 35(a).
(1) Subject to this section, a community advisory committee consists of such number of members as the board of the public health service determines.
S. 65ZB(2) amended by No. 52/2004 s. 35(b).
(2) The board of a public health service must ensure that the persons appointed to a community advisory committee are persons who are able to represent the views of the communities served by the public health service.
(3) In appointing persons to a community advisory committee, a board must give preference to a person—
S. 65ZB(3)(a) amended by No. 22/2016 s. 235.
(a) who is not a registered health practitioner within the meaning of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law; and
(b) who is not currently or has not recently been employed or engaged in the provision of health services.
S. 65ZB(4) amended by No. 52/2004 s. 35(c).
(4) The board of a public health service must appoint a person to fill a vacancy in the membership of a community advisory committee within 3 months after the vacancy arises.
S. 65ZC inserted by No. 39/2000 s. 8.