Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

HEALTH PROFESSIONALS ACT 2004 - SECT 37

    (1)     On application, the health profession board for a health profession must register an individual or corporation as a health professional in the profession if satisfied that—

        (a)     the person satisfies the suitability to practise requirements for the profession; and

        (b)     for an applicant who is an individual—the person has a knowledge of written and spoken English that is adequate to allow the person to practise the profession; and

        (c)     for an applicant that is a corporation—each individual who will be providing the health services in the profession on behalf of the corporation has a knowledge of written and spoken English that is adequate to allow the individual to practise the profession on behalf of the corporation; and

        (d)     the person is covered by the insurance (if any) required under the regulations.

Note 1     Register , a person, includes enrol the person or renew the person's registration (see dict).

Note 2     The suitability to practise requirements are prescribed by regulation, and include general competence.

    (2)     However, a corporation may apply under subsection (1) in relation to a health profession only if a regulation allows a corporation to be registered in the health profession.

    (3)     Also, the health profession board may refuse to register the person as a health professional if the person's registration has been suspended or cancelled in a local jurisdiction, whether before or after the person applies for registration in the ACT.

    (4)     A person may be registered under subsection (1) conditionally or unconditionally.

    (5)     A regulation may prescribe—

        (a)     what an application for registration may require and how it must be made; and

        (b)     when someone who is not required to be registered under subsection (1) may be registered conditionally; and

        (c)     when (in addition to the circumstances already prescribed under this Act) a health profession board may apply for—

              (i)     the suspension or cancellation of registration; or

              (ii)     a declaration under section 44 (2) (f) (which is about a person who is not registered); and

        (d)     when a health professional's registration may be renewed, including when it may be renewed retrospectively.

    (6)     The Executive may make a regulation under subsection (5) in relation to a health profession only after it has consulted with an entity that is generally accepted to represent the health profession.