Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A medical practitioner may apply to the Minister for a determination that the medical practitioner is a specialist or consultant physician in a particular specialty if:
(a) the medical practitioner is domiciled in Australia; and
(b) the medical practitioner is registered under a law of a State or Territory as a specialist in a particular specialty.
(2) A medical practitioner may also apply to the Minister for a determination that the medical practitioner is a specialist or consultant physician in a particular specialty if the medical practitioner meets the criteria for the specialty, within the meaning of subsection 3D(2).
(3) An application under subsection (1) or (2) must be:
(a) in writing; and
(b) accompanied by the prescribed fee.
(4) After receiving an application under subsection (1) or (2), the Minister must:
(a) determine that the medical practitioner be recognised, for the purposes of this Act, as a specialist or consultant physician (as the case requires) in the specialty; and
(b) notify the medical practitioner, in writing, of his or her recognition as a specialist or consultant physician in the specialty.
(5) A notification under paragraph (4)(b) is not a legislative instrument.
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