Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The purpose of this section is to provide for the registration of certain medical practitioners as vocationally registered general practitioners.
Note: Some items in the general medical services table apply only to services rendered by medical practitioners who are registered under this section.
(2) The Medicare Australia CEO is to establish and maintain a Vocational Register of General Practitioners.
(3) The Register may be maintained in any form, including the form of a computer record.
(4) A medical practitioner may apply to the Medicare Australia CEO for registration under this section.
(5) The application must be made in a manner approved by the Minister.
(6) After receiving an application, the Medicare Australia CEO must, within the required period under subsection (6A), enter the applicant's name in the Register if:
(a) the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners; or
(b) a body specified in the regulations;
gives the Medicare Australia CEO written notice that the applicant is, in accordance with the regulations, eligible for registration under this section.
(6A) The required period for the purposes of subsection (6) is:
(a) the period of 14 days after the notice under subsection (6) was received by the Medicare Australia CEO; or
(b) if the application was made after the notice was received--the period of 14 days after the application was received by the Medicare Australia CEO.
(7) The Medicare Australia CEO shall give the applicant written notice of the day on which the applicant's name is to be entered in the Register.
(8) The Medicare Australia CEO may give the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners information about:
(a) the current state of the Register;
(b) additions to the Register; and
(c) deletions from the Register.
(9) The Medicare Australia CEO or an authorised officer may make available to members of the public, on request, the names of medical practitioners who are registered under this section and the addresses at which they practise.
(10) In the section:
"authorised officer" means an employee of Medicare Australia authorised by the Medicare Australia CEO as an authorised officer for the purposes of this section.