New South Wales Consolidated Acts

HEALTH ADMINISTRATION ACT 1982 - SECT 20B

20B Establishment of Medical Services Committee

(1) There is hereby established a committee, to be called the “Medical Services Committee”.

(2) The Committee shall consist of 10 medical practitioners, being:

(a) a Chairperson appointed as such by the Minister on the nomination of the Committee, and

(b) 9 other members appointed by the Minister, of whom:

(i) 4 shall be appointed on the nomination of the Council of the Australian Medical Association (NSW) Limited, one of whom shall be a general practitioner and one of whom shall be a salaried medical officer,

(ii) 2 shall be appointed on the nomination of the New South Wales State Committee of the Australian Association of Surgeons, one of whom shall be a salaried specialist,

(iii) 1 shall be appointed on the nomination of the New South Wales State Committee of the Australian Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons,

(iv) 1 shall be appointed on the nomination of the New South Wales Section of the Australian Society of Anaesthetists or the appropriate executive body of that Section, and

(v) 1 shall be appointed on the nomination of the Internal Medicine Society of Australia & New Zealand Incorporated.

(3) The Committee may, after consultation with the Minister, appoint subcommittees of the Committee for the purpose of advising, consulting with and assisting the Committee, and persons may be appointed as members of such a subcommittee whether or not they are members of the Committee.

(4) The members of a subcommittee shall hold office for such term as the Committee may specify in respect of each of them in the instruments of their appointment and any such appointment may be terminated by the Committee at any time.

(5) The office of a member of the Committee or of a subcommittee shall, for the purposes of any Act, be deemed not to be an office or place of profit under the Crown.

(6) Schedule 4 has effect with respect to the Committee.