New South Wales Consolidated Acts

HEALTH CARE LIABILITY ACT 2001 - SECT 19

19 Medical practitioners must be covered by approved professional indemnity insurance

(1) A person is not entitled to practise as a medical practitioner in NSW unless the person is covered by approved professional indemnity insurance.

(3) Practising as a medical practitioner in NSW without being covered by approved professional indemnity insurance is, for the purposes of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW) , unsatisfactory professional conduct.

(4) This section does not apply to or in respect of a medical practitioner who is not required under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law to be covered by professional indemnity insurance.