HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 115
Restriction on use of specialist titles
HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 115
Restriction on use of specialist titles
115 Restriction on use of specialist titles
(1) A person must not knowingly
or recklessly take or use--
(a) the title "dental specialist" unless the
person is registered under this Law in a recognised specialty in the dentists
division of the dental profession; or
(b) the title "medical specialist"
unless the person is registered in a recognised specialty in the medical
profession; or
(c) a specialist title for a recognised specialty unless the
person is registered under this Law in the specialty.
: Maximum penalty--
(a)
in the case of an individual--$60,000 or 3 years imprisonment or both; or
(b)
in the case of a body corporate--$120,000.
(2) A person must not knowingly or
recklessly take or use--
(a) the title "dental specialist" in relation to
another person unless the other person is registered under this Law in a
recognised specialty in the dentists division of the dental profession; or
(b) the title "medical specialist" in relation to another person unless the
person is registered in a recognised specialty in the medical profession; or
(c) a specialist title for a recognised specialty in relation to another
person unless the person is registered under this Law in the specialty.
:
Maximum penalty--
(a) in the case of an individual--$60,000 or 3 years
imprisonment or both; or
(b) in the case of a body corporate--$120,000.
(3)
Subsection (1) applies whether or not the title is taken or used with or
without any other words and whether in English or any other language.
