HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 222 Public national registers
HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 222
Public national registers222 Public national registers
(1) A public national register, with the name listed in column 1 of the following table, is to be kept for each health profession.
(2) A public national register for a health profession is to include the names of all health practitioners (other than specialist health practitioners) currently registered in the profession.
(3) If divisions are listed beside the public national register in column 2 of the Table, the register is to be kept in a way that ensures it includes those divisions.
(4) In addition, a public national register for a health profession is to include--(a) the names of all health practitioners (other than specialist health practitioners) whose registration has been cancelled by an adjudication body; and(b) the names of all persons (other than specialist health practitioners or persons who were previously specialist health practitioners) subject to a prohibition order.
(5) A public national register required to be kept under this section is to be kept by the National Board prescribed by the regulations for the register, in conjunction with the National Agency.
Table--Public national registers
Name of public national register Divisions of public national register Register of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners Register of Chinese Medicine Practitioners Acupuncturists, Chinese herbal medicine practitioners, Chinese herbal dispensers Register of Chiropractors Register of Dental Practitioners Dentists, Dental therapists, Dental hygienists, Dental prosthetists, Oral health therapists Register of Medical Practitioners Register of Medical Radiation Practitioners Diagnostic radiographers, Nuclear medicine technologists, Radiation therapists Register of Midwives Register of Nurses Registered nurses (Division 1), Enrolled nurses (Division 2) Register of Occupational Therapists Register of Optometrists Register of Osteopaths Register of Paramedics Register of Pharmacists Register of Physiotherapists Register of Podiatrists Register of Psychologists