HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 32
Powers of National Board
HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 32
Powers of National Board
32 Powers of National Board
(1) Subject to subsection (2), a National Board has the powers necessary to
enable it to exercise its functions.
(2) A National Board does not have power
to--
(a) enter into contracts; or
(b) employ staff; or
(c) acquire, hold,
dispose of, and deal with, real property.
(3) The National Board may exercise
any of its functions in co-operation with or with the assistance of a
participating jurisdiction or the Commonwealth, including in co-operation with
or with the assistance of any of the following--
(a) a government agency of a
participating jurisdiction or of the Commonwealth;
(b) a local registration
authority;
(c) a co-regulatory authority;
(d) a health complaints entity;
(e) an educational body or other body established by or under a law of a
participating jurisdiction or the Commonwealth.
(4) In particular, the
National Board may--
(a) ask an entity referred to in subsection (3) for
information that the Board requires to exercise its functions under this Law;
and
(b) use the information to exercise its functions under this Law.
(5) An
entity referred to in subsection (3) that receives a request for information
from the National Board is authorised to give the information to the National
Board.
