New South Wales Consolidated Acts

HUMAN TISSUE ACT 1983 - SECT 5

5 Designated officers and designated specialists

(1) The governing body of a hospital may, by instrument in writing:

(a) appoint such persons as the governing body considers necessary to be designated officers for the hospital, and

(b) except as provided by subsection (2), appoint such persons as the governing body considers necessary to be designated specialists for the hospital.

(2) The governing body of a hospital shall not appoint a person to be a designated specialist for the hospital unless the person is a medical practitioner:

(a) whose appointment as a designated specialist for the hospital is for the time being approved by the Secretary of the Department of Health, or

(b) who is a member of a prescribed class of medical practitioners.

(3) The governing body of a forensic institution may, by instrument in writing, appoint such persons as the governing body considers necessary to be designated officers for the forensic institution.