New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MEDICAL PRACTICE ACT 1992 - SECT 7

7 Conditional registration at the discretion of the Board

(1) The Board may register a person as a medical practitioner under any of the following provisions and may impose such conditions on that registration as the Board thinks appropriate:

A A person who is a graduate of medicine from an institution which is not accredited by the Australian Medical Council may be registered on a temporary basis to enable the person to undertake a period of postgraduate training in medicine approved by the Board.

B A person who is a candidate for an examination held by the Australian Medical Council and has been approved by that Council to undertake a period of supervised training approved by the Board before sitting for the examination may be registered for the purpose of enabling the person to undertake that training.

C A person may be registered for the purpose of enabling the person to fill a medical teaching or research position if the person has qualifications that the Board recognises for that purpose.

D A person may be registered for the purpose of enabling an unmet area of need to be met if the Board is satisfied that the person has suitable qualifications and experience to practise medicine in that area of need.

E A person may be registered if the Board is satisfied that he or she has specialist qualifications and experience in medicine recognised by the relevant Australian specialist college or institution and registration is for the purpose of enabling him or her to practise within that specialty.

F A person may be registered if the Board is satisfied that he or she has specialist qualifications and experience in medicine obtained outside Australia, being qualifications which are not recognised by the relevant Australian specialist college or institution, and registration is for the purpose of enabling him or her to undergo further specialist training or examination before being assessed for recognition by that college or institution.

G A person may be registered on a temporary basis if the Board is satisfied that it is in the public interest to do so.

(2) Despite section 13, a person may be registered under this section even though he or she does not have a command of the English language that is adequate for the practice of medicine but only if the Board thinks that registration is appropriate in the circumstances.