New South Wales Consolidated Acts

OSTEOPATHS ACT 2001 - SECT 87

87 Membership of the Board

(1) The Board is to consist of 7 members appointed by the Governor.

(2) The members are to be:

(a) a person nominated by the Minister, being an officer of the Department of Health or an employee of an area health service, statutory health corporation or affiliated health organisation within the meaning of the Health Services Act 1997 ,

(b) 2 registered osteopaths nominated by the Minister from a panel of osteopaths nominated by the Australian Osteopathic Association, New South Wales, and such other bodies representing osteopaths as may be determined by the Minister,

(c) 1 registered osteopath nominated by the Minister, being a registered osteopath involved in the tertiary education of persons for qualification in New South Wales as osteopaths,

(d) 1 registered osteopath nominated by the Minister of the Minister’s own choosing,

(e) 1 person (not being a registered osteopath) nominated by the Minister to represent the community,

(f) 1 Australian lawyer nominated by the Minister.

(3) If the panel of osteopaths required to be nominated for the purposes of subsection (2) (b) is not nominated within such time or in such manner as may be specified by the Minister by notice to the association or associations concerned, the Governor may instead appoint as a member a person nominated by the Minister.