New South Wales Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

PODIATRISTS ACT 1989 - SECT 3

3 Definitions

(1) In this Act:
"Board" means the Podiatrists Registration Board constituted under this Act.
"conduct" means any act or omission.
"Corporation" means the Health Administration Corporation constituted by the Health Administration Act 1982 .
"member" means a member of the Board.
"podiatry" (previously known as chiropody) means the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of ailments or disorders of the foot within the accepted practice of podiatry in New South Wales.
"President" means the President of the Board.
"professional misconduct" includes:

(a) any conduct that demonstrates a lack of adequate:

(i) knowledge,

(ii) experience,

(iii) skill,

(iv) judgment, or

(v) care,

by a registered podiatrist in the practice of podiatry, and

(b) a registered podiatrist’s contravening (whether by act or omission) of a provision of this Act or the regulations, and

(c) a registered podiatrist’s failure to comply with an order made or a direction given by the Board under section 16, and

(c1) a registered podiatrist’s contravention of section 34A (4) (Power of Commission to obtain information, records and evidence) of the Health Care Complaints Act 1993 , and

(d) any other improper or unethical conduct relating to the practice of podiatry.

"register" means the register of podiatrists under section 9.
"registered podiatrist" means a podiatrist registered under this Act.
"secretary" means the secretary of the Board.

(2) In this Act:

(a) a reference to a function includes a reference to a power, authority and duty, and

(b) a reference to the exercise of a function includes, where the function is a duty, a reference to the performance of the duty.