New South Wales Repealed Acts

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PHYSIOTHERAPISTS REGISTRATION ACT 1945 - SECT 24A

24A Professional Standards Committees

(1) There shall be Professional Standards Committees.

(2) The Committees shall have and may exercise and perform, in accordance with such terms of reference as are determined generally or in any particular case by the Board, the jurisdiction and the powers, authorities, duties and functions conferred or imposed on them by or under this Act.

(3) When the Board decides to refer a matter to a Committee, the Board shall appoint 3 persons to sit as the Committee for the purpose of inquiring into the matter.

(4) For the purposes of inquiring into a matter, a Committee shall consist of:

(a) 2 physiotherapists, and

(b) one lay person (that is, a person who is neither a physiotherapist nor qualified to apply to be registered as a physiotherapist) appointed from among a panel of lay persons for the time being nominated by the Minister,

one of whom shall be appointed by the Board as chairperson of that Committee.

(5) A person may be appointed to sit on a Committee whether or not the person is a member of the Board.

(6) One or more Committees may inquire into more than one matter at the same time.

(7) A member of a Committee, while sitting on the Committee, is entitled to be paid by the Board in accordance with the regulations.