Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated ActsIn this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
"accredited" means accredited by a Board.
"applicant" means a person who submits an application to a Board.
"application" means an application to be registered.
"approved" means approved by a regulatory body.
"assessment" means an assessment of a health practitioner's professional performance.
"assessor" means an assessor appointed under section 89.
"authorisation" means an authorisation to practise in a restricted practice area and includes an interim authorisation granted under section 36.
"Board" means a Board established by section 7.
"business address" means the address of the premises at or from which a person practises.
category of health care practice has the meaning in section 6.
category of registration has the meaning in section 19.
"certificate of registration" means a certificate of registration issued under section 38(1)(a).
"code" means the policy and guidelines adopted by a Board under section 12.
"committee" means a committee established under section 15.
"committee of evaluators" means a committee established for the purposes of section 25.
"complaint" means a complaint made under section 55.
"contravene" includes fail to comply.
"defendant" means a health practitioner who is the subject of an inquiry.
"due date" means 30 September.
"education" includes training.
"evaluation" means an evaluation of an applicant's entitlement to be registered.
"foreign health care practice law" means a law of a jurisdiction outside the Territory relating to the registration, authorisation or licensing of persons practising health care.
"health practitioner" means a person who is registered.
"inquiry" means an inquiry conducted by the Tribunal under Part 4, Division 2.
"inspector" means a person appointed as an inspector under section 71.
"interim certificate of registration" means an interim certificate of registration issued under section 23.
"member" means a member of a regulatory body, and includes the Chairperson of the body.
"notice" means notice in writing.
"pharmacist "means a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law to practise in the pharmacy profession (other than as a student).
"Pharmacy Committee" means the Pharmacy Premises Committee established by section 18A.
"practise" means to practise health care in a category of registration.
"practising certificate" means a practising certificate issued under section 38.
"radiographer" means a person who practises radiography.
"radiographic procedure" means a procedure using ionizing or ultrasonic radiations for:
(a) investigating the state of a part of an individual's body; or
(b) treating a condition of a part of an individual's body.
"radiography" means the carrying out of radiography procedures.
"register" means a Register of Health Practitioners kept under section 43.
"registered" means registered under this Act.
"regulatory body" means a Board or the Pharmacy Committee.
"relevant Board" means:
(a) for a category of health care practice – the Board established in respect of the category; or
(b) for a health practitioner – the Board that registered the health practitioner.
"report" includes publish.
"restricted practice area" means an area of health care practice referred to in section 31.
"specified" means specified by a Board in writing.
"supervision" includes oversight, direction, guidance and support.
"Tribunal" means the Professional Review Tribunal established by section 63.