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Queensland
HEALTH LEGISLATION
AMENDMENT BILL 1996
Queensland
HEALTH LEGISLATION AMENDMENT
BILL 1996
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
PART 2--AMENDMENT OF DENTAL ACT 1971
3 Amended Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4 Amendment of s 4 (Meanings of terms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5 Amendment of s 7 (Members of board) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
PART 3--AMENDMENT OF HEALTH ACT 1937
6 Amended Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
7 Amendment of s 5 (Interpretation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
8 Replacement of pt 4, div 3, heading (Cooking utensils, toys,
wearing apparel, matches and paints) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Division 3--Cooking utensils, toys, wearing apparel, matches and
use of lead
9 Omission of ss 127 and 128 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
10 Insertion of new pt 4, div 3A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Division 3A--Paint
129E Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
129F Person must comply with standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
129G Officer may take sample of paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
129H Chief health officer may give notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
129I Method of analysis may be prescribed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
11 Amendment of s 130D (Order made upon medical practitioner's
recommendation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
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12 Amendment of s 130E (Conditional leave of absence or release
on parole) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
13 Amendment of s 131K (Uses of pesticides by unlicensed or
immature persons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
14 Amendment of s 131KA (Prohibited pesticides not to be used) . . . . . . . . . 12
15 Insertion of new s 181 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
181 References to certain regulations and provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
16 Amendment for "dangerous drug" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
17 Amendment for "dangerous drugs" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
PART 4--AMENDMENT OF HOSPITALS FOUNDATIONS ACT
1982
18 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
19 Amendment of s 4 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
20 Amendment of s 6 (Matter to be included in applications) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
21 Amendment of s 7 (Establishment of bodies corporate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
22 Amendment of s 18 (Members of body corporate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
23 Amendment of s 57 (Winding-up of bodies corporate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
24 Amendment for `the associated hospital' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
PART 5--AMENDMENT OF MEDICAL ACT 1939
25 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
26 Amendment of s 4 (Meanings of terms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
27 Insertion of new s 4C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4C References to legally qualified medical practitioners . . . . . . . . . . . 17
28 Amendment of s 8 (Constitution of board--president) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
29 Amendment of s 9 (Disqualifications from membership of board) . . . . . . . 18
30 Amendment of s 35 (Extension of meaning of term "misconduct
in a professional respect") . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
31 Replacement of pt 13 heading (Savings and transitionals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
32 Amendment of s 88 (Registration as medical practitioner) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
33 Insertion of new s 88A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
88A Registration of certain medical practitioners and specialists . . . . . 19
PART 6--AMENDMENT OF NURSING ACT 1992
34 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
35 Amendment of s 4 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
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36 Amendment of s 11 (Council's constitution) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
37 Amendment of s 16 (Conduct of meetings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
38 Insertion of new s 16A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
16A Resolutions without meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
39 Amendment of s 23 (Terms of appointment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
40 Amendment of s 47 (Committees of council) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
41 Amendment of s 53 (Inspection of register or roll etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
42 Amendment of s 54 (Qualifications for registration or enrolment) . . . . . . . 22
43 Amendment of s 55 (Application for registration or enrolment) . . . . . . . . . 22
44 Amendment of s 58 (Registration or enrolment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
45 Amendment of s 59 (Refusal of application) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
46 Amendment of s 63 (Provisional registration or enrolment) . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
47 Amendment of s 64 (Temporary registration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
48 Amendment of s 65 (Limited registration or enrolment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
49 Amendment of s 66 (Concerns about condition of applicants and
nurses) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
50 Amendment of s 67 (Immediate suspension of registration or
enrolment by council) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
51 Amendment of s 70 (Cancellation or suspension of registration
and enrolment in certain cases) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
52 Amendment of s 71 (Requirements following cancellation or
suspension of registration or enrolment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
53 Amendment of s 72 (Restoration of registration or enrolment in
certain cases) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
54 Amendment of s 74 (Fees for annual licence certificates) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
55 Amendment of s 75 (Renewal of annual licence certificate) . . . . . . . . . . . 26
56 Amendment of s 76 (Endorsement of annual licence certificates) . . . . . . . 27
57 Replacement of s 87 (Committee's constitution) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
87 Committee's constitution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
58 Amendment of s 91 (Terms of appointment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
59 Amendment of s 94 (Acting chairperson) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
60 Amendment of s 96 (Constitution of committee for particular
proceeding) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
61 Amendment of s 103 (Investigation by council) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
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62 Amendment of s 104 (Referral of complaint to professional
conduct committee) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
63 Amendment of s 116 (Action by committee) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
64 Amendment of s 137 (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
65 Amendment of s 145 (Proceedings generally) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
66 Amendment of s 148 (Regulations) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
PART 7--AMENDMENT OF STATUTE LAW REVISION ACT
1995
67 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
68 Amendment of sch 1, amendments of Health Act 1937 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
1996
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend certain Acts administered by the Minister for
Health, and for other purposes
s1 6 s4
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The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
title 2
Short
Clause 1. This Act may be cited as the Health Legislation Amendment Act 1996. 3
4
Commencement
Clause 2.(1) Sections 25 and 32 are taken to have commenced on 1 March 1993. 5
(2) Part 7 is taken to have commenced on 28 November 1995. 6
(3) Sections 7 to 10, 16, 17, 35(2), 41 to 43, 45 to 47, 54 and 55 7
commence on a day to be fixed by proclamation. 8
PART 2--AMENDMENT OF DENTAL ACT 1971 9
Act 10
Amended
Clause 3. This part amends the Dental Act 1971. 11
of s 4 (Meanings of terms) 12
Amendment
Clause 4.(1) Section 4, heading-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`Definitions'. 15
(2) Section 4, definition "dental company", `incorporated in 16
Queensland'-- 17
omit. 18
(3) Section 4-- 19
insert-- 20
s5 7 s8
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` "company" means a company or recognised company within the 1
meaning of the Corporations Law.'. 2
of s 7 (Members of board) 3
Amendment
Clause 5. Section 7(2)(d)-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`(d) a Queensland lawyer.'. 6
ART 3--AMENDMENT OF HEALTH ACT 1937 7
P
Act 8
Amended
Clause 6. This part amends the Health Act 1937. 9
of s 5 (Interpretation) 10
Amendment
Clause 7.(1) Section 5(1), definition "dangerous drug"-- 11
omit. 12
(2) Section 5(1), definition "drug dependent person", `dangerous 13
drugs or restricted drugs'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`controlled or restricted drugs or poisons'. 16
(3) Section 5(1)-- 17
insert-- 18
` "controlled drug" means an article or substance prescribed under a 19
regulation to be a controlled drug.'. 20
of pt 4, div 3, heading (Cooking utensils, toys, wearing 21
Replacement
apparel, matches and paints) 22
Clause 8. Part 4, division 3, heading-- 23
s9 8 s 10
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omit, insert-- 1
`Division 3--Cooking utensils, toys, wearing apparel, matches and use 2
of lead'. 3
of ss 127 and 128 4
Omission
Clause 9. Sections 127 and 128-- 5
omit. 6
of new pt 4, div 3A 7
Insertion
Clause 10. After section 129D-- 8
insert-- 9
`Division 3A--Paint 10
11
`Definitions
`129E. In this division-- 12
"standard" means-- 13
(a) appendix P of the uniform standard; or 14
(b) if appendix P of the uniform standard is changed under a 15
regulation--appendix P as changed; or 16
(c) if another standard is prescribed under a regulation--the other 17
standard. 18
"uniform standard" means the book titled `Standard for the uniform 19
scheduling of drugs and poisons' compiled by the Australian Health 20
Ministers' Advisory Council and published by the Commonwealth. 21
must comply with standard 22
`Person
`129F. A person manufacturing, selling, supplying or using paint must 23
comply with the standard. 24
Maximum penalty--20 penalty units. 25
s 10 9 s 10
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may take sample of paint 1
`Officer
`129G.(1) This section applies to an officer who, under section 160, 2
enters a house or premises to examine whether the standard has been, or is 3
being, contravened. 4
`(2) The officer may take, for examination or analysis-- 5
(a) a sample of paint from-- 6
(i) the house or premises; or 7
(ii) a fence, wall, post, gate or other structure or furniture in the 8
house or on the premises; or 9
(b) a sample of the paint the person is using to paint-- 10
(i) the house or premises; or 11
(ii) a fence, wall, post, gate or other structure or furniture in the 12
house or on the premises. 13
`(3) Subsection (2) applies only if-- 14
(a) the officer believes, on reasonable grounds, that the standard has 15
been, or is being, contravened; and 16
(b) the officer has-- 17
(i) the consent of the occupier of the house or premises to take 18
the sample; or 19
(ii) entered the house or premises under an order under 20
section 160. 21
`(4) If the officer is an officer of a local government, the officer may only 22
exercise the powers mentioned in subsection (2) in the local government's 23
area. 24
health officer may give notice 25
`Chief
`129H.(1) This section applies if, on the examination or analysis of a 26
sample of paint taken under section 129G, the chief health officer is 27
satisfied-- 28
(a) the paint has been used, or is being used, in a way that 29
contravenes the standard; or 30
s 10 10 s 10
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(b) the paint has been used in a way that, if it had been used after 1
section 129F commenced, it would have contravened the 2
standard. 3
`(2) The chief health officer may give a written notice ("notice to 4
comply") to-- 5
(a) the person who has allegedly contravened the standard; or 6
(b) the owner of the house, premises, structure or furniture. 7
`(3) The notice to comply must state-- 8
(a) the act or omission comprising the alleged contravention; and 9
(b) the action the person must take to rectify the alleged 10
contravention; and 11
(c) the day by which the person must take the action (the "due 12
date"). 13
14
Example of subsection (3)(b)--
15
The notice may require the owner of a building painted in contravention of the
16
standard to clean down and remove the paint.
`(4) The period to elapse between the day the notice is given to the person 17
and the due date must be reasonable, having regard to the action the person 18
must take. 19
`(5) The person must comply with the notice unless the person has a 20
reasonable excuse for not complying with it. 21
Maximum penalty for subsection (5)--20 penalty units. 22
of analysis may be prescribed 23
`Method
`129I. A regulation may, for this division, prescribe the method of 24
analysis to be used for deciding whether paint manufactured, sold, supplied 25
or used by a person complies with the standard.'. 26
s 11 11 s 13
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of s 130D (Order made upon medical practitioner's 1
Amendment
recommendation) 2
Clause 11. Section 130D(1)(c)-- 3
omit. 4
of s 130E (Conditional leave of absence or release on 5
Amendment
parole) 6
Clause 12. Section 130E(3)-- 7
omit. 8
of s 131K (Uses of pesticides by unlicensed or immature 9
Amendment
persons) 10
Clause 13.(1) Section 131K(1)-- 11
insert-- 12
`Maximum penalty--20 penalty units.'. 13
(2) Section 131K(2) and (3)-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`(2) A pest control operator must not use a pesticide unless the pest 16
control operator is a licensee. 17
Maximum penalty--20 penalty units. 18
`(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to a pest control operator who uses a 19
pesticide in the presence, and under the personal supervision, of a licensee. 20
`(4) A licensee must not permit a person who is not a licensee to use or 21
prepare a pesticide for use in carrying out a licensee's activities as a pest 22
control operator, unless-- 23
(a) the person is 18 years or more; and 24
(b) the licensee is present during, and personally supervises, the use 25
or preparation. 26
Maximum penalty--20 penalty units.'. 27
s 14 12 s 15
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of s 131KA (Prohibited pesticides not to be used) 1
Amendment
Clause 14. Section 131KA-- 2
insert-- 3
`Maximum penalty--20 penalty units.'. 4
of new s 181 5
Insertion
Clause 15. After section 180, in part 6-- 6
insert-- 7
to certain regulations and provisions 8
`References
`181. In an Act or document, a reference to any of the following 9
regulations may, if the context permits, be taken to be a reference to the 10
Health Regulation 1996, and a reference (whether express or implied) to a 11
provision of any of the following regulations may, if the context permits, be 12
taken to be a reference to the corresponding provision of the Health 13
Regulation 1996-- 14
· Camping Ground Regulation 1987 15
· Cancer Registration Regulation 1981 16
· Hairdressers Regulation 1989 17
· Hazardous Substances (Placarding) Regulation 1988 18
· Health (Analysis Fees) Regulation 1981 19
· Health (Analyst's Certificate) Regulation 1993 20
· Health (Dispensary) Regulation 1993 21
· Health (Pest Control Operators) Regulation 1977 22
· Health (Poisons--Fumigation) Regulation 1973 23
· Health (Radioactive Substances) Regulation 1994 24
· Health (Scientific Research and Studies) Regulation 1993 25
· Hyperbaric Chamber Therapy Regulation 1989 26
· Maltreatment of Children Regulation 1980 27
· Mosquito Prevention and Destruction Regulation 1982 28
s 16 13 s 17
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· Perinatal Statistics Regulation 1986 1
· Prescribed Substances Standards and Methods Regulation 1987 2
· Skin Penetration Regulation 1987 3
· Therapeutic Goods and Other Drugs Regulation 1982 4
· Vermin Control Regulation 1991.'. 5
for "dangerous drug" 6
Amendment
Clause 16.(1) This section amends the following provisions-- 7
· section 5(1), definition "sale" 8
· section 101A(a)(ii) 9
· section 144(1) and (3) 10
· section 178(f)(iv). 11
(2) In the provisions mentioned in subsection (1), `dangerous drug'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`controlled drug'. 14
for "dangerous drugs" 15
Amendment
Clause 17.(1) This section amends the following provisions-- 16
· section 107(3) 17
· section 152(t), (u), (v), (y) and (z). 18
(2) In the provisions mentioned in subsection (1), `dangerous drugs'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`controlled drugs'. 21
s 18 14 s 22
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ART 4--AMENDMENT OF HOSPITALS 1
P
FOUNDATIONS ACT 1982 2
amended 3
Act
Clause 18. This part amends the Hospitals Foundations Act 1982. 4
of s 4 (Definitions) 5
Amendment
Clause 19.(1) Section 4, definition "the associated hospital"-- 6
omit. 7
(2) Section 4-- 8
insert-- 9
` "associated hospital", for a body corporate, means a hospital within or in 10
association with which the body corporate pursues its objects.'. 11
of s 6 (Matter to be included in applications) 12
Amendment
Clause 20. Section 6(1)(c)-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`(c) must state the name of each hospital proposed to be an associated 15
hospital for the body corporate; and'. 16
of s 7 (Establishment of bodies corporate) 17
Amendment
Clause 21. Section 7(2)-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`(2) The regulation must assign a name to the body.'. 20
of s 18 (Members of body corporate) 21
Amendment
Clause 22.(1) Section 18(3)(a) and (4)(a), `the hospital' to `hospital'-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
s 23 15 s 24
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`the hospitals that are, or are to be, the associated hospitals for the body 1
corporate'. 2
(2) Section 18(4), `within the associated hospital'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`within the associated hospitals'. 5
of s 57 (Winding-up of bodies corporate) 6
Amendment
Clause 23. Section 57(4)(d)-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`(d) to the principal place of business of a part 5.7 body--is a 9
reference to-- 10
(i) if there is 1 associated hospital of the body corporate--the 11
principal office of the associated hospital; or 12
(ii) if there is more than 1 associated hospital of the body 13
corporate--the principal office of the associated hospital 14
prescribed under a regulation for this subparagraph.'. 15
for `the associated hospital' 16
Amendment
Clause 24.(1) This section amends the following provisions-- 17
· section 13(k) 18
· section 15(1)(j) 19
· section 18(3)(c) 20
· section 37(1) 21
· section 38(1) and (2)(a). 22
(2) In the provisions mentioned in subsection (1), `the associated 23
hospital'-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`an associated hospital'. 26
s 25 16 s 27
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ART 5--AMENDMENT OF MEDICAL ACT 1939 1
P
amended 2
Act
Clause 25. This part amends the Medical Act 1939. 3
of s 4 (Meanings of terms) 4
Amendment
Clause 26.(1) Section 4, heading-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`Definitions'. 7
(2) Section 4, definition "medical company", `incorporated in 8
Queensland'-- 9
omit. 10
(3) Section 4, definition "register"-- 11
omit. 12
(4) Section 4-- 13
insert-- 14
` "company" means a company or recognised company within the 15
meaning of the Corporations Law. 16
"register" means-- 17
(a) for a medical practitioner--the register of medical practitioners; or 18
(b) for a specialist--the register of medical practitioners and the 19
register of specialists.'. 20
(5) Section 4(2) and (3)-- 21
omit. 22
of new s 4C 23
Insertion
Clause 27. After section 4B, in part 1-- 24
insert-- 25
s 28 17 s 28
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to legally qualified medical practitioners 1
`References
`4C. In an Act, a reference to a `legally qualified medical practitioner' or 2
words that imply a person is recognised in law as a medical practitioner or 3
is a member of the medical profession, is a reference to a medical 4
practitioner.'. 5
of s 8 (Constitution of board--president) 6
Amendment
Clause 28.(1) Section 8, heading-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`Constitution of board'. 9
(2) Section 8(1)(a), `who' to `thereof'-- 10
omit. 11
(3) Heading before section 8(2)-- 12
omit. 13
(4) Section 8(2A)-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`(2A) The Governor in Council is to appoint a member who is a medical 16
practitioner to be the president.'. 17
(5) After section 8(3A)-- 18
insert-- 19
`(3B) A vacancy occurs in the office of president when the person 20
holding the office resigns the office or ceases to be a member. 21
`(3C) A person resigning the office of president may continue to be a 22
member.'. 23
(6) Section 8(4), `may appoint' to `prescribed'-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`is to appoint another member who is a medical practitioner'. 26
(7) Section 8(4) and (6), `, including the president,'-- 27
omit. 28
s 29 18 s 32
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(8) Section 8(4A), `person'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`member'. 3
(9) Section 8(5), `other than the president'-- 4
omit. 5
(10) Section 8(6), `(who' to `prescribed)'-- 6
omit. 7
of s 9 (Disqualifications from membership of board) 8
Amendment
Clause 29. Section 9, `other than the president'-- 9
omit. 10
of s 35 (Extension of meaning of term "misconduct in a 11
Amendment
professional respect") 12
Clause 30. Section 35(1)(h)-- 13
omit. 14
of pt 13 heading (Savings and transitionals) 15
Replacement
Clause 31. Part 13, heading-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`PART 13--SAVINGS, TRANSITIONALS AND 18
VALIDATIONS'. 19
of s 88 (Registration as medical practitioner) 20
Amendment
Clause 32. Section 88-- 21
insert-- 22
`(3) In this section-- 23
"medical practitioner" includes a specialist.'. 24
s 33 19 s 33
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of new s 88A 1
Insertion
Clause 33. After section 88-- 2
insert-- 3
of certain medical practitioners and specialists 4
`Registration
`88A.(1) In this section-- 5
"day of registration" means the day the board purported to register a 6
person as a specialist under a registration provision. 7
"registration provision" means-- 8
(a) section 19(2), as in force from time to time, before its repeal by 9
the Medical Act Amendment Act 1980; or 10
(b) section 19(3), as in force from time to time, before its repeal by 11
the Health Legislation Amendment Act 1992. 12
`(2) This section applies if-- 13
(a) a person applied to be registered as both a medical practitioner 14
and a specialist; and 15
(b) the person's entitlement to registration as a medical practitioner 16
depended on the person satisfying a registration provision; and 17
(c) the board purported, under the registration provision, to register 18
the person as a specialist. 19
`(3) The person is taken to have been validly registered as a specialist 20
from the day of registration, subject to the limitations and conditions 21
imposed on the person's registration. 22
`(4) The person is also taken to have been registered as a medical 23
practitioner from the day of registration, subject to the same limitations and 24
conditions imposed on the person's registration as a specialist. 25
`(5) However, if, under subsection (3) or (4), the person's registration is 26
subject to a limitation about time, the limitation ends on the commencement 27
of this section. 28
`(6) As soon as practicable after the commencement, the board must 29
register the person as a medical practitioner. 30
s 34 20 s 37
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`(7) However, particulars of a limitation about time imposed on a 1
person's registration need not be recorded in the register. 2
`(8) This section expires on the day it commences.'. 3
ART 6--AMENDMENT OF NURSING ACT 1992 4
P
amended 5
Act
Clause 34. This part amends the Nursing Act 1992. 6
of s 4 (Definitions) 7
Amendment
Clause 35.(1) Section 4, definition "legal practitioner"-- 8
omit. 9
(2) Section 4-- 10
insert-- 11
` "annual licence certificate fee" see section 74(1).1 12
"payment period" see section 74(3).'. 13
of s 11 (Council's constitution) 14
Amendment
Clause 36. Section 11(d)-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`(d) 1 lawyer;'. 17
of s 16 (Conduct of meetings) 18
Amendment
Clause 37. Section 16-- 19
insert-- 20
1 Section 74 (Fees for annual licence certificates)
s 38 21 s 40
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`(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the council may permit its members 1
to participate in a particular meeting, or all meetings, by telephone, 2
closed-circuit television or another form of communication. 3
`(3) A member who participates in a meeting under a permission under 4
subsection (2) is taken to be present at the meeting.'. 5
of new s 16A 6
Insertion
Clause 38. After section 16-- 7
insert-- 8
without meetings 9
`Resolutions
`16A.(1) If at least a majority of members sign a document containing a 10
statement that they are in favour of a resolution stated in the document, a 11
resolution in those terms is taken to have been passed at a meeting of the 12
council held on the day on which the document is signed or, if the members 13
do not sign it on the same day, the day on which the last of the members 14
forming the majority signs the document. 15
`(2) If a resolution is, under subsection (1), taken to have been passed at 16
a meeting of the council, each member must immediately be advised of the 17
matter and given a copy of the terms of the resolution. 18
`(3) For subsection (1), 2 or more separate documents containing a 19
statement in identical terms, each of which is signed by 1 or more 20
members, are taken to be 1 document.'. 21
of s 23 (Terms of appointment) 22
Amendment
Clause 39. Section 23-- 23
insert-- 24
`(2A) However, a member may waive payment in whole or part.'. 25
of s 47 (Committees of council) 26
Amendment
Clause 40. Section 47-- 27
insert-- 28
s 41 22 s 43
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`(2A) However a member of a committee of the council may waive 1
payment in whole or part.'. 2
of s 53 (Inspection of register or roll etc.) 3
Amendment
Clause 41. Section 53-- 4
insert-- 5
`(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a particular prescribed under a 6
by-law for this subsection. 7
`(3) The council may, at the request of the Australian Nursing Council 8
Incorporated, supply that body with information about the particulars in the 9
register or roll.'. 10
of s 54 (Qualifications for registration or enrolment) 11
Amendment
Clause 42.(1) Section 54-- 12
insert-- 13
`(2A) The person must also satisfy the council that the person is 14
competent and fit to practise nursing.'. 15
(2) Section 54(3), `The' to `enrolment'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`Without limiting subsection (2A), the person must satisfy the council'. 18
(3) Section 54(3), after `attend;'-- 19
insert-- 20
`and'. 21
of s 55 (Application for registration or enrolment) 22
Amendment
Clause 43. Section 55(c)(ii)-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`(ii) the annual licence certificate fee.'. 25
s 44 23 s 48
Health Legislation Amendment
of s 58 (Registration or enrolment) 1
Amendment
Clause 44. Section 58-- 2
insert-- 3
`(3) This section applies subject to section 72.2'. 4
of s 59 (Refusal of application) 5
Amendment
Clause 45. Section 59(c), `register or roll'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`annual licence certificate'. 8
of s 63 (Provisional registration or enrolment) 9
Amendment
Clause 46. Section 63(9)(c), `register or roll'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`annual licence certificate'. 12
of s 64 (Temporary registration) 13
Amendment
Clause 47.(1) Section 64(1)(b)(ii)-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`(ii) the annual licence certificate fee;'. 16
(2) Section 64(6)(c), `register'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`annual licence certificate'. 19
of s 65 (Limited registration or enrolment) 20
Amendment
Clause 48. Section 65(2), (3) and (9), `conditions, limitations and restrictions'-- 21
2 Section 72 (Restoration of registration or enrolment in certain cases)
s 49 24 s 50
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omit, insert-- 1
`conditions'. 2
of s 66 (Concerns about condition of applicants and 3
Amendment
nurses) 4
Clause 49. Section 66(5), `restrictions'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`conditions'. 7
of s 67 (Immediate suspension of registration or 8
Amendment
enrolment by council) 9
Clause 50.(1) Section 67(4), from `refer'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`have the matter investigated.3'. 12
(2) Section 67(5)-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`(5) On receipt of the investigating inspector's report, the council must 15
immediately-- 16
(a) lift the suspension; or 17
(b) prefer a charge against the suspended nurse, alleging a 18
contravention of the code of conduct. 19
`(6) If a charge is preferred under subsection (5), the suspension applies 20
until the determination of the matter referred to the committee for hearing 21
and determination under section 104(1A).4'. 22
3 See section 103 (Investigation by council).
4 Section 104 (Referral of charge to professional conduct committee)
s 51 25 s 53
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of s 70 (Cancellation or suspension of registration and 1
Amendment
enrolment in certain cases) 2
Clause 51.(1) Section 70(1)(c) and (2), `or a Territory'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`, a Territory or a foreign country'. 5
(2) Section 70(3)-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`(3) The suspension is to be for-- 8
(a) if the suspension is under the law of another State or a 9
Territory--the same period as the suspension under the other law; 10
or 11
(b) if the suspension is under the law of a foreign country--the same 12
period as, or a shorter period than, the suspension under the other 13
law.'. 14
of s 71 (Requirements following cancellation or 15
Amendment
suspension of registration or enrolment) 16
Clause 52.(1) Section 71, after `suspended'-- 17
insert-- 18
`under this division'. 19
(2) Section 71-- 20
insert-- 21
`(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a cancellation of registration or 22
enrolment under section 70(1)(b). 23
`(3) However, the council may require a person whose registration or 24
enrolment has been cancelled under section 70(1)(b) to surrender to the 25
executive officer 1 or more of the items mentioned in subsection (1).'. 26
of s 72 (Restoration of registration or enrolment in 27
Amendment
certain cases) 28
Clause 53. Section 72(1), `section 70(1)(b), (c) or (d)'-- 29
s 54 26 s 55
Health Legislation Amendment
omit, insert-- 1
`the Nursing Act 1976, section 31, or section 70(1)(c) or (d)'. 2
of s 74 (Fees for annual licence certificates) 3
Amendment
Clause 54.(1) Section 74(1), after `certificate'-- 4
insert-- 5
`(the "annual licence certificate fee")'. 6
(2) Section 74(3) to (7)-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`(3) If a nurse, or midwife who is not a nurse, fails to pay the annual 9
licence certificate fee within the period prescribed under a by-law (the 10
"payment period"), the council must immediately cancel the nurse's 11
registration or enrolment or revoke the midwife's authority to practise. 12
`(4) A person whose registration or enrolment is cancelled or authority to 13
practise is revoked under subsection (3) may apply to the council for 14
reregistration, re-enrolment or reauthorisation in the form approved by the 15
council. 16
`(5) The application must be accompanied by the annual licence 17
certificate fee and the restoration fee prescribed under a by-law. 18
`(6) The council must reregister, re-enrol or reauthorise the applicant and 19
issue an annual licence certificate to the applicant if it is satisfied-- 20
(a) the applicant has practised nursing or midwifery during the 21
5 years before the application; and 22
(b) the applicant is qualified to be registered, enrolled or authorised. 23
`(7) However, if the council is not satisfied the applicant has practised 24
nursing or midwifery during the 5 years before the application, the council 25
may reregister, re-enrol or reauthorise the applicant subject to the conditions 26
of practice it considers appropriate.'. 27
of s 75 (Renewal of annual licence certificate) 28
Amendment
Clause 55.(1) Section 75(1), `period prescribed for the purposes of 29
s 56 27 s 57
Health Legislation Amendment
section 74(3)(b)'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`payment period'. 3
(2) Section 75(2)-- 4
insert-- 5
`(c) accompanied by the annual licence certificate fee.'. 6
(3) Section 75(4), `period prescribed for the purposes of 7
section 74(3)(b)'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`payment period'. 10
(4) Section 75(4), `prescribed annual licence'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`annual licence certificate'. 13
of s 76 (Endorsement of annual licence certificates) 14
Amendment
Clause 56. Section 76(1)(a), `conditions, limitations and restrictions'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`conditions'. 17
of s 87 (Committee's constitution) 18
Replacement
Clause 57. Section 87-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
constitution 21
`Committee's
`87. The committee consists of the following members-- 22
(a) 1 lawyer; 23
(b) 12 registered nurses nominated by the council, of whom 6 are to 24
be chosen by the council from a panel of names submitted by 25
associations accepted by the council as representatives of nurses; 26
s 58 28 s 60
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(c) 3 persons, representing persons who use services provided by the 1
nursing profession.'. 2
of s 91 (Terms of appointment) 3
Amendment
Clause 58. Section 91-- 4
insert-- 5
`(2A) However, a member may waive payment in whole or part.'. 6
of s 94 (Acting chairperson) 7
Amendment
Clause 59. Section 94, `legal practitioner'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`lawyer'. 10
of s 96 (Constitution of committee for particular 11
Amendment
proceeding) 12
Clause 60. Section 96-- 13
insert-- 14
`(3) The committee constituted by the chairperson alone, may make 15
decisions and give directions only about the following-- 16
(a) whether an inspector appointed by the council has complied with 17
section 103(5) and (6)(b);5 18
(b) the way or sufficiency of service of a notice of charge; 19
(c) the sufficiency of particulars of a charge, and whether further and 20
better particulars of the charge should be given; 21
(d) the granting of leave to amend a notice of charge; 22
(e) requiring a person making an affidavit for a hearing to be present 23
at the hearing for cross-examination; 24
(f) admissions of facts or documents; 25
5 Section 103 (Investigation by council)
s 61 29 s 61
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(g) the place, time and length of a hearing; 1
(h) the issue of summonses by the chairperson to witnesses; 2
(i) the giving of evidence at a hearing; 3
(j) the exchange of affidavits of proposed witnesses; 4
(k) the disclosure of reports of expert witnesses before a hearing; 5
(l) whether the whole or a stated part of a hearing should not be open 6
to the public; 7
(m) applying for further directions.'. 8
of s 103 (Investigation by council) 9
Amendment
Clause 61.(1) Section 103(1)-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`103.(1) This section applies if an investigation is to be conducted into a 12
person's conduct because of-- 13
(a) a complaint under section 102(1); or 14
(b) the suspension of the registration or enrolment of a nurse under 15
section 67(1).6 16
`(1A) The investigation must be conducted by an inspector.'. 17
(2) Section 103(4) to (6)-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`(4) The inspector must-- 20
(a) give the person an opportunity during the course of the 21
investigation to make formal submissions to the inspector; and 22
(b) if subsection (1)(a) applies--give the person particulars of the 23
complaint. 24
`(5) On conclusion of the investigation, the inspector must give-- 25
(a) to the council--a written report, in reasonable detail, of findings, 26
and opinions based on the findings about the complaint or 27
6 Section 67 (Immediate suspension of registration or enrolment by Council)
s 62 30 s 63
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conduct; and 1
(b) to the person--a written outline of the report and general 2
particulars of findings adverse to the person. 3
`(6) If the executive officer suspects, on reasonable grounds, that the 4
person may be suffering from an addiction to alcohol or drugs or another 5
condition that impairs the person's ability to practise nursing or midwifery, 6
the officer may, by written notice, direct the person to undergo an 7
assessment by the panel under division 5.7'. 8
of s 104 (Referral of complaint to professional conduct 9
Amendment
committee) 10
Clause 62.(1) Section 104, heading, `complaint'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`charge'. 13
(2) Section 104-- 14
insert-- 15
`(1A) If the council prefers a charge against a suspended nurse under 16
section 67(5), 8 it must immediately refer the matter to the committee for 17
hearing and determination.'. 18
of s 116 (Action by committee) 19
Amendment
Clause 63.(1) Section 116(1)(d) and (2), `conditions, limitations and 20
restrictions'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`conditions'. 23
(2) Section 116(1)(h), after `appropriate'-- 24
insert-- 25
`, including, for example, conditions under which a person may reapply 26
7 Division 5 (Health assessments)
8 Section 67 (Immediate suspension of registration or enrolment by council)
s 64 31 s 67
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for registration or enrolment as a nurse or authorisation to practise 1
midwifery or nursing'. 2
of s 137 (Appeals) 3
Amendment
Clause 64. Section 137(1)(a)(vii), after `to'-- 4
insert-- 5
`cancel or'. 6
of s 145 (Proceedings generally) 7
Amendment
Clause 65. Section 145-- 8
insert-- 9
`(1A) A proceeding for an offence against this Act must start-- 10
(a) within 1 year after the commission of the offence; or 11
(b) within 1 year after the offence comes to the complainant's 12
knowledge, but within 2 years after the commission of the 13
offence.'. 14
of s 148 (Regulations) 15
Amendment
Clause 66. Section 148, heading-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`Regulation-making power'. 18
ART 7--AMENDMENT OF STATUTE LAW 19
P
REVISION ACT 1995 20
amended 21
Act
Clause 67. This part amends the Statute Law Revision Act 1995. 22
s 68 32 s 68
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of sch 1, amendments of Health Act 1937 1
Amendment
Clause 68. Schedule 1, amendments of Health Act 1937, amendment 242, 2
proposed section 183(3)(b), `(Miscellaneous Provisions)'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`Revision'. 5
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