South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts33—Registration of natural persons on general or specialist register
(1) Subject to this
Act, a natural person is eligible for registration on the general register,
and a person registered on the general register is eligible for registration
on the specialist register in a particular specialty, if the person, on
application to the Board, satisfies the Board that he or she—
(a) has
qualifications approved or recognised by the Board for the purposes of
registration on the register or in the specialty to which the application
relates; and
(b) has
met the requirements determined by the Board to be necessary for the purposes
of registration on that register or in that specialty; and
(c) is
medically fit to provide medical treatment of the kind authorised by
registration on that register; and
(d) is,
unless exempted by the Board, insured or indemnified in a manner and to an
extent approved by the Board against civil liabilities that might be incurred
by the person in connection with the provision of medical treatment as a
medical practitioner; and
(e) is a
fit and proper person to be registered on that register or in that specialty.
(2) If a person who
applies for registration, or reinstatement of registration, on a particular
register or in a particular specialty—
(a) does
not, in the opinion of the Board, have the necessary qualifications or
experience required for registration on that register or in that specialty; or
(b) is
not, in the opinion of the Board, medically fit to provide medical treatment
of the kind authorised by registration on that register; or
(c) is
not, in the opinion of the Board, a fit and proper person to be registered on
that register or in that specialty,
the Board may register the person on that register or in that specialty in
pursuance of this subsection ("limited registration )—
(d) in
order to enable the person—
(i)
to do whatever is necessary to become eligible for full
registration under this Act; or
(ii)
to teach or to undertake research or study in this State;
or
(iii)
in the case of an applicant who has obtained
qualifications for the practice of medicine under the law of a place outside
of Australia—to practise in a part of the State or at a place that the
Minister and the Board consider is in urgent need of the services of a
medical practitioner; or
(e) if,
in its opinion, it would otherwise be in the public interest to do so.
(3) In registering a
person under subsection (2) the Board may impose one or more of the
following conditions on the registration:
(a) a
condition restricting the places or times at which the practitioner may
provide medical treatment;
(b) a
condition limiting the kind of medical treatment that the practitioner may
provide;
(c) a
condition limiting the period during which the registration will have effect;
(d) a
condition requiring that the practitioner be supervised in the provision of
medical treatment by a particular person or by a person of a particular class;
(e) such
other conditions as the Board thinks fit.