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PSYCHOLOGICAL PRACTICES ACT 1973 - SECT 39

39—Practice of hypnosis

        (1)         A person other than—

            (a)         a registered psychologist, in the ordinary course of his psychological practice; or

            (b)         a legally qualified medical practitioner, in the ordinary course of his medical practice; or

            (c)         a dentist as defined in the Dentists Act 1931 , approved by the Board, in the practice of dentistry as defined in that Act; or

            (d)         a prescribed person, under or in accordance with the conditions specified in relation to him by the Board,

shall not engage in the practice of hypnosis.

Penalty: Five hundred dollars or three months' imprisonment.

        (2)         In this section a "prescribed person" means a person—

            (a)         who, during a period of not less than two years immediately preceding the commencement of this Act, had, in the opinion of the Board, derived his income principally from the practice of hypnosis for therapeutic purposes; and

            (b)         who is approved by the Board as a person entitled to practise hypnosis in accordance with such conditions as are specified by the Board in relation to him.



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