Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Health Professions Registration Act 2005 - SECT 10

Interim registration

10. Interim registration



(1) An applicant for registration under section 6 or 9 may be granted interim
registration-

   (a)  if the person is entitled to registration under section 6 or 9 but it
        is not practicable to wait until the responsible board can consider
        the application; or

   (b)  if the person would be entitled to registration under section 6 or 9
        except that the applicant has not received documentary evidence that
        satisfies the responsible board of the qualification relating to the
        course of study referred to in section 5(1)(a) or supervised practice
        referred to in section 5(1)(b).

(2) The registrar or a person authorised by the responsible board for the
purposes of this section may grant interim registration to an applicant for
registration in accordance with this section.

(3) Interim registration may be granted subject to any condition imposed by
the registrar or a person authorised by the responsible board for the purposes
of this section.

(4) Without limiting the registrar's or person's powers under subsection (3),
he or she may impose a condition-

   (a)  that-

   (i)  the person must hold professional indemnity insurance; or

   (ii) the regulated health services provided by the person must be covered
        by professional indemnity insurance; or

   (iii) the person must be specified or referred to in professional indemnity
        insurance, whether by name or otherwise, as a person to whom the
        professional indemnity insurance extends even though the person is not
        a party to the professional indemnity insurance; and

   (b)  that the professional indemnity insurance must meet the minimum terms
        and conditions set out in the guidelines of the responsible board.

(5) If the applicant's arrangements satisfy the minimum terms and conditions
set out in the guidelines of the responsible board, the registrar or person
authorised by the responsible board for the purposes of this section must not-

   (a)  refuse to grant registration on the basis that the person's
        arrangements for professional indemnity insurance are in the form of
        insurance or a discretionary indemnity; or

   (b)  impose a condition on the registration of a person to require that the
        person's arrangements for professional indemnity insurance must be in
        the form of insurance or a discretionary indemnity.

(6) A person's interim registration comes into force on the date it is granted
under subsection (1) and continues for 12 months after that date or until any
earlier date on which the person is given notice that-

   (a)  the responsible board has granted the person registration under
        section 6 or 9; or

   (b)  the responsible board has refused to grant the person registration
        under section 6 or 9; or

   (c)  the responsible board has cancelled the interim registration.

(7) The responsible board may cancel a person's interim registration if the
responsible board is of the opinion that the person is no longer entitled to
registration under section 6 or 9.

(8) If the responsible board cancels a person's interim registration it must
immediately give the person notice of the cancellation and may notify the
person's employer.

(9) A person who is granted interim registration is for all purposes to be
treated as being a health practitioner registered under section 6 or 9 (as the
case requires).

(10) The date on which a person is registered under section 6 or 9 is (if the
person was the holder of interim registration immediately before the person is
registered) to be taken to be the date on which interim registration was
granted.

(11) Interim registration granted under this section by the registrar or a
person authorised by the responsible board is to be taken to have been granted
by the responsible board.