Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Health Professions Registration Act 2005 - SECT 12

Additional qualifications

12. Additional qualifications



(1) A responsible board, from time to time, may recognise any qualification
that the responsible board considers to be relevant to the provision of
regulated health services in the health profession the board regulates in
addition to those required for registration.

(2) An applicant for registration or a registered health practitioner may
apply to the responsible board to have particulars of a qualification that is
recognised by the responsible board at the time of the application noted on
the register against the name of that health practitioner.





(3) An application must be in writing and be accompanied by the fee for the
application fixed by the responsible board together with evidence of the
qualifications that the applicant wants to have noted on the register kept by
the board in addition to those approved for registration purposes.

(4) The responsible board must-

   (a)  publish the list of the qualifications that are currently recognised
        under this section at least once a year in a publication circulating
        among registered health practitioners regulated by the board; and

   (b)  publish an up to date list of those qualifications on any website kept
        by or on behalf of the board on the Internet; and

   (c)  make the list available for inspection during normal business hours at
        the office of the responsible board without charge.