Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Health Professions Registration Act 2005 - SECT 28

Endorsement of registration of health practitioners for acupuncture

28. Endorsement of registration of health practitioners for acupuncture



(1) If a responsible board is satisfied that a health practitioner regulated
by that board is qualified in the practice of acupuncture, the board may
endorse the registration of the health practitioner to the effect that the
health practitioner is qualified to practise acupuncture and to be exempt with
respect to the practice of acupuncture and use of the title acupuncturist from
section 80(2).

(2) The responsible board must notify the Chinese Medicine Registration Board
of Victoria, within 30 days after endorsing the registration of a health
practitioner under this section or the cancellation of that endorsement of
registration of a health practitioner, of-

   (a)  the name and address of the health practitioner;

   (b)  details of the endorsement of registration;

   (c)  the date of the endorsement of the registration;

   (d)  any condition imposed on the endorsement of the registration;

   (e)  any cancellation of the endorsement of registration.

(3) In this section, responsible board means-

   (a)  the Chiropractors Registration Board of Victoria; or

   (b)  the Dental Practice Board of Victoria; or

   (c)  the Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria; or

   (d)  the Nurses Board of Victoria; or

   (e)  the Optometrists Registration Board of Victoria; or

   (f)  the Osteopaths Registration Board of Victoria; or

   (g)  the Physiotherapists Registration Board of Victoria; or



   (h)  the Podiatrists Registration Board of Victoria.