MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS ACT 2008

Table of Provisions

• Long Title
• Preamble

PART 1 -- Preliminary  

• 1 Short title
 
• 2 Commencement
 
• 3 Objects of Act
 
• 4 Terms used in this Act
 
• 5 Application

PART 2 -- Medical Board and committees

Division 1 -- The Board  

• 6 Board established
 
• 7 Membership of Board
 
• 8 Presiding member and deputy presiding member
 
• 9 Constitution and proceedings
 
• 10 Remuneration

Division 2 -- Functions and powers  

• 11 Functions of Board
 
• 12 Powers
 
• 13 Delegation by Board

Division 3 -- Relationship of Board with Minister  

• 14 Directions by Minister
 
• 15 Minister to have access to information

Division 4 -- Committees  

• 16 Committees
 
• 17 Provisions relating to committees

Division 5 -- Registrar and other staff  

• 18 Registrar
 
• 19 Other staff
 
• 20 Use of other government staff etc.

Division 6 -- General  

• 21 Duty not to make improper use of information
 
• 22 Meetings
 
• 23 Execution of documents by Board
 
• 24 Recovery of penalties, costs and expenses required to be paid to the Board

PART 3 -- Finance and reports  

• 25 Funds of the Board
 
• 26 Accounts
 
• 27 Audit
 
• 28 Annual report and other reports

PART 4 -- Registration of medical practitioners

Division 1 -- Registration  

• 29 Natural persons may be registered
 
• 30 General registration
 
• 31 Conditional registration for internship or supervised clinical practice
 
• 32 Provisional registration
 
• 33 Conditional registration for general practice in remote and rural WA
 
• 34 Special purpose conditional registration
 
• 35 Non-practising registration
 
• 36 Voluntary change in registration
 
• 37 Specialties to be prescribed
 
• 38 Registration of specialists
 
• 39 Review of condition imposed under section 30(5), 33(6), 34(4) or 38(6)
 
• 40 Professional indemnity insurance
 
• 41 Application
 
• 42 Board may request consent to undertake a criminal record check
 
• 43 Criminal record check
 
• 44 Effect of registration
 
• 45 Duration of registration
 
• 46 Renewal of registration
 
• 47 Application for registration by a person whose registration has been cancelled under section 116(1)(k)

Division 2 -- The register  

• 48 The register
 
• 49 Inspection of register
 
• 50 Certificate of registration
 
• 51 Replacement of certificate of registration
 
• 52 Voluntary removal from register
 
• 53 Amendment of particulars
 
• 54 Removal of names in certain circumstances
 
• 55 Removal of names of deceased persons
 
• 56 Suspension or cancellation of registration in another State or a Territory
 
• 57 Effect of removal of name from register

Division 3 -- Notifications to Board  

• 58 Change of address
 
• 59 Loss of qualifications
 
• 60 Insolvency
 
• 61 Civil or criminal proceedings
 
• 62 Information about professional indemnity insurance
 
• 63 Notification of cancellation or suspension of registration elsewhere
 
• 64 Notification of condition imposed on registration elsewhere

Division 4 -- Defence force medical officer  

• 65 Medical officer of a defence force of the Commonwealth
 
• 66 Medical officer of visiting forces

PART 5 -- Interstate practitioners

Division 1 -- Preliminary  

• 67 Terms used in this PART

Division 2 -- Practice by an interstate practitioner  

• 68 Persons who are to be taken to be registered under section 30 or
  69. Practising in this State  
• 70 Interstate practitioner not to be taken to be registered in some circumstances
 
• 71 Effect of suspension under this Act

Division 3 -- Complaints about interstate practitioners  

• 72 Referral of complaint to regulatory authority in another State or a Territory
 
• 73 Dealing with matters referred by a regulatory authority in another State or a Territory

Division 4 -- Miscellaneous  

• 74 Interstate practitioner disqualified in another State or a Territory
 
• 75 Interstate certificate

PART 6 -- Disciplinary, competency and impairment matters

Division 1 -- Preliminary  

• 76 Disciplinary matters
 
• 77 Competency matters
 
• 78 Impairment matters

Division 2 -- Committees  

• 79 Complaints assessment committee
 
• 80 Professional standards committee
 
• 81 Impairment review committee
 
• 82 Panel

Division 3 -- Complaints  

• 83 Complaints
 
• 84 Action by complaints assessment committee
 
• 85 Complaints assessment committee to determine action required
 
• 86 Role of Board

Division 4 -- Summary orders of Board  

• 87 Interim orders by Board
 
• 88 Complaint dealt with summarily to be referred to the State Administrative Tribunal

Division 5 -- Disciplinary matters  

• 89 Action by Board
 
• 90 Investigator
 
• 91 Report of investigator
 
• 92 Powers of investigator
 
• 93 Warrant to enter premises
 
• 94 Issue of warrant
 
• 95 Execution of warrant
 
• 96 Role of professional standards committee
 
• 97 Role of Board

Division 6 -- Impairment matters  

• 98 Request by medical practitioner for imposition of condition
 
• 99 Revocation of condition
 
• 100 Action by Board
 
• 101 Medical examination of medical practitioner
 
• 102 Role of the impairment review committee
 
• 103 Role of Board

Division 7 -- Competency matters  

• 104 Action by Board
 
• 105 Assessment of medical practitioner
 
• 106 Assessor
 
• 107 Powers of assessor
 
• 108 Role of the professional standards committee
 
• 109 Role of Board

Division 8 -- Conciliation  

• 110 Conciliation process
 
• 111 Action if conciliation fails

Division 9 -- Medical students  

• 112 Impaired ability to participate in a clinical activity
 
• 113 Referral to impairment review committee
 
• 114 Revocation of prohibition

Division 10 -- Role of the State Administrative Tribunal  

• 115 Constitution of State Administrative Tribunal
 
• 116 Powers of the State Administrative Tribunal in relation to a disciplinary matter
 
• 117 Powers of the State Administrative Tribunal in relation to an impairment matter
 
• 118 Powers of the State Administrative Tribunal in relation to a competency matter
 
• 119 Powers of the State Administrative Tribunal in relation to a medical student
 
• 120 Ancillary powers of the State Administrative Tribunal

Division 11 -- Miscellaneous  

• 121 Release of information: Board, professional standards committee and impairment review committee
 
• 122 Suspension
 
• 123 Costs

PART 7 -- Offences  

• 124 Persons who may practise medicine
 
• 125 Persons who may be employed or engaged to practise medicine
 
• 126 Exceptions to sections 124 and
 
• 127 Use of title “medical practitioner” or a title of a specialist, or pretending to be registered
 
• 128 Medical services provided by a person registered elsewhere
 
• 129 Medical practitioners to arrange consultation in certain cases
 
• 130 Restriction on administration of anaesthetics in certain cases
 
• 131 Offences related to advertising medical services
 
• 132 Failure to comply with an order or requirement of the Board
 
• 133 False or misleading information
 
• 134 Confidentiality
 
• 135 Offences in relation to assessment or investigation
 
• 136 Obstruction of assessor or investigator
 
• 137 Impersonating an investigator or assessor
 
• 138 Information relating to certain business structures
 
• 139 Undue influence
 
• 140 Payment, or acceptance of payment, for referrals prohibited
 
• 141 Persons may be prohibited from supplying health services etc.
 
• 142 Assistance to execute a warrant
 
• 143 Surrender of certificate
 
• 144 Incriminating information, questions or documents
 
• 145 Legal professional privilege

PART 8 -- Codes of practice, rules, regulations and forms  

• 146 Codes of practice
 
• 147 Rules
 
• 148 Regulations
 
• 149 Forms

PART 9 -- Miscellaneous  

• 150 Protection
 
• 151 Notice of decision to be given
 
• 152 Review
 
• 153 Publication of proceedings etc.
 
• 154 Furnishing information
 
• 155 Legal proceedings
 
• 156 Liability of certain officers of body corporate: offences
 
• 157 Confidentiality of certain reports
 
• 158 Assessment and medical report
 
• 159 Review of Act
 
• 160 Repeals
 
• 161 Savings and transitional provisions
 
• 162 Consequential amendments
• SCHEDULE 1 -- Constitution and proceedings of the Board
• SCHEDULE 2 -- Savings and transitional provisions  
• SCHEDULE 3 -- Consequential amendments  
• Compilation table