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Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Amendment Act 2019
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Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Amendment Act 2019
Public Act
2019 No 11
Date of assent
11 April 2019
Commencement
see section 2
Contents
1
Title
2
Commencement
3
Principal Act
Part 1
Amendments to principal Act
4
Section 5 amended (Interpretation)
5
New section 5A inserted (Transitional, savings, and related provisions)
5A
Transitional, savings, and related provisions
6
Section 12 amended (Qualifications must be prescribed)
7
Section 14 amended (Provisions relating to notices under sections 11 and 12)
8
Section 17 amended (Applications for registration of health practitioners and authorisations of scopes of practice)
9
Section 29 amended (Decisions of authority as to practising certificate and scope of practice)
10
Section 31 amended (Interim practising certificate)
11
Section 33 replaced (Surrender of practising certificate)
33
Surrender of practising certificate
12
Section 36 amended (When authority may review health practitioner’s competence)
13
Section 38 amended (Orders concerning competence)
14
Section 39 amended (Interim suspension of practising certificate or inclusion of conditions in scope of practice pending review or assessment)
15
Section 48 amended (Interim suspension of practising certificate or inclusion of conditions in scope of practice in cases of suspected inability to perform required functions due to mental or physical condition)
16
Section 49 amended (Power to order medical examination)
17
Section 50 amended (Restrictions may be imposed in case of inability to perform required functions)
18
Section 51 amended (Revocation of suspension or conditions)
19
Section 58 amended (Reporting requirements)
20
Section 65 amended (Response to complaints referred by Health and Disability Commissioner)
21
New section 67A inserted (Action to be taken by authority on receipt of notice of conviction)
67A
Action to be taken by authority on receipt of notice of conviction
22
Section 68 replaced (Referral of complaints and notices of conviction to professional conduct committee)
68
Referral of information to professional conduct committee
23
Section 69 amended (Interim suspension of practising certificate pending prosecution or investigation)
24
New section 69A inserted (Interim suspension of practising certificate pending prosecution or investigation if risk of harm to public)
69A
Interim suspension of practising certificate pending prosecution or investigation if risk of harm to public
25
New section 92A inserted (Chairperson may prohibit publication of names pending hearing of charge)
92A
Chairperson may prohibit publication of names pending hearing of charge
26
Section 93 amended (Interim suspension of registration or imposition of restrictions on practice)
27
Section 94 amended (Health practitioner may apply for revocation of order)
28
Section 95 amended (Hearings to be public unless Tribunal orders otherwise)
29
Section 102 amended (Orders limiting restoration of registration)
30
Section 103 amended (Orders of Tribunal)
31
New section 103A inserted (Resourcing Tribunal’s administration costs)
103A
Resourcing Tribunal’s administration costs
32
Section 104 amended (Resourcing of Tribunal and nomination of executive officers)
33
New section 104A inserted (Recovery of costs, fees, and expenses)
104A
Recovery of costs, fees, and expenses
34
Section 105 amended (Recovery of fines and costs)
35
New sections 116A to 116D and cross-heading inserted
Amalgamation of authorities
116A
Authorities may be amalgamated
116B
Effect of amalgamation
116C
Final report of authority
116D
Members not entitled to compensation for loss of office
36
New section 116E and cross-heading inserted
List of authorities
116E
Director-General of Health to publish list of responsible authorities
37
Section 118 amended (Functions of authorities)
38
Section 120 amended (Membership of authorities)
39
New sections 122A and 122B and cross-heading inserted
Performance reviews of authorities
122A
Performance reviews
122B
Information about implementation of recommendations to be included in annual report
40
Section 134 amended (Annual report)
41
New section 134A and cross-heading inserted
Information about health practitioners
134A
Authority to provide to Director-General of Health information about health practitioners
42
Section 140 replaced (Health practitioners must notify Registrar of address)
140
Health practitioners must notify Registrar of addresses for service
43
Section 147 amended (Removal of qualifications, or cancellation of registration, overseas)
44
Section 156 amended (Notice and service of documents)
45
New sections 156A and 156B inserted
156A
Orders of authority
156B
When orders of authority or Tribunal take effect
46
New sections 157A to 157I inserted
157A
Meaning of naming policy
157B
Authorities to issue naming policies
157C
Consultation on naming policies
157D
Naming policies to be available on Internet
157E
When naming policies come into force
157F
Review of naming policies
157G
Naming policies to be consistent with law
157H
Status of naming policies
157I
Authority naming health practitioner in accordance with naming policy protected by qualified privilege
Part 2
Further amendments to principal Act
47
New Schedule 1AA inserted
48
Schedule 1 amended
49
Schedule 3 amended
50
Consequential amendments to other enactments
Schedule 1
New Schedule 1AA inserted
Schedule 2
Consequential amendments
Legislative history
Administrative information
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