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

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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