Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003

2: Registration of, and practising certificates for, health practitioners

11 Authorities must specify scopes of practice




                                    Part 2

        Registration of, and practising certificates for, health

                                practitioners
Prescribed scopes of practice, qualifications, and experience

    11 Authorities must specify scopes of practice

  (1)  Each authority appointed in respect of a profession must, by notice
published in the Gazette, describe the contents of the
profession in terms of 1 or more scopes of practice.

  (2)  A scope of practice may be described in any way the authority thinks
fit, including, without limitation, in any 1 or more of the following ways:

      (a)  by reference to a name or form of words that is commonly understood
by persons who work in the health sector:

      (b)  by reference to an area of science or learning:

      (c)  by reference to tasks commonly performed:

      (d)  by reference to illnesses or conditions to be diagnosed, treated, or
managed.

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