Previous - Contents - Next

Medical Practitioners Act 1995

III: Registration
Vocational Registration
21   Recognised branches and sub-branches of medicine



                       Vocational Registration

   21. Recognised branches and sub-branches of medicine--- (1) The
 Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council made on the
 advice of the Minister given after consultation with the Council,---
   (a) Designate particular branches or sub-branches of medicine as
         branches or, as the case requires, sub-branches of medicine in
         respect of which vocational registration may be granted:
   (b) Prescribe, in respect of each such designated branch or sub-branch
         of medicine, the requirements that must be satisfied by a
         medical practitioner for the purpose of being granted vocational
         registration in respect of that branch or sub-branch of
         medicine, which requirements may include (without limitation)
         any 1 or more of the following:
           (i) The holding of such qualifications as are prescribed in
         the order or as the Council determines are appropriate for
         vocational registration in respect of that branch or sub-branch
         of medicine:
           (ii) The possession of such training and experience as are
         prescribed in the order or as the Council determines are
         appropriate for such vocational registration.

   (2) Any Order in Council under subsection (1) of this section may, in
 like manner, be amended or revoked at any time.

   (3) Every Order in Council under this section shall be deemed to be a
 regulation for the purposes of the Regulations (Disallowance) Act 1989
 and the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989.
Previous - Contents - Next