Medical Practitioners Act 1995

   68. Minister may declare activity to be quality assurance
 activity---(1) Subject to this Part of this Act, the Minister may from
 time to time, by notice in writing signed by the Minister, declare any
 quality assurance activity to be a quality assurance activity to which
 this Part of this Act applies.

   (2) A notice issued under this section may describe a quality
 assurance activity in any way, including any 1 or more of the following
 ways:
   (a) By reference to the nature of the activity:
   (b) By reference to a person who is engaging, or who proposes to
         engage, in the activity:
   (c) By reference to circumstances in which the activity is being, or
         is proposed to be, engaged in.

   (3) The Minister may not make a declaration under this section in
 respect of a quality assurance activity unless the Minister is
 satisfied---
   (a) That any medical practitioner who is engaging, or who proposes to
         engage, in the activity is authorised to do so---
           (i) By or under this Act; or
           (ii) By a person that provides health services; or
           (iii) By an educational institution; or
           (iv) By a body established wholly or partly for the purposes
         of research; or
           (v) By any body or association the purpose of which, or 1 of
         the purposes of which, is to represent the interests of medical
         practitioners or any class or classes of medical practitioners;
         and
   (b) That it is in the public interest that the protections conferred
         by this Part of this Act should apply in respect of the
         activity.
     Cf. Health Insurance Act 1973 (Aust.), s. 124X