Allied Health Professions Bill
Table of Contents
Long Title
Enacting Formula
Part I PRELIMINARY
1 Short title and commencement
2 Interpretation
3 Duly qualified allied health professional
4 Application
5 Amendment of Schedules
Part II ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONS COUNCIL
6 Establishment of Allied Health Professions Council
7 Functions of Council
8 President of Council
9 Disqualifications from membership of Council
10 Filling of vacancies
11 Meetings of Council and payment of members
12 Appointment and establishment of committees and professional boards and delegation of powers
Part III REGISTRATION OF ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
13 Registrar of Council
14 Registers
15 Alterations in registers
16 Full registration
17 Restricted registration
18 Conditional registration
19 Temporary registration
20 Power to amend, vary, rescind, revoke or suspend condition or restriction
21 Application for registration
22 Certificate of registration
23 Practising certificate
24 Publication of list of duly qualified allied health professionals
25 Registered allied health professionals to use only qualifications entered in registers and approved titles, etc.
26 Power of Council to remove names from registers
27 Restoration of name removed under section 26
28 Registrar’s certificate
Part IV OFFENCES
29 False assumption of title by non-duly qualified allied health professional
30 False assumption of title by duly qualified allied health professional
31 Making representation of another
32 Causing or permitting another to make representation of oneself
33 Liability of registered allied health professional for enabling another to act in contravention of section 29 or 30
34 Suspended persons not to practise prescribed professions during period of suspension
35 Fraudulent registration, etc.
36 General penalty
Part V DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS, HEALTH COMMITTEE INQUIRIES AND PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS
Division 1 — Voluntary removal, suspension, etc.
37 Voluntary removal, suspension, etc.
Division 2 — Complaints and commencement of inquiry
38 Appointment of Complaints Panel
39 Complaints against registered allied health professionals, etc.
40 Appointment of Complaints Committees
41 Referral to Complaints Committee, etc.
42 Commencement of inquiry by Complaints Committee
43 Mediation
44 Conduct of investigation
Division 3 — Performance and fitness assessments
45 Performance assessment
46 Fitness assessment
47 Confidentiality of information
Division 4 — Powers after investigation
48 Investigation report and deliberation by Complaints Committee
49 Findings of Complaints Committee
Division 5 — Disciplinary Tribunals
50 Disciplinary Tribunal
51 Proceedings of Disciplinary Tribunal
52 Reference and transfer of cases to Health Committee
53 Findings of Disciplinary Tribunal
54 Effective dates of Disciplinary Tribunal orders and non-compliance with orders, etc.
55 Appeal against order by Disciplinary Tribunal
56 Restoration of names to register
Division 6 — Health Committee
57 Health Committee
58 Unfitness to practise through illness, etc.
59 Restoration of names removed on recommendation of Health Committee
Division 7 — Interim Orders Committees
60 Interim Orders Committee
61 Interim orders
62 Review of interim orders
63 Interim Orders Committee may revoke, vary or replace interim order
64 Right of hearing
65 Application to High Court
66 Duration of interim orders
67 Person suspended under interim suspension order not regarded as registered
Division 8 — Appointment of legal counsel
68 Council may appoint legal counsel
Part VI MISCELLANEOUS
69 Investigators
70 Assessors to Council
71 No action against Council, etc., in absence of bad faith
72 Service of documents
73 Composition of offences
74 Exemption
75 Regulations
76 Savings and transitional provisions
Explanatory Statement
Expenditure of Public Money
Table of Derivations