Australian Capital Territory
Health Professionals Amendment Regulation 2006 (No 4)
Subordinate Law SL2006-28

The Australian Capital Territory Executive makes the following regulation under the Health Professionals Act 2004.
Dated 5 June 2006.
Katy Gallagher
Minister
Simon Corbell
Minister

Australian Capital Territory
Health Professionals Amendment Regulation 2006 (No 4)
Subordinate Law SL2006-28
made under the
Health Professionals Act 2004

    

1	Name of regulation
This regulation is the Health Professionals Amendment Regulation 2006 (No 4).
2	Commencement
This regulation commences on a day fixed by the Minister by written notice.
Note 1	The naming and commencement provisions automatically commence on the notification day (see Legislation Act, s 75 (1)).
Note 2	A single day or time may be fixed, or different days or times may be fixed, for the commencement of different provisions (see Legislation Act, s 77 (1)).
Note 3	If a provision has not commenced within 6 months beginning on the notification day, it automatically commences on the first day after that period (see Legislation Act, s 79).
3	Legislation amended
This regulation amends the Health Professionals Regulation 2004.
4	Section 132 (2) (d)
omit
electoral commissioner
substitute
commissioner for health complaints
5	Schedule 1, new items 12 and 13
insert
12	ACT Chiropractors and Osteopaths Board	chiropractors	13	
13	ACT Chiropractors and Osteopaths Board	osteopaths	14	
6	Schedule 2, table 2.4, item 7
substitute
7	general practice		Fellowship of Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (FRACGP)	
7	Schedule 2, table 2.4, item 11
substitute
11	ophthalmology		Fellowship of Royal Australian College of Ophthalmologists (FRACO) or
Fellowship of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (FRANZCO) 	
11A	pain medicine		Fellowship of the Faculty of Pain Management Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (FFPMANZCA)	
8	New schedules 13 and 14
insert
Schedule 13	Chiropractors
(see s 4 and sch 1)
13.1	Meaning of board—sch 13
In this schedule:
board means the ACT Chiropractors and Osteopaths Board.
13.2	Board membership—Act, s 24
	(1)	The board is made up of the president and the following people:
	(a)	2 elected members;
	(b)	4 appointed members.
	(2)	The elected members must be—
	(a)	a chiropractor elected by chiropractors; and
	(b)	an osteopath elected under schedule 14.
	(3)	The appointed members must be a community representative and—
	(a)	if the president is a chiropractor—1 chiropractor and 2 osteopaths; or
	(b)	if the president is an osteopath—1 osteopath and 2 chiropractors.
	(4)	For subsection (3), if the president is a chiropractor and osteopath, the president must choose a profession before the members are appointed and give the Minister written notice of the choice.
Schedule 14	Osteopaths
(see s 4 and sch 1)
14.1	Meaning of board—sch 14
In this schedule:
board means the ACT Chiropractors and Osteopaths Board.
14.2	Board membership—Act, s 24
	(1)	The board is made up as prescribed under schedule 13.
	(2)	The elected members must include an osteopath elected by osteopaths under this schedule.
9	Dictionary, note 2
insert
·	commissioner for health complaints

Endnotes
1	Notification
	Notified under the Legislation Act on 8 June 2006.
2	Republications of amended laws
	For the latest republication of amended laws, see www.legislation.act.gov.au.

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