Australian Capital Territory

Explanatory Statement

Health Professionals (Fees) Determination 2007 (No 10)

Disallowable instrument DI2007 - 41

made under the

Health Professionals Act 2004, s 132 (Determination of fees)

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The Health Professionals Act 2004 (the Act) provides for the registration of suitably qualified nurses and midwives, the control of the practice of nursing and midwifery and for related purposes.

Section 132 of the Act provides Boards with the power to determine fees for the purposes of the Act in relation to the professions that the Board regulates.  This instrument sets fees for the purposes of the Act.

Fees for the following purposes are set to ensure that the ACT Nursing and Midwifery Board covers the costs of administering the Act including the payment of sitting fees associated with Board disciplinary activities, the costs of its Nurses and Midwives Health Program and other related Board activities.

a.	Fees for initial registration pursuant to section 112 of the Regulation to the Act;
b.	Fees for annual renewal of registration pursuant to section 112 of the Regulation;
c.	Fees for late registration pursuant to section 127 of the Regulation;
d.	Fees for retrospective re-registration pursuant to section 128 of the Regulation;
d.	Fees for a copy of, or extract from, the register pursuant to section 155 of the Regulation;
d.	Fee for alteration to the Register pursuant to section 156 of the Regulation.