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MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS REGISTRATION AMENDMENT BILL 2005

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              Medical Practitioners Registration Amendment Bill
                                    2005


Medical Practitioners Registration
Amendment Bill 2005


Explanatory Notes

General Outline

Short title
Medical Practitioners Registration Amendment Bill 2005

Policy objectives
The objective of the Bill is to implement recommendations A to D of the
Bundaberg Hospital Commission of Inquiry Interim Report.

Reasons for the policy objectives
The Bundaberg Hospital Commission of Inquiry was established on 26
April 2005. The Bundaberg Hospital Commission of Inquiry Interim
Report makes 4 recommendations (recommendations A to D) about
amendments to the Medical Practitioners Registration Act 2001.

How the police objectives will be achieved
The policy objectives will be achieved by amending the Medical
Practitioners Registration Act 2001 to implement recommendations A to D
of the Bundaberg Hospital Commission of Inquiry Interim Report.

Estimated Cost for Government Implementation
The implementation of the Act is not anticipated to generate additional
costs.

Consistency with Fundamental Legislative Principles
The Act is consistent with fundamental legislative principles.
 
 
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             Medical Practitioners Registration Amendment Bill
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Consultation
The Act is based upon the recommendations of the Bundaberg Hospital
Commission of Inquiry Interim Report.



Notes on Provisions

Clause 1 states that the Act may be cited as the Medical Practitioners
Registration Amendment Act 2005.
Clause 2 states that the Act amends the Medical Practitioners Registration
Act 2001.
Clause 3 amends section 84 of the Act to enhance the grounds for
cancellation of a general registration.
Clause 4 amends section 149 of the Act to enhance the grounds for
cancellation of a special purpose registration.
Clause 5 amends section 150J of the Act to enhance the grounds for a
cancellation of a non-practising registration.
Taken together, Clauses 3, 4 and 5 implement Recommendation A of the
Interim Report.
Clause 6 inserts a new section 161 into the Act to create two new offences.
Clause 6 implements Recommendation B of the Interim Report.
Clause 7 amends section 246 of the Act to list some of the new offences
created by the Bill as indictable offences. Clause 7 implements
Recommendation C of the Interim Report.
Clause 8 inserts a new section 273 into the Act that includes a detailed
description of when information or a document is materially false. Clause 8
also creates a number of new offences connected to the provision of
materially false information. Clause 8 implements Recommendation D of
the Interim Report.



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