Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1) A Dust Disease
Medical Panel is constituted by the CEO.
Note for this subsection:
A Panel is constituted
for the purposes of determination of questions under section 123 or
426.
(2) A Panel consists
of at least 2 members appointed by the CEO, 1 of whom must be
appointed as chairperson of the Panel.
(3) At least
1 member of a Panel must be a medical practitioner who is a specialist in
respiratory medicine.
(4) Each other member
of a Panel must be a medical practitioner who is a specialist in respiratory
medicine or occupational medicine.
(5) A medical
practitioner who has treated or examined the worker concerned in a
professional capacity is not eligible to be a member of the Panel.