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 + REGISTRATION
 - Procedure for Obtaining Registration
 - Other Requirements
 + INVESTIGATIONS INTO REGISTERED PRACTITIONERS
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Other Requirements

17. The register

(1) The Board must cause to be kept a register of all Chinese medicine practitioners and Chinese herbal dispensers to whom the Board has granted registration under this Act.

(2) The register is to be called the Register of Chinese Medicine.

(3) The register is to include 3 divisions as follows--

(a) the division of Chinese herbal medicine practitioners, which is to be a list of the names of every person registered as a Chinese herbal medicine practitioner under this Part;

(b) the division of acupuncturists, which is to be a list of the names of every person registered as an acupuncturist under this Part;

(c) the division of Chinese herbal dispensers, which is to be a list of the names of every person registered as a Chinese herbal dispenser under this Part.

(4) The following particulars must be included on the register against the name of the registered practitioner to whom they apply--

(a) a description of the division of registration;

(b) a description of any endorsement under section 8;

(c) any current suspension of the registration of the practitioner;

(d) any current condition, limitation or restriction imposed on the registration or endorsement of registration of the practitioner;

(e) any post graduate qualifications recognised by the Board in addition to those approved for registration purposes;

(f) the postal address where the registered practitioner can be contacted by mail;

(g) the prescribed information.

(5) The register may be inspected at the office of the Board by any person during ordinary office hours without charge.

(6) A person may obtain a copy of or an extract from the register on payment of the fee fixed by the Board.

(7) A registered practitioner's private address must not appear on that part of the register which is open to the public for inspection, unless--

(a) the private address is also the postal address nominated by the registered practitioner; or

(b) the registered practitioner so authorises.

18. Certificates

(1) Upon--

(a) granting registration to a person under this Part; or

(b) renewing the registration of a person under this Part--

the Board must issue a certificate of registration to that person.

(2) The following particulars must be included on a certificate of registration--

(a) any endorsement of registration under section (a) any endorsement of registration under section 8

(b) any condition, limitation or restriction imposed on the registration or endorsement of registration;

(c) any post graduate qualifications recognised by the Board in addition to those approved for registration purposes;

(d) the prescribed information.

(3) If a registered practitioner's registration under this Part has been suspended or cancelled, an endorsement of the registration has been cancelled or a condition, limitation or restriction has been imposed on the registration or endorsement of registration, the practitioner must return his or her current certificate of registration to the Board.

Penalty: 20 penalty units.

19. Use of certificate as evidence
A certificate purporting to be signed by the President or any two members of the Board to the effect that--

(a) a practitioner is or is not or was or was not, at any specified date, registered; or

(b) the registration of the practitioner is or is not or was or was not, at any specified date, endorsed under section 8; or

(c) any disciplinary or other action is or is not or was or was not, at any specified date, being taken against the practitioner--

is evidence, and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, is proof of the matters stated in it.

20. Requirement to notify the Board of address

A registered practitioner must notify the Board in writing of any change of the address of the practitioner which appears on the register within 14 days after that change.

Penalty: 1 penalty unit.

21. Provision of information

(1) If a person has claimed damages or other compensation from a registered practitioner for alleged negligence in the course of practising Chinese medicine or dispensing Chinese herbs, the practitioner must provide the Board with information about the amount of damages or other compensation that the practitioner is ordered by a court to pay within 30 days after the order is made.

(2) Sub-section (1) does not apply if--

(a) the amount is less than the amount fixed by the Board for the purposes of this section; or

(b) the court orders that the terms of the order should not be disclosed.

(3) If a registered practitioner has in respect of an indictable offence--

(a) been committed for trial; or

(b) been convicted or found guilty of the offence--the practitioner must notify the Board within 30 days after that commitment, conviction or finding of guilt.

(4) An applicant for registration or renewal of registration as a practitioner must ensure that details of any of the matters referred to in this section are set out in the application.


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