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MADAM SPEAKER, THE HEALTH LEGISLATION (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) BILL 1994 AMENDS THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS BOARDS (PROCEDURES) ACT 1981, THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS BOARDS (ELECTIONS) ACT 1980 AND THE HEALTH COMPLAINTS ACT 1993 TO MAKE CHANGES CONSEQUENTIAL TO THE AMENDMENTS MADE TO LEGISLATION REGULATING MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS, NURSES, CHIROPRACTORS AND OSTEOPATHS, VETERINARY SURGEONS, PHARMACISTS, PHYSIOTHERAPISTS, OPTOMETRISTS AND DENTISTS, AND THE INTRODUCTION OF LEGISLATION REGULATING PODIATRISTS AND PSYCHOLOGISTS.
AMENDMENTS TO HEALTH PROFESSIONS REGISTRATION LEGISLATION WERE MADE IN ORDER TO FULFIL THE TERRITORYS COMMITMENT TO INTRODUCE A UNIFORM APPROACH TO THE REGULATION OF HEALTH OCCUPATIONS ACROSS ALL STATES AND TERRITORIES AND WHICH WERE AGREED TO BY AUSTRALIAN HEALTH MINISTERS.
SPECIFICALLY THE HEALTH LEGISLATION (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) BILL 1994 INCLUDES THE PODIATRISTS BOARD AND PSYCHOLOGISTS BOARD AS BOARDS UNDER THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS BOARDS (PROCEDURES) ACT 1981 AND UNDER THE HEALTH COMPLAINTS ACT 1993.
THIS WILL MEAN THAT THESE BOARDS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE PROVISIONS OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS BOARDS (PROCEDURES) ACT 1981 IN RELATION TO THE STATUS AND MEMBERSHIP OF BOARDS, MEETINGS OF BOARDS, PROCEEDINGS BEFORE BOARDS AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS IN THAT ACT. IT WILL ALSO MEAN THAT ANY INQUIRIES INTO THE CONDUCT OF A REGISTERED PODIATRIST OR PSYCHOLOGIST CONDUCTED BY THE RELEVANT BOARD WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE CARRIED OUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH PART IV OF THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS BOARDS (PROCEDURES) ACT 1981.
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