Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003

54 Application for, and conferral of, protection on quality assurance activity

• (1) The sponsor of a quality assurance activity may apply for the activity to be protected by forwarding an application to the Minister.

  (2) An application under subsection (1) must—

  • (a) comply with any requirements for the time being in force under subsection (5); and

  • (b) nominate a person who is to be responsible for the activity and who is suitable for appointment under section 55.

  (3) The Minister may from time to time, by written notice, declare a quality assurance activity to be protected on being satisfied that—

  • (a) the sponsor of the activity has duly completed an application under subsection (1); and

  • (b) the person nominated as the person responsible for the activity is suitable for appointment under section 55; and

  • (c) it is in the public interest that the protections conferred by sections 59 to 62 should apply in respect of the activity.

  (4) Every notice issued under subsection (3), unless sooner revoked, remains in force for a period of 5 years after the date on which it is issued, but this subsection does not prevent the Minister from issuing another notice in respect of the same quality assurance activity.

  (5) The Director-General of Health may from time to time, by notice in the Gazette, state requirements relating to the form, content, and quality standards of an application under subsection (1); and such requirements may, without limitation, require statements in the application to be verified by statutory declaration.