Medical Practitioners Amendment Act 1967

Public Act		1967 No 94
Date of assent		23 November 1967

	Title
1	Short Title
2	Constitution of Medical Council
3	Temporary registration of practitioners visiting New Zealand
	Administrative information

An Act to amend the Medical Practitioners Act 1950

BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

1 Short Title

This Act may be cited as the Medical Practitioners Amendment Act 1967, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Medical Practitioners Act 1950 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

2 Constitution of Medical Council

(1)

Section 3 of the principal Act is hereby amended by repealing paragraph (c) of subsection (2), and substituting the following paragraphs:

“(bb)

The Dean of the Faculty of Medicine in the University of Auckland:

“(c)

Six registered medical practitioners to be appointed by the Governor-General, of whom two shall be appointed on the advice of the Minister given on the recommendation of the Medical Association of New Zealand.”

(2)

Section 2 of the principal Act is hereby consequentially amended by repealing the definition of the term “Association”, and substituting the following definition:

“‘Association’ means the Medical Association of New Zealand:”.

3 Temporary registration of practitioners visiting New Zealand

(1)

Section 25a of the principal Act (as inserted by section 2(1) of the Medical Practitioners Amendment Act 1954) is hereby amended by repealing subsection (2), and substituting the following subsection:

“(2)

Notwithstanding anything in this Act, if the Council is satisfied that any person is or will be visiting New Zealand for the purpose of obtaining post-graduate experience as a practitioner of medicine or surgery, or of carrying out research in medicine or surgery, in any hospital or other institution approved by the Council for the purposes of this section, and—

“(a)

That he is qualified for registration as a medical practitioner under this Act; or

“(b)

That he is the holder of a degree, diploma, or other qualification granted by any University or institution outside New Zealand and recognised by the Council for the purposes of this section as evidence that the holder has sufficient knowledge and experience for the efficient practice of medicine and surgery,—

“the Council may, if it thinks fit, on payment, if required by the Council, of any fee that may be prescribed for the purposes of this subsection, issue to him a certificate of temporary registration entitling him to practice as a medical practitioner, for such period as may be determined by the Council and specified in the certificate, in such hospital or institution as may be specified in the certificate.”

(2)

The said section 25a of the principal Act is hereby further amended by inserting in subsection (4), before the words “No fee”, the words “Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section”.

This Act is administered in the Department of Health.

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