Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00534:section:34zb:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00534
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 34ZB (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 125805–127983

after the day on which the rules in question are registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.
 (4A) A person is taken, for the purposes of paragraph (2)(c), to have ceased the person's practice as a medical practitioner because of maternity if and only if:
 (a) the person:
 (i) is pregnant; or
 (ii) has given birth; or
 (iii) is recovering from a pregnancy (including a miscarriage or a stillbirth); and
 (b) another person who is a medical practitioner has certified, in the form approved by the Chief Executive Medicare, that the person is pregnant, has given birth or is recovering from a pregnancy, as the case requires; and
 (c) the person has ceased all practice as a medical practitioner:
 (i) because she is pregnant; or
 (ii) in order to care for one or more children to whom she has given birth; or
 (iii) in order to recover from the pregnancy; and
 (d) any other requirements specified in the rules have been met.
 (4B) A person is taken, for the purposes of paragraph (2)(d), to have ceased the person's practice as a medical practitioner because of permanent disability if and only if:
 (a) the person has incurred an injury, or suffers from an illness, that is permanent, or is likely to be permanent; and
 (b) as a result of the injury or illness, the person can no longer practise in the area of medicine in which he or she had (at the time of the injury or illness) chosen to practise and been qualified to practise; and
 (c) another person who is a medical practitioner has certified, in the form approved by the Chief Executive Medicare, that the person:
 (i) has incurred an injury, or suffers from an illness, that is permanent, or is likely to be permanent; and
 (ii) can no longer practise in that area of medicine; and
 (d) the person has permanently ceased all practice as a medical practitioner.
 (4C) For the purposes of paragraph (4B)(b), if registration in respect of that area of medicine is required in order to practise in that area of medicine in the place where the person would have practised, the person is not taken to be qualified in that area of medicine unless he or she is so registered.

Subdivision B—Run‑off cover indemnities