Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00827:clause:2_3d
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00827
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 3D
Character Range: 5457–6865

3D  Recognition as specialists of members of certain organisations on advice from the organisation

 (1) A medical practitioner is taken to be recognised as a specialist in a particular specialty, for the purposes of this Act, if a relevant organisation in relation to the specialty gives the Managing Director of the Commission written notice stating that the medical practitioner meets the criteria for the specialty (see subsection (2)).

 (2) A medical practitioner meets the criteria for a specialty if the medical practitioner:
 (a) is domiciled in Australia; and
 (b) is a fellow of a relevant organisation in relation to the specialty; and
 (c) has obtained, as a result of successfully completing an appropriate course of study, a relevant qualification in relation to the relevant organisation.

 (3) The Managing Director of the Commission must notify the medical practitioner as soon as reasonably practicable of his or her recognition as a specialist in the specialty.

 (4) This section does not limit section 3DB.

 (5) In this section:

relevant organisation, in relation to a specialty, means an organisation declared by the regulations to be a professional organisation in relation to the specialty.

relevant qualification, in relation to a relevant organisation, means a qualification declared by the regulations to be a relevant qualification in relation to the relevant organisation.