Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00156:section:19aa:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00156
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 19AA (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 161077–162702

the person is registered under section 3GA; or
 (b) in such other circumstances (which may include circumstances relating to the period during which, or the location in which, services are rendered) as are specified in the regulations.
 (4) For the purposes of this section, a registered medical practitioner who, on 1 November 1996:
 (a) was a registered medical practitioner who had not commenced, or who had not completed, training as an intern; or
 (b) was not an Australian citizen or a permanent resident within the meaning of the Migration Act 1958;
is taken to have first become a registered medical practitioner on 1 November 1996.
 (5) In this section:
intern means a registered medical practitioner who is undertaking:
 (a) a period of internship (by whatever name called); or
 (b) a period of supervised training (by whatever name called);
under a law of a State or Territory specified in the regulations (whether or not the registered medical practitioner is a resident in a hospital for some or all of that period).
professional service does not include:
 (a) a service of a kind referred to in paragraph (b), (ba) or (c) of the definition of professional service in subsection 3(1); or
 (b) a professional service (as defined in subsection 3(1)) that is constituted by assistance at an operation.
registered medical practitioner means a person:
 (a) registered under the National Law in the medical profession; or
 (b) registered or licensed as a medical practitioner under a law of a State or Territory that provided for the registration or licensing of medical practitioners (within the meaning of that law).