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11  Subsections 95(3), (4) and (5)
Repeal the subsections, substitute:
 (3) Subject to subsection (4), the other Panel members referred to in paragraph (1)(b) must also be:
 (a) if the practitioner rendered or initiated the referred services as a consultant physician in a particular specialty—consultant physicians in relation to that specialty; or
 (b) if the practitioner rendered or initiated the referred services as a specialist (other than a consultant physician) in a particular specialty—specialists in relation to that specialty; or
 (c) if the practitioner rendered or initiated the referred services as a general practitioner—general practitioners.
 (4) If the practitioner rendered or initiated the referred services as more than one kind of medical practitioner mentioned in subsection (3), then:
 (a) each other Panel member referred to in paragraph (1)(b) must be a medical practitioner of at least one of those kinds; and
 (b) those members must, in combination with each other, be medical practitioners of each of those kinds.
Example 1: A practitioner renders referred services as a consultant physician in 2 different specialties. Subsection (4) is satisfied if:
(a) one other Panel member is a consultant physician in the first specialty and one other Panel member is a consultant physician in the second specialty; or
(b) both other Panel members are consultant physicians in both specialties.
Example 2: A practitioner renders referred services as a consultant physician in a particular specialty and as a general practitioner. Subsection (4) is satisfied if:
(a) one other Panel member is a consultant physician in that specialty and one other Panel member is a general practitioner; or
(b) both other Panel members are consultant physicians in that specialty and general practitioners.