Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2015L01799:reg:17
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2015L01799
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 17
Character Range: 19602–21190

17      Initial assessment and recommendation by panel: Doctor of Medicine

(1)    This section applies if the Dean of the ANU Medical School establishes a panel under this Part for an application made by a person to be admitted as a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Medicine.

(2)    The panel must assess whether the applicant's published work appears, prima facie, to be worthy of examination for the degree.

(3)    The Dean may, in writing, require or permit the panel to obtain stated information in relation to the application.

(4)    The panel must make its assessment having regard to the applicant's application and any information obtained under subsection (3).

(5)    Without limiting subsections (3) and (4), the panel must not seek referee reports for the applicant unless it is required or permitted to do so under subsection (3).

(6)    If the panel's assessment is that the applicant's published work appears, prima facie, to be worthy of examination for the degree, the panel must recommend to the Dean that the applicant be admitted as a candidate for the degree.

(7)    If the panel's assessment is that the applicant's published work does not appear, prima facie, to be worthy of examination for the degree, the panel must recommend to the Dean that the applicant not be admitted as a candidate for the degree.

(8)    If the panel recommends that the applicant not be admitted as a candidate for the degree, the Dean must, by written notice given to the applicant, tell the applicant that the applicant has not been admitted as a candidate for the degree.