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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2001 Week 8 Hansard (9 August) . . Page.. 2962 ..
Medical Board of the ACT
Established under: Medical Practitioners Act 1930
Date established: 1930
Terms of operation: Health Professions Boards (Procedures) Act 1981
Reports to:
Minister for Health, Housing and Community ServicesTerms of Reference
To administer the Medical Practitioners Act 1930 and:register suitably qualified medical practitioners to enable them to practise in the ACT;
discipline medical practitioners, after due inquiry on specific grounds through suspension/cancellation of registration, cautioning or reprimanding the practitioner, ordering the practitioner to seek or undergo medical or psychiatric treatment or counselling, imposing on the practitioner's registration such conditions relating to the practise of medicine as it considers appropriate, ordering the practitioner to complete specified educational courses, ordering the practitioner to report on his/her medical practice at the times, in the manner and to persons nominated by the Board or ordering the practitioner to seek and follow advice, in relation to the management of his/her medical practice from persons specified by the Board;
consideration of complaints against registered practitioners and reviewing accounts for fees for medical services; and
general monitoring of the conduct of the profession in the ACT.
The Board comprises a Chairperson and three professional members, plus two community representatives one of whom must be a solicitor appointed by the Minister for Health, Housing and Community Services in accordance with the Health Professions Boards (Procedures) Act 1981 and three members elected by the profession registered in the ACT in accordance with the Health Professions Boards (Elections) Act 1980 giving a total of nine (9) on the Board.
Membership
Member Position Remuneration
(include title) (eg Chair, Member)
Dr Heather Munro Chair Nil
Dr Tony Sangster Member Nil
Dr Lybus Hillman Member Nil
Dr Brenda Tait Member Nil
Dr Hilton Stone Elected Member Nil
Dr Robert Lones Elected Member Nil
Dr Stephen Bradshaw Elected Member Nil
Mr Ian Curlewis QC Member Nil
Ms R Chenoweth Rieteke Member Nil
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