Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

HEALTH ACT 1993 - SECT 59

    (1)     A scope of clinical practice committee has the following functions:

        (a)     to decide—

              (i)     whether to credential a doctor or dentist for a health facility; and

              (ii)     the terms on which a doctor or dentist is credentialled;

        (b)     to define, and review, the scope of clinical practice of a doctor or dentist credentialled for a health facility;

        (c)     to review the scope of clinical practice of a doctor or dentist if the CEO of a health facility refers the doctor or dentist's scope of clinical practice to the committee under section 69 (5);

        (d)     to immediately withdraw or amend the scope of clinical practice of a doctor or dentist credentialled for a health facility in accordance with this Act;

        (e)     any other function given to the committee under this Act.

    (2)     A reference in this section to credentialling a doctor or dentist includes re-credentialling the doctor or dentist.

    (3)     A scope of clinical practice committee must, as far as practicable, exercise its functions under subsection (1) (a), (b) and (c) in accordance with the Standard.

    (4)     In this section:

"credential", in relation to a doctor or dentist, means endorse the doctor or dentist (the practitioner ) to provide health services based on verification and assessment of the practitioner's qualifications, experience, skill, professional standing and any other relevant professional attributes.

"Standard" means the Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care, Standard for Credentialling and Defining the Scope of Clinical Practice, published in July 2004.