New South Wales Consolidated Acts

HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 169B

169B Membership of Committee [NSW]

(1) A Committee consists of--

(a) 2 registered health practitioners who--

(i) are registered in the same health profession as the relevant health practitioner the subject of the proceedings before the Committee; and

(ii) have the qualifications, if any, prescribed by the NSW regulations for that profession; and

(b) one person who is an Australian lawyer and not a registered health practitioner and who is to be appointed by the Council as Chairperson of the Committee; and

(c) one person, appointed from among a panel of persons for the time being nominated by the Minister, who--

(i) is not a registered health practitioner or student in the same health profession as the relevant health practitioner the subject of the proceedings before the Committee; and

(ii) has not at any time been registered as a health practitioner or student in that health profession under this Law or a corresponding prior Act.

(2) A person who is a member of the Council may not be appointed to sit on a Committee.

(3) A member of a Committee, while sitting on the Committee, is entitled to be paid by the Council at a rate decided by the Minister.

(4) The rate must be decided by the Minister in consultation with the Council.