New South Wales Consolidated Acts

HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 26A

26A Setting of fees in health profession agreements [NSW]

(1) For the purposes of section 26, if the Ministerial Council gives a fees policy direction that provides a registration fee is to separately identify a registration and accreditation element and a complaints element, the amount of the complaints element for registration fees payable by NSW health practitioners for a particular health profession is to be decided by the Council established for that profession, with the approval of the Minister.

Note--: The Ministerial Council gave a fees policy direction on 13 November 2009 that provided that the registration fees payable under this Law were to separately identify the registration and accreditation elements and the complaints element of the fees.

(2) In this section--

"complaints element" means a component for the costs of operating the health, performance and conduct process under Part 8.

"fees policy direction" means a direction given to the National Agency and the National Boards about the policies to be applied in entering into a health profession agreement about registration fees.

"NSW health practitioner" means--

(a) a registered health practitioner whose principal place of practice is in this jurisdiction; or

(b) an applicant for registration whose application for registration includes a declaration under section 77(3) that--

(i) the applicant will predominantly practise the profession in this jurisdiction; or

(ii) the applicant's principal place of residence is in this jurisdiction.

"registration fee" means a relevant fee payable by a health practitioner for registration or renewal of registration under this Law.

Note--: This section is an additional New South Wales provision.