Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A person (the first person) must not, in relation to another person who the first person knows or ought reasonably to know is not a specialist registrant, or a provisional specialist registrant, in a specialty, use a restricted specialist title for the specialty.
Maximum penalty--1000 penalty units.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the first person if the other person is registered as a special purpose registrant or a provisional special purpose registrant for a purpose that involves the practice of the specialty.
(3) Also, subsection (1) does not apply to the first person if the use of the restricted specialist title could not reasonably be taken to indicate the other person provides a health service.
(4) In addition, subsection (1) does not apply to the first person if--
(a) the other person is registered under the Dental Practitioners Registration Act 2001; and
(b) otherwise than in contravention of that Act, the first person uses a restricted title or restricted specialist title within the meaning of that Act in relation to the other person and the title is also a restricted specialist title within the meaning of this Act.
(5) A person (the first person) must not, in relation to another person (the second person) use the word 'specialist' or 'specialty' in circumstances that indicate, or could be reasonably understood to indicate, the second person provides professional services in an area that is not a specialty.
Maximum penalty for subsection (5)--1000 penalty units.