Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts In this Act, unless
the contrary intention appears —
application means an application for registration;
approved means approved by the Board in writing;
area of medical radiation technology
means —
(a)
medical imaging technology;
(b)
nuclear medicine technology; or
(c)
radiation therapy;
Board means the Medical Radiation Technologists
Registration Board of Western Australia established by section 4;
certificate of registration means a certificate of
registration issued under section 39;
committee means a committee established by the
Board under this Act;
complainant means a person who lodges a complaint
under section 52(1) or (2);
complaint means —
(a) a
complaint lodged under section 52(1) or (2);
(b) a
complaint referred under section 52(3);
(c) a
matter the complaints assessment committee has determined under
section 52(4) to deal with as if it were a complaint; and
(d) a
matter the Board has referred to the impairment review committee under
section 61(3);
complaints assessment committee means the
committee established under section 50;
condition includes restriction;
Corporations Act means the
Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth;
Director means the Director of the Health and
Disability Services Complaints Office appointed under the Health and
Disability Services (Complaints) Act 1995 ;
disciplinary matter means a matter referred to in
section 48;
document includes any tape, disc or other device
or medium on which information is recorded or stored;
impairment means —
(a)
mental disability;
(b)
injury;
(c)
physical illness;
impairment matter means a matter referred to in
section 49;
impairment review committee means any committee
established under section 51;
investigator means a person appointed under
section 71;
medical practitioner means a person registered
under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Western Australia) in
the medical profession;
medical radiation technologist means a person who
is registered;
medical radiation technology means medical imaging
technology, nuclear medicine technology or radiation therapy;
member of the Board includes a person acting under
Schedule 1 clause 3;
officer , in relation to a body corporate, has the
meaning given to “officer of a corporation” in the
Corporations Act section 9 but does not include an employee of the body
corporate unless the employee is concerned in the management of the body
corporate;
presiding member means the presiding member of the
Board referred to in section 6;
Radiological Council means the body established
under the Radiation Safety Act 1975 section 13;
register means the register referred to in
section 37;
registered means registered by the Board under
this Act in respect of one or more areas of medical radiation technology;
registrar means the person engaged or employed to
be registrar under section 16;
registration includes renewal of registration;
respondent means a person the subject of a
complaint;
restricted title means —
(a) in
relation to a medical radiation technologist who is registered in respect of
the area of medical imaging technology, a title that consists of, or includes,
or is an abbreviation or derivative of “medical imaging
technologist” or “radiographer” but not “industrial
radiographer”;
(b) in
relation to a medical radiation technologist who is registered in respect of
the area of nuclear medicine technology, a title that consists of, or
includes, or is an abbreviation or derivative of “nuclear medicine
technologist”; and
(c) in
relation to a medical radiation technologist who is registered in respect of
the area of radiation therapy, a title that consists of, or includes, or is an
abbreviation or derivative of “radiation therapist”.
[Section 3 amended by No. 21 of 2008
s. 679(2); No. 22 of 2008 s. 162; No. 33 of 2010
s. 60(2); No. 35 of 2010 s. 108.]