Health Act 1993
52Who is a practitioner for a health facility?
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52 Who is a practitioner for a health facility? (1) In this Act: practitioner, for a health facility, means— (a) a dentist for the health facility; or (b) a doctor for the health facility; or (c) an eligible midwife for the health facility; or (d) a nurse practitioner for the health facility.
dentist, for a health facility, means a dentist who— doctor, for a health facility, means a doctor who— eligible midwife, for a health facility, means a midwife who— (a) is an eligible midwife within the meaning of the Health Insurance Act 1973 (Cwlth), section 21 (Meaning of eligible midwife); and (b) either— (i) provides health services at the health facility; or (ii) uses the equipment or other facilities of the health facility to provide health services elsewhere. nurse practitioner, for a health facility, means a nurse practitioner who—