Health Care Liability Act 2001
19Medical practitioners must be covered by approved professional indemnity insurance
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19 Medical practitioners must be covered by approved professional indemnity insurance
19 Medical practitioners must be covered by approved professional indemnity insurance
(1) A person is not entitled to practise as a medical practitioner in NSW unless the person is covered by approved professional indemnity insurance.
(2) (Repealed)
(3) Practising as a medical practitioner in NSW without being covered by approved professional indemnity insurance is, for the purposes of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW), unsatisfactory professional conduct.
(4) This section does not apply to or in respect of a medical practitioner who is not required under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW) to be covered by professional indemnity insurance.
(5) (Repealed)
s 19: Am 2010 No 34, Sch 2.23 [5]–[8]; 2017 No 50, Sch 5.15.