Div 15Staged commencement for certain health professions

Division 15—Staged commencement for certain health professions 300—Application of Law to relevant health profession between commencement and 1 July 2012 (1) This Law does not apply with respect to a relevant health profession during the period starting on the commencement day and ending on 30 June 2011. (2) The following Parts of this Law do not apply with respect to a relevant health profession during the period starting on 1 July 2011 and ending on 30 June 2012— (a) Part 7, other than Division 10; (b) Part 8 to Part 11. (3) Despite subsection (2)(a), a person does not commit an offence against a provision of Division 10 of Part 7 merely because, before 1 July 2012, the person— (a) takes or uses a title, name, initial, symbol, word or description that, having regard to the circumstances in which it is taken or used, indicates or could be reasonably understood to indicate that the person is authorised or qualified to practise in a relevant health profession; or (b) uses a title that is listed in the Table to section 113 opposite a relevant health profession. 301—Ministerial Council may appoint external accreditation entity (1) The Ministerial Council may appoint an entity, other than a committee established by a National Board, to exercise an accreditation function for a relevant health profession. (2) Without limiting subsection (1), an entity that accredited courses for the purposes of registration in a relevant health profession under a corresponding prior Act may be appointed to exercise an accreditation function for the profession under this Law. (3) The National Board established for the health profession must, not later than 1 July 2015, review the arrangements for the exercise of the accreditation functions for the health profession. (4) The National Board must ensure the process for the review includes wide‑ranging consultation about the arrangements for the exercise of the accreditation functions. (5) If an entity is appointed under subsection (1) to exercise an accreditation function for a health profession, the National Board established for the profession must not, before 1 July 2015, end that entity's appointment. 302—Application of Law to appointment of first National Board for relevant professions Despite section 34(2), a person is eligible for appointment as a practitioner member of the first National Board for a relevant health profession if the person— (a) is registered in the profession under a law of a participating jurisdiction; or (b) holds a qualification that entitles the person to registration in the profession under a law of a participating jurisdiction; or (c) is otherwise eligible to apply for or hold registration in the profession under the law of a participating jurisdiction. 303—Qualifications for general registration in relevant profession (1) For the purposes of section 52(1)(a), an individual who applies for registration in a relevant health profession before 1 July 2015 is qualified for general registration in the profession if the individual— (a) holds a qualification or has completed training in the profession, whether in a participating jurisdiction or elsewhere, that the National Board established for the profession considers is adequate for the purposes of practising the profession; or (b) holds a qualification or has completed training in the profession, whether in a participating jurisdiction or elsewhere, and has completed any further study, training or supervised practice in the profession required by the Board for the purposes of this section; or (c) has practised the profession at any time between 1 July 2002 and 30 June 2012 for a consecutive period of 5 years or for any periods which together amount to 5 years. (2) This section applies despite section 53. 304—Relationship with other provisions of Law This Division applies despite any other provision of this Law but does not affect the operation of clause 30 of Schedule 7.