6Medical corporation to appoint practitioner to be responsible for record keeping

6 Medical corporation to appoint practitioner to be responsible for record keeping

6 Medical corporation to appoint practitioner to be responsible for record keeping

(1) A medical corporation must, by written notice given to the Medical Council of New South Wales, appoint a medical practitioner to be responsible for record keeping by the corporation.

(2) It is an offence if, at any time, a medical corporation fails to have an appointment of the kind outlined in subsection (1).

Maximum penalty—2 penalty units.

(3) The notice of appointment must be accompanied by a notice of acceptance signed by the appointed person.

(4) An appointment—

(a) may be revoked by written notice given to the Medical Council—

(i) by the medical corporation, or

(ii) by or for the appointed person, and

(b) is revoked if the appointed person ceases to be a medical practitioner.

(5) If a medical corporation contravenes a provision of this part or Schedule 3, the person appointed under this section to be responsible for record keeping by the corporation at the time of the contravention is taken to have contravened the provision.