18BCase mix auditors

18B Case mix auditors S. 18B(1) amended by Nos 46/1998 s. 7(Sch. 1) (as amended by No. 12/1999 s. 3(Sch. 1 item 12)), 108/2004 s. 117(1) (Sch. 3 item 96.1). (1) The Secretary may engage— S. 18B(1)(a) substituted by No. 22/2016 s. 233. (a) a registered health practitioner within the meaning of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law; or S. 18B(1)(b) amended by No. 46/1998 s. 7(Sch. 1). (b) a person with qualifications which, in the opinion of the Secretary are appropriate, and who belongs to a class of persons designated for the purpose of this paragraph by the Governor in Council by Order published in the Government Gazette— to be a case mix auditor on any terms and conditions that the Secretary thinks fit, and the **Public Administration Act 2004** does not apply to any person in respect of an appointment under this subsection. S. 18B(2) amended by No. 46/1998 s. 7(Sch. 1). (2) The Secretary may designate an authorised officer to be a case mix auditor. S. 18B(3) amended by No. 46/1998 s. 7(Sch. 1). (3) The Secretary must issue to a case mix auditor a copy of his or her authorisation to act as a case mix auditor. S. 18C inserted by No. 112/1993 s. 6.