Health Workforce Australia Act 2009
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In this Act:
Board means the Board of Health Workforce Australia.
CEO means the Chief Executive Officer of Health Workforce Australia.
Chair means the Chair of the Board.
eligible clinical training means clinical training of a kind specified in a legislative instrument made under subsection 5(3).
eligible student means a student of a kind specified in a legislative instrument made under subsection 5(3).
government‑nominated member means a member of the kind referred to in paragraph 10(b) or (c).
health workforce means the body of individuals providing, or employed to provide, to the Australian public:
(a) professional health care services; or
(b) professional services ancillary to health care.
member means a member of the Board and includes the Chair.
Ministerial Conference means the body known as the Australian Health Ministers’ Conference on the day on which this definition commences.