36Application for practitioner's licence

36 Application for practitioner's licence

(1)  [Section 36 Subsection (1) amended by No. 29 of 2022, s. 50, Applied:14 Dec 2022] Subject to subsection (6) , an application for a practitioner's licence is to be made to the Administrator in an approved form and is to be accompanied by the prescribed fee.

(2)  The application –

(a) is to state the occupation or occupations and class or classes of prescribed work for which the licence is sought; and

(b) is to be accompanied by any information required by the Administrator about –

(i) the applicant's qualifications and experience in carrying out prescribed work of the relevant occupation and class; and

(ii) [Section 36 Subsection (2) amended by No. 26 of 2016, s. 29, Applied:01 Jan 2017] the applicant's capacity and fitness, including whether the applicant has a sound and stable financial background, to carry out prescribed work of that occupation and class; and

(iii) the maintenance of the applicant's skills and continuing professional development.

(3)  The Administrator may, as a condition of granting a practitioner's licence, require the applicant to show satisfactory completion of an approved course of training.

(4)  A person who completes an approved course of training may, subject to subsection (5) , continue to carry out prescribed work until he or she is granted a practitioner's licence or such other time as may be determined by the Administrator, whichever first occurs.

(5)  The prescribed work referred to in subsection (4)  –

(a) is to be work to which the completed approved course of training relates; and

(b) is to be supervised by a practitioner of the relevant occupation and class.

(6)  [Section 36 Subsection (6) inserted by No. 29 of 2022, s. 50, Applied:14 Dec 2022] A person who is entitled to hold a practitioner's licence by virtue of holding deemed registration is not required to make an application for the practitioner's licence in accordance with this Act.