24Notification of pecuniary interests—the Act, s 58

24 Notification of pecuniary interests—the Act, s 58

24 Notification of pecuniary interests—the Act, s 58

(1) For the Act, section 58(2), a practitioner who is required to notify a person of the practitioner’s pecuniary interest in a private health facility must notify the person of the interest—

(a) by a statement made by the practitioner to the person, and

(b) by written notice given by the practitioner to the person, and

(c) by a notice displayed at the private health facility, and

(d) by a notice displayed in each office or other professional premises of the practitioner.

(2) The statement or notice must—

(a) include the full name of the practitioner to whom the notice relates, and

(b) identify the private health facility in which the practitioner has a pecuniary interest, and

(c) specify the nature and extent of the interest.

(3) A notice referred to in subsection (1)(c) or (d) must—

(a) be at least 2,500cm2, and

(b) contain text in plain, bold characters that are—

(i) at least 1cm high, and

(ii) of a colour that contrasts with the colour of the notice’s background, and

(c) for a notice referred to in subsection (1)(c)—be displayed conspicuously in—

(i) the waiting room, or

(ii) every room where the practitioner to whom the notice relates attends to patients or other persons, and

(d) for a notice referred to in subsection (1)(d)—be displayed conspicuously.