sec.124Appointment of members

### sec.124 Appointment of members The Minister may appoint a person as a member only if satisfied the person— has expertise in— medicine; or nursing; or pharmacy; or psychology; or social work; or ethics; or law; or another area the Minister considers relevant to the performance of the board’s functions; or is otherwise, because of the person’s experience, knowledge or skills, likely to make a valuable contribution to the work of the board. The Minister must ensure the membership of the board— includes persons with a range of experience, knowledge and skills relevant to the board’s functions; and takes into account the social, cultural and geographic characteristics of the Queensland community; and does not include a majority of persons who are public service employees. A person may not be appointed as a member if the person— is an insolvent under administration; or has a conviction, other than a spent conviction, for an indictable offence; or is a member of the Legislative Assembly. s 124 amd 2023 No. 23 s 247 sch 1 ss 2 (2) , 40 (sec.124-ssec.1) The Minister may appoint a person as a member only if satisfied the person— has expertise in— medicine; or nursing; or pharmacy; or psychology; or social work; or ethics; or law; or another area the Minister considers relevant to the performance of the board’s functions; or is otherwise, because of the person’s experience, knowledge or skills, likely to make a valuable contribution to the work of the board. (sec.124-ssec.2) The Minister must ensure the membership of the board— includes persons with a range of experience, knowledge and skills relevant to the board’s functions; and takes into account the social, cultural and geographic characteristics of the Queensland community; and does not include a majority of persons who are public service employees. (sec.124-ssec.3) A person may not be appointed as a member if the person— is an insolvent under administration; or has a conviction, other than a spent conviction, for an indictable offence; or is a member of the Legislative Assembly. - (a) has expertise in— (i) medicine; or (ii) nursing; or (iii) pharmacy; or (iv) psychology; or (v) social work; or (vi) ethics; or (vii) law; or (viii) another area the Minister considers relevant to the performance of the board’s functions; or - (i) medicine; or - (ii) nursing; or - (iii) pharmacy; or - (iv) psychology; or - (v) social work; or - (vi) ethics; or - (vii) law; or - (viii) another area the Minister considers relevant to the performance of the board’s functions; or - (b) is otherwise, because of the person’s experience, knowledge or skills, likely to make a valuable contribution to the work of the board. - (i) medicine; or - (ii) nursing; or - (iii) pharmacy; or - (iv) psychology; or - (v) social work; or - (vi) ethics; or - (vii) law; or - (viii) another area the Minister considers relevant to the performance of the board’s functions; or - (a) includes persons with a range of experience, knowledge and skills relevant to the board’s functions; and - (b) takes into account the social, cultural and geographic characteristics of the Queensland community; and - (c) does not include a majority of persons who are public service employees. - (a) is an insolvent under administration; or - (b) has a conviction, other than a spent conviction, for an indictable offence; or - (c) is a member of the Legislative Assembly.