Eligibility to act as coordinating practitioner or consulting practitioner
17 Eligibility to act as coordinating practitioner or consulting practitioner
In this section —
general registration means general registration under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Western Australia) in the medical profession;
limited registration means limited registration under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Western Australia) in the medical profession;
provisional registration means provisional registration under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Western Australia) in the medical profession;
specialist registration means specialist registration under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Western Australia) in the medical profession in a recognised specialty.
A medical practitioner is eligible to act as a coordinating practitioner or consulting practitioner for a patient if —
the medical practitioner —
holds specialist registration, has practised the medical profession for at least 1 year as the holder of specialist registration and meets the requirements approved by the CEO for the purposes of this subparagraph; or
holds general registration, has practised the medical profession for at least 10 years as the holder of general registration and meets the requirements approved by the CEO for the purposes of this subparagraph; or
is an overseas-trained specialist who holds limited registration or provisional registration and meets the requirements approved by the CEO for the purposes of this subparagraph;
and
the medical practitioner is not a family member of the patient; and
the medical practitioner does not know or believe that the practitioner —
is a beneficiary under a will of the patient; or
may otherwise benefit financially or in any other material way from the death of the patient, other than by receiving reasonable fees for the provision of services as the coordinating practitioner or consulting practitioner for the patient.
The CEO must publish the requirements approved for the purposes of subsection (2)(a)(i), (ii) and (iii) on the Department’s website.
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