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HEALTH INSURANCE ACT 1973 - SECT 124EB

Qualification of members

  (1)   Subject to subsection   (2), each person selected by the Chairperson under paragraph   124EA(1)(b) or (c) must be a medical practitioner.

  (2)   A person selected by the Chairperson under paragraph   124EA(1)(b) or (c) must be:

  (a)   if the Committee is convened in relation to an approved pathology practitioner or an approved pathology authority--an approved pathology practitioner; or

  (ab)   if the Committee is convened in relation to a provider (within the meaning of section   23DZZID) of a kind of diagnostic imaging service--a medical practitioner experienced in the rendering of diagnostic imaging services; or

  (b)   if the Committee is convened in relation to a dental practitioner--a dental practitioner; or

  (ba)   if the Committee is convened in relation to a midwife--a midwife; or

  (bb)   if the Committee is convened in relation to a nurse practitioner--a nurse practitioner; or

  (c)   if the Committee is convened in relation to an optometrist--an optometrist; or

  (d)   if the Committee is convened in relation to a chiropractor--a chiropractor; or

  (e)   if the Committee is convened in relation to a physiotherapist--a physiotherapist; or

  (f)   if the Committee is convened in relation to a podiatrist--a podiatrist; or

  (g)   if the Committee is convened in relation to an osteopath--an osteopath; or

  (h)   if the Committee is convened in relation to a person who is a health professional of a kind covered by paragraph   (i) of the definition of practitioner in subsection   124B(1)--a health professional of the same kind as the person.


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