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HEALTH INSURANCE ACT 1973 - SECT 3AAA

Accreditation of podiatrists

  (1)   The Minister may, in accordance with guidelines determined under subsection   (2), decide whether to accredit a podiatrist.

  (2)   The Minister may, by legislative instrument:

  (a)   determine guidelines for making a decision as to whether a podiatrist is to be accredited; and

  (b)   from time to time, vary or revoke any guidelines so made.

  (3)   A decision as to whether a podiatrist should be accredited must be made in accordance with the guidelines in force at the time the decision is made.

  (5)   As soon as practicable after making a decision to accredit, or to refuse to accredit, a podiatrist, the Minister must notify the podiatrist, in writing, of that decision. If the decision is a decision to refuse to accredit, the notification must include reasons for the refusal.


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