New South Wales Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

MEDICAL PRACTICE ACT 1992 - SECT 105

105 Use of misleading titles etc

(1) A person who is not a registered medical practitioner must not take or use any name, initials, word, title, addition, description or symbol which having regard to the circumstances in which it is taken or used indicates or is capable of being understood to indicate or is calculated to lead persons to infer that:

(a) the person possesses a degree, diploma, or other qualification of a nature which would entitle the person to be registered as a medical practitioner, or

(b) the person is registered as a medical practitioner under this Act.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.

(2) A person who is not a registered medical practitioner must not advertise himself or herself, or hold himself or herself out, to be a registered medical practitioner, doctor of medicine, physician, surgeon, legally or duly qualified medical practitioner, qualified medical practitioner or medical practitioner.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.

(3) A person who is not a registered medical practitioner must not advertise or hold himself or herself out to be entitled, qualified, able or willing to practise medicine or surgery in any of its branches or to give or perform any medical or surgical advice, service, attendance or operation.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.

(4) This section does not apply to an advertisement or holding out by any member of a life-saving, ambulance or first-aid association that is a charitable institution, or by a member of a mine rescue organisation, in relation to the lawful exercise of his or her functions or duties as a member of the association or organisation.

(5) Proceedings for an offence against this section may be commenced at any time within 2 years after the alleged commission of the offence.