Health Identifiers Act 2014

Amendment of section 57 of Medical Practitioners Act 2007

38. Section 57 (amended by section 34 of the Act of 2013) of the Medical Practitioners Act 2007 is amended—

(a) in subsection (1) —

(i) by substituting “Subject to subsection (1A), a person” for “A person”, and

(ii) by substituting the following for paragraph (fa):

“(fa) a failure to comply with—

(i) regulations made under section 13 (2) of the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013 , or

(ii) a provision of the Health Identifiers Act 2014 applicable to the practitioner in his or her capacity (if any) as a health services provider within the meaning of section 2 of that Act.”,

and

(b) by inserting the following after subsection (1):

“(1A) A complaint shall not be made by a person other than the Minister if the ground concerned is a registered medical practitioner’s failure to comply with a provision referred to in subsection (1) (fa) (ii).”.