Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

HEALTH AMENDMENT ACT 2019 (NO. 33 OF 2019) - SECT 6

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52     Who is a practitioner for a health facility?

    (1)     In this Act:

"practitioner", for a health facility, means—

        (a)     a dentist for the health facility; or

        (b)     a doctor for the health facility; or

        (c)     an eligible midwife for the health facility; or

        (d)     a nurse practitioner for the health facility.

    (2)     In this section:

"dentist", for a health facility, means a dentist who—

        (a)     provides health services at the health facility; or

        (b)     uses the equipment or other facilities of the health facility to provide health services elsewhere.

"doctor", for a health facility, means a doctor who—

        (a)     provides health services at the health facility; or

        (b)     uses the equipment or other facilities of the health facility to provide health services elsewhere.

"eligible midwife", for a health facility, means a midwife who—

        (a)     is an eligible midwife within the meaning of the Health Insurance Act 1973

(Cwlth), section 21 (Meaning of eligible midwife ); and

        (b)     either—

              (i)     provides health services at the health facility; or

              (ii)     uses the equipment or other facilities of the health facility to provide health services elsewhere.

"nurse practitioner", for a health facility, means a nurse practitioner who—

        (a)     provides health services at the health facility; or

        (b)     uses the equipment or other facilities of the health facility to provide health services elsewhere.