Health Professions Registration Bill introduced

The Hon. Cheryl Garbutt, representing the Minister for Health, The Hon Bronwyn Pike, introduced the Health Professions Registration Bill into the Legislative Assembly yesterday, and the Second Reading is scheduled to occur later today (after which a copy of the text will become available).

The First Reading noted that the purpose of the Bill is "to protect the public by providing for the registration of health practitioners and for a common system of investigations into the professional conduct, professional performance and ability to practise of registered health practitioners, to repeal various acts relating to the registration of health practitioners and for other purposes. "

ADAVB representatives are attending a briefing on this legislation this evening and further information will be the subject of an Alert and additional Blog postings subsequently.