Section 19
Registers
of Medical Registration Act 1997
(1)
In addition to duties under the Public Sector (Governance) Act 2018, the Registrar must maintain and keep the following registers:
a register to be called “The Register of Medical Practitioners” containing —
in Part I of the Register, the names of persons registered as fully registered medical practitioners under section 20(1) and (2); and
in Part II of the Register, the names of persons registered as medical practitioners with conditional registration;
a register to be called “The Register of Specialists” containing the names of persons registered as specialists under section 22;
(ba)a register to be called “The Register of Family Physicians” containing the names of persons registered as family physicians under section 22A;
a register to be called “The Register of Temporarily Registered Medical Practitioners” containing the names of persons who are registered temporarily as medical practitioners under section 23; and
a register to be called “The Register of Provisionally Registered Medical Practitioners” containing the names of persons registered provisionally under section 24.
(2)
Each register must contain —
the names and addresses of the persons registered;
the dates of the registration of the persons;
the qualifications by virtue of which the persons are so registered and the dates they obtained such qualifications; and
such other particulars as the Medical Council may determine for that register.
(3)
The Registrar is responsible for the maintenance and custody of the registers.
(4)
Every person whose name is registered in any of the registers must inform the Registrar in writing of —
any change in the person’s name or residential address;
any change in the person’s practice address or such of the person’s other particulars as may be prescribed; or
any change or addition to the person’s qualification,within 28 days after such change or addition.
(4A)
Any person who contravenes subsection (4)(a) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000.
(4B)
A person who makes a report of a change in the person’s residential address under section 10 of the National Registration Act 1965 is deemed to have complied with subsection (4)(a) on the date on which the person makes the report.
(5)
The Registrar may disclose any information in the registers to any person prescribed by regulations made under this Act, if such disclosure is in accordance with such conditions as may be specified in those regulations.
(6)
Subsection (5) is without prejudice to any other right or duty to disclose the information under general or written law.