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COmmittee's Report

The committee tabled its Report No. 35, 57th Parliament - Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Surgeons) Amendment Bill 2023 on Friday, 2 June 2023. The Bill was passed on 12 September 2023.

View: Report
View: Debate on the Bill in Parliament: Transcript 12 September 2023 (starts at page 2513)
          The debate on the Bill can viewed by clicking on the movie icon within the above transcript.

About the BILL 

On 20 April 2023, Hon Yvette D’Ath MP, Minister for Health and Ambulance Services, introduced the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Surgeons) Amendment Bill 2023 into the Queensland Parliament. The Bill was referred to the Health and Environment Committee for detailed consideration.   

The Bill proposes to amend the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law to:

• protect the title ‘surgeon’ within the medical profession to safeguard the public and strengthen the regulation of cosmetic surgery in Australia; and
• clarify the decision-making authority of tribunals after hearing a matter about a registered health practitioner.

View: Explanatory speech 
View: Bill
View: Explanatory Notes
View: Statement of compatibility

Further material about the bill including any written briefings from Queensland Health, responses to submissions and questions taken on notice will be available under the Related Publications tab.

submissions

Submissions closed on Friday 12 May 2023. Submissions can be viewed under the ‘View Submissions’ tab.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further information including any written briefings from the department, responses to submissions, transcripts from proceedings and questions taken on notice are available under the Related Publications tab.

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