Health Identifiers Act 2014

15.

Information to be provided by professional regulatory bodies

15. (1) A professional regulatory body shall, not later than 3 months after the date on which a class of health practitioners for which it is such body falls within paragraph (a) of the definition of “health services provider” in section 2(1), provide the Minister with all of the relevant particulars (health services provider) that it has in its possession in respect of each health practitioner who falls within that class.

(2) A professional regulatory body which has complied with subsection (1) in respect of a class of health practitioners for which it is such body shall, not later than 30 days after the date on which a health practitioner falls within that class subsequent to such compliance, provide the Minister with all of the relevant particulars (health services provider) that it has in its possession in respect of that practitioner.

(3) Where a professional regulatory body has, pursuant to subsection (1) or (2), provided the Minister with any relevant particulars (health services provider) and it subsequently comes to the attention of the body that any of those particulars were not, or are no longer, accurate (including any case where a health practitioner registered with the body ceases to be so registered, whether by reason of the death of the practitioner or for any other reason), the body shall, not later than 30 days after the inaccurate information concerned comes to its attention, give the Minister a notice—

(a) stating particulars of the inaccurate information, and

(b) if known to the regulatory body, stating the correct relevant particulars (health services provider) which should replace the inaccurate information.

(4) Subsection (3) shall, with all necessary modifications, apply to relevant particulars (health services provider) provided to the Minister pursuant to paragraph (b) of that subsection as that subsection applies to relevant particulars (health services provider) provided to the Minister pursuant to subsection (1) or (2).