To the Editor: Having been closely involved with the initiation of the practitioner impairment and performance processes of the New South Wales Medical Board, I appreciate Breen’s generous remarks about the efficiency and fairness of the existing medical boards’ processes.1
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- New South Wales Medical Board, Sydney, NSW.
Correspondence: parnold@ozemail.com.au
- 1. Breen KJ. National registration legislative proposals need more work and more time. Med J Aust 2009; 191: 464-465. <MJA full text>
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- 3. Wooldridge M. Senate committee report on Medicare provider number issue [media release]. 26 Nov 1996. http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/health-archive-mediarel-1996-mw10796.htm (accessed Jan 2010).
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