National registration legislative proposals need more work and more time

Arnold, Peter C

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03513.x

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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

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>
2. Productivity Commission. Australia’s health workforce: research report. Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia, 2005. http://www.pc.gov.au/projects/study/healthworkforce/docs/finalreport (accessed Oct 2009).
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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