(1) The evidence to be provided by a natural person applying for general registration as a medical practitioner is as follows ¾

(a) the name of the applicant and the date and place of birth of the applicant;

(b) evidence of the identity of the applicant;

(c) the names and addresses of 2 persons who will vouch for the good fame and character of the applicant;

(d) if the applicant has been registered as a medical practitioner elsewhere, a certificate of good standing from the body administering the law under which medical practitioners are registered in that State or country;

(e) evidence of the educational qualifications that entitle the applicant to registration and evidence that these qualifications have not been withdrawn;

(f) where a period of service is relevant in relation to registration, evidence of that service;

(g) evidence that the applicant has not been convicted of any offence in this State or elsewhere;

(h) evidence that the applicant is not addicted to any deleterious drugs and that the applicant has not been declared an inebriate under any law;

(i) evidence that the applicant has not been refused registration elsewhere.

(1a) The evidence to be provided by a natural person applying for conditional registration under section 11AB, 11AC, 11AD, 11AE or 11AF of the Act, is, in addition to the evidence required under subrule (1), as follows ¾

(a) the section of the Act under which the applicant is applying; and

(b) if the application is made under section 11AF of the Act, the specific category of conditional registration for which the applicant is applying and evidence in support of that application.

(2) The evidence to be provided in respect of a body corporate applying for registration as a medical practitioner is as follows ¾

(a) the name, registered office and place (or places) of business of the body corporate;

(b) the names and addresses of the members of the body corporate specifying which of the members are registered medical practitioners;

(c) evidence of the identity, good fame and character of the members of the body corporate who are not medical practitioners;

(d) the names of the principal executive officer of the body corporate;

(e) the name of the medical practitioner in whose control the affairs of the body corporate is vested;

(f) the name of every person who is not a medical practitioner who holds shares in the body corporate, evidence of his or her identity and the name of the medical practitioner on whose behalf the shares are held; and

(g) the proposed memorandum and articles of the body corporate indicating the clauses in those documents providing ¾

(i) for the responsibility for the control of the affairs of the body corporate in relation to the practice of medicine; and

(ii) that no person other than a medical practitioner has authority over professional matters.

(3) An application referred to in subrule (2) shall be accompanied by ¾

(a) the proposed memorandum and articles of association of the proposed body corporate;

(b) evidence of the registration under the Act of the medical practitioners who are members of the body corporate;

(c) where it is proposed to use a business name, the proposed business name and evidence of the reservation of that name;

(d) if any person who is proposing to be a director or officer of the body corporate is not a medical practitioner, 2 references as to the characters of each such person; and

(e) if any shares in the proposed body corporate are to be held by any person who is not a medical practitioner, the name of that person and on whose behalf those shares are to be held and the trust deed setting out the terms of the trust.

(4) In subrule (1) }general registration~ means registration which is not subject to any condition.

[Rule 12 amended in Gazettes 17 November 1989 pp.4093-94; 20 January 1995 pp.220-21.]