Medical Practitioners Bill 2007

for the purpose of better protecting and informing the public in its dealings with medical practitioners and, for that purpose, to introduce measures, in addition to measures providing for the registration and control of medical practitioners, to better ensure the education, training and competence of medical practitioners, to amend the membership and functions of the Medical Council, to investigate complaints against medical practitioners and to increase the public accountability of the Medical Council; and, for that purpose, to repeal and replace the Medical Practitioners Acts 1978 to 2002 and to provide for related matters