Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2013

Public bill · Private Member · Introduced

The Bill would require specified medical practitioners to have professional indemnity cover, including cover for claims made after they stop practising. The Medical Council would set the rules, check compliance, require evidence before registration, investigate breaches and penalise doctors who practise without cover, helping protect patients if something goes wrong.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to provide for mandatory professional indemnity cover for certain medical practitioners; to confer additional functions on the Medical Council; and for that purpose to amend and extend the Medical Practitioners Act 2007 and to provide for related matters

Last updated 9 August 2018