repealed—1.2.2010 to 30.6.2010—Nursing and Midwifery Practice Act 2008
Nursing and Midwifery Board of South Australia—Part 2
Board's procedures—Division 5
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(3) A meeting of the Board (other than for the purposes of hearing and determining
proceedings under Part 4) will be chaired by the presiding member or, in his or her
absence, by the deputy presiding member and, in the absence of both the presiding
member and the deputy presiding member, the members present at a meeting of the
Board must choose 1 of their number to preside at the meeting.
(4) A decision carried by a majority of the votes cast by members of the Board at a
meeting is a decision of the Board.
(5) Each member present at a meeting of the Board has 1 vote on any question arising for
decision and, except in hearing and determining proceedings under Part 4, the member
presiding at the meeting may exercise a casting vote if the votes are equal.
(6) A conference by telephone or other electronic means between the members of the
Board will, for the purposes of this section, be taken to be a meeting of the Board at
which the participating members are present if—
(a) notice of the conference is given to all members in the manner determined by
the Board for the purpose; and
(b) each participating member is capable of communicating with every other
participating member during the conference.
(7) A proposed resolution of the Board becomes a valid decision of the Board despite the
fact that it is not voted on at a meeting of the Board if—
(a) notice of the proposed resolution is given to all members of the Board in
accordance with procedures determined by the Board; and
(b) a majority of the members express concurrence in the proposed resolution by
letter, telegram, telex, fax, email or other written communication setting out
the terms of the resolution.
(8) However, subsections (6) and (7) do not apply in relation to the hearing and
determination of proceedings under Part 4 by the Board as constituted for the purposes
of proceedings under that Part.
(9) The Board must have accurate minutes kept of its meetings.
(10) Subject to this Act, the Board may determine its own procedures.
18—Conflict of interest under Public Sector (Honesty and Accountability) Act
A member of the Board will not be taken to have a direct or indirect interest in a
matter for the purposes of the Public Sector (Honesty and Accountability) Act 1995 by
reason only of the fact that the member has an interest in the matter that is shared in
common with persons registered or enrolled under this Act generally, or a substantial
section of persons registered or enrolled under this Act.
19—Powers of Board in relation to witnesses etc
(1) For the purposes of proceedings before the Board (including an application for
registration or reinstatement of registration), the Board may—
(a) by summons signed on behalf of the Board by a member of the Board or the
Registrar, require the attendance before the Board of a person whom the
Board thinks fit to call before it; or