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Niue (Director of Health) Amendment Act 2009

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NIUE (DIRECTOR OF HEALTH) AMENDMENT ACT 2009

Act No. 299

An Act to amend the Niue Act 1966 to provide for the appointment of the Director of Health to manage and administer the operations of the Health Department.

1. Title

This is the Niue Amendment (Director of Health) Act 2009.

2. Amendment to the Director of Health

Section 23 of the Niue Act 1966 is repealed and replaced by the following -

"23 Director of Health
(1) The Niue Public Service Commission shall appoint a Director of Health who shall be the administrative head of the Department of Health and responsible in Niue for the administration of all laws relating to public health, mental health, hospitals, medical and surgical services, the quarantine of persons, and all other operations of the Department.
(2) The Niue Public Service Commission in appointing a Director of Health must be satisfied that the appointee has qualifications, proven ability and work experience in medicine or management, or a combination of both, appropriate for the performance of the functions of Director of Health.
(3) An acting Director of Health shall, during the subsistence of his appointment, perform all the duties, exercise all the powers, and carry out all the functions of the Director of Health. whether conferred by this Act or any other enactment."

3. New Section 24 - Appointment of Medical Officers

The following section is added to the Niue Act 1966

"24 Medical officers
(1) The Niue Public Service Commission shall appoint medical officers and such other employees as are necessary for the provision of medical services on Niue.
(2) A medical officer so appointed must meet the requirements under section 21."

I, ATAPANA SIAKIMOTU, Speaker of the Niue Assembly, hereby certify that the requirements of Article 34 of the Niue Constitution have been duly complied with.

SIGNED AND SEALED at the Assembly Chambers this 11th day of May 2009.

Speaker of the Niue Assembly

COUNTERSIGNED in the presence of the Speaker

Clerk of the Niue Assembly

The Niue Assembly passed this Act on the 6th day of May 2009.