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Table 2 National Law definition of student impairment

From: Fitness-to-practice concerns in rural undergraduate medical education: a qualitative study

Section 5 of the National Law defines ‘impairment’ when the student:

‘…has a physical or mental impairment, disability, condition or disorder (including substance abuse or dependence) that detrimentally affects or is likely to detrimentally affect the student’s capacity to undertake clinical training:

a) As part of the approved program of study in which the student is enrolled; or

 

b) Arranged by an education provider