103Establishment of health panel

103 Establishment of health panel

(1) The Board may establish a health panel if—

(a) the Board reasonably believes, because of a complaint or notification or for any other reason, that a registered disability worker or disability student has, or may have, an impairment which detrimentally affects—

(i) the registered disability worker's capacity to practise in a safe manner; or

S. 103(1)(a)(ii) amended by No. 17/2020 s. 13(3).

(ii) the disability student's capacity to undertake supervised practice in a safe manner; and

(b) the Board decides that it is necessary or appropriate for the matter to be referred to a health panel.

(2) The Board must establish a health panel if the suspension of a registered disability worker's or disability student's registration is to be reconsidered under section 113(8) or 114(c).

(3) A health panel must consist of the following members chosen from a list referred to in section 105—

(a) at least one member who is a registered disability worker;

(b) at least one member who is a registered medical practitioner with expertise relevant to the matter that is the subject of the hearing;

(c) at least one member who is not, and has never been, a registered disability worker.

(4) No more than half of the members of the health panel may be registered disability workers.

(5) A person must not be appointed to the health panel if the person has been involved in any proceeding relating to the matter that is the subject of the hearing by the panel.