156Unsuitability to hold general registration

156 Unsuitability to hold general registration

The Board may decide that an individual is not a suitable person to hold general registration if—

(a) the individual has an impairment that detrimentally affects the individual's capacity to practise as a disability worker in a safe manner; or

S. 156(b) substituted by No. 9/2023 s. 134.

(b) having regard to one of the following, the individual is not an appropriate person to practise as a disability worker and it is not in the public interest for the individual to practise as a disability worker—

(c) the individual's competency in speaking or otherwise communicating in English is not sufficient for the individual to practise as a disability worker; or

(d) the individual's registration as a disability worker (however described) or as another type of health practitioner in another jurisdiction is suspended or cancelled on a ground for which an adjudication body could suspend or cancel the individual's registration in Victoria; or

(e) the individual is subject to a prohibition or banning order under a law of the Commonwealth or a State or Territory in relation to the provision of health services or disability services or other services involving the care of children; or

(f) the nature, extent, period and recency of any previous practice as a disability worker by the individual is not sufficient to meet the requirements specified in a relevant approved registration standard; or

(g) the individual fails to meet any other requirement in a relevant approved registration standard about the suitability of individuals to be registered as disability workers or the ability to practise as a disability worker in a competent and safe manner; or

(h) in the Board's opinion, taking into account any other factors, the individual—

(i) is not a fit and proper person for registration as a disability worker; or

(ii) is unable to practise as a disability worker in a competent and safe manner.