206Professional indemnity insurance arrangements

206 Professional indemnity insurance arrangements

(1) A registered disability worker must not practise as a disability worker unless appropriate professional indemnity insurance arrangements are in place.

(2) The Board may require, at any time by written notice, a registered disability worker to give the Board evidence of the appropriate professional indemnity insurance arrangements that are in place.

(3) A registered disability worker must not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with a written notice given to the disability worker under subsection (2).

(4) A contravention of subsection (1) or (3) by a registered disability worker does not constitute an offence but may constitute behaviour for which health, conduct or performance action may be taken.

(5) In this section—

registered disability worker does not include a disability worker who holds non-practising registration.