Disability Service Safeguards Act 2018
242Disclosure to protect health or safety of persons with a disability or other persons
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242 Disclosure to protect health or safety of persons with a disability or other persons
(1) This section applies if the Board or the Commission reasonably believes that—
(a) a disability worker or a disability student poses, or may pose, a risk to public health; or
(b) the health or safety of a person with a disability or a class of persons with a disability is or may be at risk because of the manner in which a disability worker provides disability services or a disability student engages in supervised practice.
(2) The Board or the Commissioner may give written notice of the risk and any relevant information about the disability worker or disability student to an entity established under an Act of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory that the Board or Commissioner considers may be required to take action in relation to the risk.