Disability Services Act 2006
sec.377Registered health practitioners
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sec.377 Registered health practitioners
This section applies to a person if, on the commencement, the person— is a registered health practitioner; and does not hold a transitioned clearance or a transitioned exclusion. However, this section does not apply to a person who is a transitioned applicant for a transitioned application on the commencement. Until a relevant event happens for the person— the person may carry out, or be engaged to carry out, disability work; and a registered NDIS provider or funded service provider may engage the person to carry out disability work; and new sections 53, 54, 59 and 61 do not apply in relation to the person carrying out disability work. Each of the following is a relevant event for the person— the person’s current health profession registration expires under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Queensland) and, at the time of the expiry, the person has not made a disability worker screening application; the person’s current health profession registration is surrendered, suspended or cancelled under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Queensland) ; the person makes a disability worker screening application and the application is decided or withdrawn or an interim bar is imposed on the person. In this section— current health profession registration means the person’s registration in a health profession under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Queensland) during the period of registration that is in effect on the commencement. s 377 ins 2020 No. 39 s 24 (sec.377-ssec.1) This section applies to a person if, on the commencement, the person— is a registered health practitioner; and does not hold a transitioned clearance or a transitioned exclusion. (sec.377-ssec.2) However, this section does not apply to a person who is a transitioned applicant for a transitioned application on the commencement. (sec.377-ssec.3) Until a relevant event happens for the person— the person may carry out, or be engaged to carry out, disability work; and a registered NDIS provider or funded service provider may engage the person to carry out disability work; and new sections 53, 54, 59 and 61 do not apply in relation to the person carrying out disability work. (sec.377-ssec.4) Each of the following is a relevant event for the person— the person’s current health profession registration expires under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Queensland) and, at the time of the expiry, the person has not made a disability worker screening application; the person’s current health profession registration is surrendered, suspended or cancelled under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Queensland) ; the person makes a disability worker screening application and the application is decided or withdrawn or an interim bar is imposed on the person. (sec.377-ssec.5) In this section— current health profession registration means the person’s registration in a health profession under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Queensland) during the period of registration that is in effect on the commencement.