62CCommissioner may give information or copies of orders to other bodies or jurisdictions

62C Commissioner may give information or copies of orders to other bodies or jurisdictions

[Section 62C Inserted by No. 19 of 2018, s. 13, Applied:31 Dec 2024]

(1)  For the purposes of this Act, the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Tasmania) or a relevant law, the Commissioner may give information obtained in the course of administering this Act that is, or may be, the subject of, or relevant to, a complaint, investigation or inquiry under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Tasmania) or a relevant law to –

(a) in the case of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Tasmania), the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency established by section 23 of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Tasmania) or any relevant National Board; or

(b) in any other case –

(i) the person or body responsible for dealing with the matter under the relevant law; or

(ii) any professional body or association that the Commissioner considers relevant to the health care worker or the health care worker's area of practice.

(2)  If the Commissioner makes an interim prohibition order or a prohibition order, the Commissioner may give a copy of the order to –

(a) the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency established by section 23 of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Tasmania) or any relevant National Board; and

(b) any person or body dealing with health complaints under the jurisdiction of another State, a Territory or the Commonwealth, if the person or body has the power to make orders in the nature of the interim prohibition order or prohibition order; and

(c) any professional body or association that the Commissioner considers relevant to the health care worker or the health care worker's area of practice.

(3)  If the Commissioner publishes a public warning statement, he or she may give a copy of the statement to –

(a) the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency established by section 23 of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Tasmania) or any relevant National Board; and