Health Ombudsman Act 2013
sec.273Publication of information about immediate action and QCAT decisions
Start here
Get a plain-English read of sec.273
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Health Ombudsman Act 2013.
sec.273 Publication of information about immediate action and QCAT decisions
The health ombudsman may publish, on a publicly accessible website or in another way the health ombudsman considers appropriate, information about— immediate action taken under part 7 ; or a prohibition order issued under part 8A ; or a decision of QCAT under part 10 or the National Law . Subsection (1) applies subject to any non-publication order under the QCAT Act or court order about publication of the information. The health ombudsman must not publish information that the health ombudsman considers it would be inappropriate to publish. The health ombudsman may consider it inappropriate to publish a reference to an impairment of a health practitioner that was a ground on which immediate action was taken. s 273 amd 2019 No. 38 s 59 (sec.273-ssec.1) The health ombudsman may publish, on a publicly accessible website or in another way the health ombudsman considers appropriate, information about— immediate action taken under part 7 ; or a prohibition order issued under part 8A ; or a decision of QCAT under part 10 or the National Law . (sec.273-ssec.2) Subsection (1) applies subject to any non-publication order under the QCAT Act or court order about publication of the information. (sec.273-ssec.3) The health ombudsman must not publish information that the health ombudsman considers it would be inappropriate to publish. The health ombudsman may consider it inappropriate to publish a reference to an impairment of a health practitioner that was a ground on which immediate action was taken.
- (a) immediate action taken under part 7 ; or
- (b) a prohibition order issued under part 8A ; or
- (c) a decision of QCAT under part 10 or the National Law .