176Copy of report to be given to health practitioner or

176 Copy of report to be given to health practitioner or (1) The National Board must, as soon as practicable after receiving the assessor’s report, give a copy of the report to— (a) the registered health practitioner or student to whom it relates; or (b) if the report contains information the Board considers may, if disclosed to the practitioner or student, be prejudicial to the practitioner’s or student’s physical or mental health or wellbeing, to a medical practitioner or psychologist nominated by the practitioner or student. (2) If a medical practitioner or psychologist is given a copy of a report about a registered health practitioner or student under subsection (1) (b), the medical practitioner or psychologist must give a copy of the report to the practitioner or student as soon as it will no longer be prejudicial to the practitioner’s or student’s health or wellbeing.

(3) After the registered health practitioner or student has been given a copy of the report under subsection (1) (a) or (2), a person nominated by the Board must— (a) discuss the report with the practitioner or student; and (b) if the report makes an adverse finding about the practitioner’s practice of the profession or states that the assessor finds the practitioner has an impairment, discuss with the practitioner ways of dealing with the finding, including, for a practitioner, whether the practitioner is prepared to alter the way the practitioner practises the health profession.