196Decision by responsible tribunal about registered health

196 Decision by responsible tribunal about registered health (1) After hearing a matter about a registered health practitioner, a responsible tribunal may decide— (a) the practitioner has no case to answer and no further action is to be taken in relation to the matter; or (b) one or more of the following— (i) the practitioner has behaved in a way that constitutes unsatisfactory professional performance; (ii) the practitioner has behaved in a way that constitutes unprofessional conduct; (iii) the practitioner has behaved in a way that constitutes professional misconduct; (iv) the practitioner has an impairment;

(v) the practitioner’s registration was improperly obtained because the practitioner or someone else gave the National Board established for the practitioner’s health profession information or a document that was false or misleading in a material particular; or (2) If a responsible tribunal makes a decision referred to in subsection (1) (b), the tribunal may decide to do one or more of the following— (a) caution or reprimand the practitioner; (b) impose a condition on the practitioner’s registration, including, for example— further education or training, or to undergo counselling, within a specified period; or or recommend a specified person, or class of persons, (c) require the practitioner to pay a fine of not more than $30,000 to the National Board that registers the practitioner; (d) suspend the practitioner’s registration for a specified period; (e) cancel the practitioner’s registration.

(3) If the responsible tribunal decides to impose a condition on the practitioner’s registration, the tribunal must also decide a review period for the condition. (4) If the tribunal decides to cancel a person’s registration under this Law or the person does not hold registration under this Law, the tribunal may also decide to do one or more of the following— (a) disqualify the person from applying for registration as a registered health practitioner for a specified period; (b) prohibit the person, either permanently or for a stated period, from doing either or both of the following— (i) providing any health service or a specified health service; (ii) using any title or a specified title; (c) impose restrictions, either permanently or for a stated period, on the provision of any health service or a specified health service by the person.