HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION NATIONAL LAW (ACT)
220Disclosure to protect health or safety of patients or other
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220 Disclosure to protect health or safety of patients or other persons (1) This section applies if a National Board reasonably believes that— (a) either of the following poses, or may pose, a risk to public health— (i) a registered health practitioner;
(ii) a person who provides a health service but is not a registered health practitioner; or (b) the health or safety of a patient or class of patients is or may be at risk because of— (i) a registered health practitioner’s practice as a health (ii) the provision of a health service by a person who is not a (2) The National Board may give written notice of the risk and any relevant information about a person mentioned in subsection (1) (a) or (b) to an entity of the Commonwealth or a State or Territory that the Board considers may be required to take action in relation to the risk.