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139EMeaning of “professional misconduct” [NSW]
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139E Meaning of “professional misconduct” [NSW]
139E Meaning of “professional misconduct” [NSW]
For the purposes of this Law, professional misconduct of a registered health practitioner means—
(a) unsatisfactory professional conduct of a sufficiently serious nature to justify suspension or cancellation of the practitioner’s registration; or
(b) more than one instance of unsatisfactory professional conduct that, when the instances are considered together, amount to conduct of a sufficiently serious nature to justify suspension or cancellation of the practitioner’s registration.