Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW)
151Referral of mental health matters to Executive Officer [NSW]
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151 Referral of mental health matters to Executive Officer [NSW]
151 Referral of mental health matters to Executive Officer [NSW]
(1) If a registered health practitioner or student is found to be a mentally ill person or a mentally disordered person in accordance with section 27 of the Mental Health Act 2007, the person prescribed by the NSW regulations must cause notice of that fact to be given to—
(a) the Executive Officer of the Council for the health profession in which the registered health practitioner or student is registered; and
(b) the National Board for the health profession in which the registered health practitioner or student is registered.
(2) The notice, and the way in which the notice is given, must comply with any requirements prescribed by the NSW regulations.
s 151: Am 2016 No 4, Sch 1 [11].