156CActions by Panel [NSW]

156C Actions by Panel [NSW]

156C Actions by Panel [NSW]

(1) At the completion of the performance review, the Performance Review Panel may make the recommendations to the Council about the registered health practitioner the Panel considers appropriate.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), if the Panel finds the professional performance of the registered health practitioner, or a particular aspect of the professional performance of the practitioner, is unsatisfactory, the Panel may do any one or more of the following things—

(a) impose the conditions, relating to the practitioner’s practise of the health profession, it considers appropriate on the practitioner’s registration;

(b) order the practitioner to complete an educational course specified by the Panel;

(c) order the practitioner to report on the practitioner’s practise of the health profession at the times, in the way and to the persons specified by the Panel;

(d) order the practitioner to seek and take advice, in relation to the management of the practitioner’s practice, from the persons specified by the Panel.

(3) The Panel must recommend to the Council that a complaint be made against the registered health practitioner if the Panel finds the matter—

(a) raises a significant issue of public health or safety that requires investigation by the Commission; or

(b) raises a prima facie case of professional misconduct by the practitioner, or unsatisfactory professional conduct by the health practitioner.

(4) If the Panel makes a recommendation that a complaint be made against the registered health practitioner, the Council must act in accordance with the recommendation.

(5) In any other case that the Council thinks it appropriate to do so, the Council may make a complaint in respect of a matter that has been considered by a Performance Review Panel, after consulting with the Commission.