220Disclosure to protect health or safety of patients or other persons

220 Disclosure to protect health or safety of patients or other persons

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 practitioner; or

(ii) the provision of a health service by a person who is not a registered health practitioner.

(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.

s 220: Subst 2017 No 32, sec 43.