Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Queensland)
sec.206National Board to give notice to registered health practitioner’s employer and other entities
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sec.206 National Board to give notice to registered health practitioner’s employer and other entities
This section applies if— a National Board— decides to take health, conduct or performance action against a registered health practitioner; or receives notice from a panel, or from the responsible tribunal hearing a matter to which the health ombudsman is not a party, that the panel or tribunal has decided to take health, conduct or performance action against a registered health practitioner; and This paragraph is an amended Queensland provision. the National Board has been given practice information under section 132 or becomes aware of practice information it should have been given under that section. If the practice information given to the National Board, or of which the Board becomes aware, is information referred to in paragraph (a) of the definition of practice information in section 132 (4) and includes the names of other registered health practitioners, the Board, as soon as practicable after an event specified in subsection (1) (a) occurs, may give written notice of the decision to— the named registered health practitioners with whom the practitioner currently shares premises and the cost of the premises; and the named registered health practitioners with whom the practitioner previously shared premises and the cost of the premises if the Board reasonably believes the practitioner’s health, conduct or performance while the practitioner shared the premises with the registered health practitioners posed— a risk of harm to a person or a class of persons; or a risk to public health or safety. If the practice information given to the Board, or of which the Board becomes aware, is information referred to in paragraph (b) of the definition of practice information in section 132 (4) , the Board, as soon as practicable after an event specified in subsection (1) (a) occurs— if the registered health practitioner has a current practice arrangement with an entity named in the information—must give written notice of the decision to the entity; or if the practitioner had a previous practice arrangement with an entity named in the information—may give written notice of the decision to the entity if the Board reasonably believes the practitioner’s health, conduct or performance while the practitioner had a practice arrangement with the entity posed— a risk of harm to a person or a class of persons; or a risk to public health or safety. In this section— decision means a decision of a National Board or adjudication body to take health, conduct or performance action against a registered health practitioner. s 206 amd 2013 No. 36 s 326 ; 2017 No. 32 s 39 ; 2022 No. 22 s 84 (sec.206-ssec.1) This section applies if— a National Board— decides to take health, conduct or performance action against a registered health practitioner; or receives notice from a panel, or from the responsible tribunal hearing a matter to which the health ombudsman is not a party, that the panel or tribunal has decided to take health, conduct or performance action against a registered health practitioner; and This paragraph is an amended Queensland provision. the National Board has been given practice information under section 132 or becomes aware of practice information it should have been given under that section. (sec.206-ssec.2) If the practice information given to the National Board, or of which the Board becomes aware, is information referred to in paragraph (a) of the definition of practice information in section 132 (4) and includes the names of other registered health practitioners, the Board, as soon as practicable after an event specified in subsection (1) (a) occurs, may give written notice of the decision to— the named registered health practitioners with whom the practitioner currently shares premises and the cost of the premises; and the named registered health practitioners with whom the practitioner previously shared premises and the cost of the premises if the Board reasonably believes the practitioner’s health, conduct or performance while the practitioner shared the premises with the registered health practitioners posed— a risk of harm to a person or a class of persons; or a risk to public health or safety. (sec.206-ssec.3) If the practice information given to the Board, or of which the Board becomes aware, is information referred to in paragraph (b) of the definition of practice information in section 132 (4) , the Board, as soon as practicable after an event specified in subsection (1) (a) occurs— if the registered health practitioner has a current practice arrangement with an entity named in the information—must give written notice of the decision to the entity; or if the practitioner had a previous practice arrangement with an entity named in the information—may give written notice of the decision to the entity if the Board reasonably believes the practitioner’s health, conduct or performance while the practitioner had a practice arrangement with the entity posed— a risk of harm to a person or a class of persons; or a risk to public health or safety. (sec.206-ssec.4) In this section— decision means a decision of a National Board or adjudication body to take health, conduct or performance action against a registered health practitioner.