Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Queensland)
sec.79Power to check applicant’s criminal history
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sec.79 Power to check applicant’s criminal history
Before deciding an application for registration, a National Board must check the applicant’s criminal history. For the purposes of checking an applicant’s criminal history, a National Board may obtain a written report about the criminal history of the applicant from any of the following— ACC; a police commissioner; an entity in a jurisdiction outside Australia that has access to records about the criminal history of persons in that jurisdiction. A criminal history law does not apply to a report about an applicant’s criminal history under subsection (2) . s 79 amd 2017 No. 32 s 12 (sec.79-ssec.1) Before deciding an application for registration, a National Board must check the applicant’s criminal history. (sec.79-ssec.2) For the purposes of checking an applicant’s criminal history, a National Board may obtain a written report about the criminal history of the applicant from any of the following— ACC; a police commissioner; an entity in a jurisdiction outside Australia that has access to records about the criminal history of persons in that jurisdiction. (sec.79-ssec.3) A criminal history law does not apply to a report about an applicant’s criminal history under subsection (2) .
- (a) ACC;
- (b) a police commissioner;
- (c) an entity in a jurisdiction outside Australia that has access to records about the criminal history of persons in that jurisdiction.