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Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (South Australia) Act 2010
Div 14Miscellaneous
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Division 14—Miscellaneous
204—Notice from adjudication body
(1) If an adjudication body, other than a court, makes a decision in relation to a health practitioner or student registered in a health profession, it must give written notice of the decision to the National Board established for the profession.
(a) the decision made by the adjudication body; and
(c) the date the decision takes effect; and
(d) any action the National Board must take to give effect to the decision.
205—Implementation of decisions
(1) A National Board must give effect to a decision of an adjudication body unless the decision is stayed on appeal.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the National Board must, if the notice given to the Board states that a health practitioner's or student's registration is cancelled, remove the practitioner's or student's name from the appropriate register kept by the Board.
206—National Board to give notice to registered health practitioner's employer and other entities
(a) a National Board—
(i) decides to take health, conduct or performance action against a registered health practitioner; or
(ii) receives notice from an adjudication body that the adjudication body has decided to take health, conduct or performance action against a registered health practitioner; or
(iii) receives notice from a co‑regulatory authority that an adjudication body in the co‑regulatory jurisdiction has decided to take health, conduct or performance action against a registered health practitioner; and
(b) 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.
(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—
(a) the named registered health practitioners with whom the practitioner currently shares premises and the cost of the premises; and
(b) 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—
(i) a risk of harm to a person or a class of persons; or
(ii) a risk to public health or safety.
(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—
(a) 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
(b) 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—
(i) a risk of harm to a person or a class of persons; or
(ii) a risk to public health or safety.
decision means a decision of a National Board or adjudication body to take health, conduct or performance action against a registered health practitioner.
207—Effect of suspension
If a person's registration as a health practitioner or student is suspended under this Law the person is taken during the period of suspension not to be registered under this Law, other than for the purposes of this Part.