94IPublic statement about health care worker or health

94I Public statement about health care worker or health service (1) The commission may make a public statement in relation to a health care worker if the commission believes on reasonable grounds that there is a serious risk to the health or safety of the public in relation to— (a) a health service provided or offered by the health care worker; or (b) the health care worker being convicted of an offence under any of the following in relation to a health service provided by the health care worker: (i) the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cwlth); (ii) the Fair Trading (Australian Consumer Law) Act 1992; (iii) the Health Act 1993, section 127 (Provision of regulated health service by person not health practitioner);

(iv) the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (ACT), part 7, division 10; (v) the Public Health Act 1997. (2) The commission may make a public statement in relation to a health service if the commission believes on reasonable grounds that there is a serious risk to the health or safety of the public arising from the (3) A public statement may be made in any form. (4) A public statement made in relation to a health care worker may include any of the following: (a) the identity of the health care worker; (b) information, including a warning, about— (i) the health care worker; or (ii) the health service provided by the health care worker; (c) if the health care worker provides the health service in connection with a provider— (i) the identity of the provider; and (ii) information, including a warning, about the provider; (d) information contained in a final order made in relation to the health care worker. (5) A public statement made in relation to a health service may contain information, including a warning, about the health service generally. (6) The commission— (a) may vary or withdraw a public statement; and (b) if a statement is varied or withdrawn—must set out the reason for the variation or withdrawal in the same form as the statement was made.