Mental Health Act 2016
sec.655Termination of appointment
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sec.655 Termination of appointment
The Governor in Council may terminate the appointment of an assisting clinician if the Governor in Council is satisfied the assisting clinician— has become incapable of performing the assisting clinician’s duties; or has performed the assisting clinician’s duties carelessly, incompetently or inefficiently; or has been guilty of misconduct that could warrant dismissal from the public service if the assisting clinician were a public service officer. The Governor in Council must terminate the appointment of an assisting clinician if the assisting clinician— no longer has the qualifications or experience necessary to perform an assisting clinician’s functions; or a psychiatrist stops holding specialist registration in the specialty of psychiatry under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law is convicted of an indictable offence. (sec.655-ssec.1) The Governor in Council may terminate the appointment of an assisting clinician if the Governor in Council is satisfied the assisting clinician— has become incapable of performing the assisting clinician’s duties; or has performed the assisting clinician’s duties carelessly, incompetently or inefficiently; or has been guilty of misconduct that could warrant dismissal from the public service if the assisting clinician were a public service officer. (sec.655-ssec.2) The Governor in Council must terminate the appointment of an assisting clinician if the assisting clinician— no longer has the qualifications or experience necessary to perform an assisting clinician’s functions; or a psychiatrist stops holding specialist registration in the specialty of psychiatry under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law is convicted of an indictable offence.
- (a) has become incapable of performing the assisting clinician’s duties; or
- (b) has performed the assisting clinician’s duties carelessly, incompetently or inefficiently; or
- (c) has been guilty of misconduct that could warrant dismissal from the public service if the assisting clinician were a public service officer.
- (a) no longer has the qualifications or experience necessary to perform an assisting clinician’s functions; or Example— a psychiatrist stops holding specialist registration in the specialty of psychiatry under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law
- (b) is convicted of an indictable offence.