sec.35EHealth assessment

### sec.35E Health assessment This section applies if the board reasonably believes a registered professional engineer (the subject engineer ) is unable to competently and safely practise as a registered professional engineer because of the engineer’s mental or physical health. The board may require the subject engineer to undergo a health assessment by a medical practitioner (the health assessor ) appointed by the board. If the board decides to require a health assessment, the board must give the subject engineer an information notice about the decision to require the assessment that includes— a stated date, time and place, for the assessment; and the name and qualifications of the health assessor appointed by the board to conduct the assessment; and the possible consequences of failing to undergo, or cooperate during, the assessment. The stated date must be no sooner than 14 days after the information notice is given to the subject engineer unless the engineer and the board agree, in writing, to an earlier date. The stated time and place must be reasonable having regard to the circumstances of the subject engineer as known to the board. s 35E ins 2008 No. 14 s 43 amd 2020 No. 24 s 153 s ch 1 pt 1 (sec.35E-ssec.1) This section applies if the board reasonably believes a registered professional engineer (the subject engineer ) is unable to competently and safely practise as a registered professional engineer because of the engineer’s mental or physical health. (sec.35E-ssec.2) The board may require the subject engineer to undergo a health assessment by a medical practitioner (the health assessor ) appointed by the board. (sec.35E-ssec.3) If the board decides to require a health assessment, the board must give the subject engineer an information notice about the decision to require the assessment that includes— a stated date, time and place, for the assessment; and the name and qualifications of the health assessor appointed by the board to conduct the assessment; and the possible consequences of failing to undergo, or cooperate during, the assessment. (sec.35E-ssec.4) The stated date must be no sooner than 14 days after the information notice is given to the subject engineer unless the engineer and the board agree, in writing, to an earlier date. (sec.35E-ssec.5) The stated time and place must be reasonable having regard to the circumstances of the subject engineer as known to the board. - (a) a stated date, time and place, for the assessment; and - (b) the name and qualifications of the health assessor appointed by the board to conduct the assessment; and - (c) the possible consequences of failing to undergo, or cooperate during, the assessment.