Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts(1) A personal assessment panel provides a way for a health professional whose mental or physical health may be affecting the health professional's ability to meet the required standard of practice to get help in dealing with the health problem proactively while ensuring that the public is protected.
(2) Because a personal assessment panel is intended to work cooperatively with the health professional it assesses, a health professional may choose not to take part in an assessment by the panel or may refuse to agree with a recommendation of the panel.
(3) A personal assessment panel established by a health profession board may recommend to the board that a condition be placed on a health professional's registration only with the agreement of the health professional (see section 101).
(4) If the health professional does not agree with a recommendation of the personal assessment panel, the lack of agreement must be noted in the referral of the recommendation to the health profession board for possible further action (see section 99).