Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts(1) After an inquiry about a health professional, a professional standards panel must decide whether—
(a) the health professional is contravening, or has contravened, the required standard of practice or does not satisfy the suitability to practise requirements; or
(b) the health professional is putting, or has put, public safety at risk.
(2) If the professional standards panel is satisfied that the health professional has done something mentioned in subsection (1), the panel may do 1 or more of the following:
(a) counsel, caution or reprimand the health professional;
(b) require the health professional to undergo stated medical, psychiatric or psychological assessment, counselling or both;
(c) impose on the health professional's registration a condition that the panel considers appropriate to protect the public;
(d) require the health professional to take part in a review of the health professional's professional practice;
(e) require the health professional to complete a stated educational or other stated professional development course;
(f) require the health professional to report on the professional's practice at stated times, in the way stated and to a named person;
(g) require the health professional to seek and take advice from stated entities in relation to the management of the professional's practice;
(h) require the supervision, monitoring or reporting about the effect of something the health professional is required to do by the panel;
(i) refer the report, complaint or application for condition review, along with the standards inquiry report, to the health professions tribunal;
(j) accept a stated voluntary undertaking from the health professional.
(3) If the professional standards panel acts under subsection (2), the act is an act of the health profession board.