Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

HEALTH PROFESSIONALS ACT 2004 (NO. 38 OF 2004) - SECT 64

    (1)     The health professions tribunal may, by order, do 1 or more of the following in relation to a person to whom an application relates:

        (a)     counsel, caution or reprimand the person;

        (b)     require the person to undergo stated medical, psychiatric or psychological assessment, counselling or both;

        (c)     impose on the person's registration any condition that the tribunal considers appropriate to protect the public;

        (d)     require the person to take part in a review of the person's professional practice;

        (e)     require the person to complete a stated educational or other stated professional development course;

        (f)     require the person to report on the person's practice at stated times, in the way stated and to a named person;

        (g)     require the person to seek and take advice from a stated entity about the management of the person's practice;

        (h)     require the supervision, monitoring or reporting about the effect of something the person is required to do by the tribunal;

              (i)     accept a voluntary undertaking from the person;

        (j)     require the relevant health profession board to suspend the person's registration for a stated period.

        (k)     cancel the person's registration;

        (l)     if the person is not registered—declare that, if the person had been registered, the tribunal would have found that the person had contravened the required standard of practice or did not satisfy the suitability to practise requirements.

Note     If an unregistered person is found to have contravened a required standard of practice, or to not satisfy the suitability to practise requirements, this may be taken into consideration if the person applies for registration (see the regulations).

    (2)     Also, the health professions tribunal may make any other order it considers appropriate.

    (3)     As soon as practicable after making an order under this section in a proceeding, the health professions tribunal must give written notice of the order to the parties to the proceeding.

    (4)     The health professions tribunal may also give written notice of the order to anyone else with a legitimate interest in the proceeding, for example, an entity responsible for registration of health professionals in a local jurisdiction.

Note     An example is part of the Act, is not exhaustive and may extend, but does not limit, the meaning of the provision in which it appears (see Legislation Act, s 126 and s 132).