Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts(1) A health profession board may establish 1 or more personal assessment panels.
(2) The health profession board may refer a report or complaint about a registered health professional to a personal assessment panel if—
(a) the report or complaint suggests that the state of the health professional's mental or physical health, or both, may be affecting the professional's ability to meet the required standard of practice; and
(b) the board is satisfied that there are grounds for believing that, if the health professional's mental or physical health, or both, is affecting the professional's ability to meet the required standard of practice or the suitability to practise requirements, the professional may be rehabilitated.
(3) The health profession board must refer a report or complaint about a health professional to a personal assessment panel if required to do so under the Community and Health Services Complaints Act 1993 .