Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts(1) This section applies if a complaint about a veterinary surgeon, or an application by the veterinary surgeon for a condition review, is referred to a personal assessment panel.
(2) The personal assessment panel must—
(a) take reasonable steps to talk to the veterinary surgeon about the complaint or application; and
(b) give the veterinary surgeon an opportunity to respond to information given to the panel.
(3) The personal assessment panel may make the inquiries, and obtain the information the panel needs, from anywhere the panel considers appropriate.
Note The personal assessment panel must consider any information provided by the veterinary surgeon to whom the matter relates (see s 73 (2)).
(4) The personal assessment panel may ask the veterinary surgeon to undergo a medical, psychiatric or psychological examination or test for the assessment and, if the veterinary surgeon undergoes the examination or test, must consider the results.
(5) If the veterinary surgeon undergoes a medical, psychiatric or psychological examination or test when asked to do so by the personal assessment panel, the board must pay any fee for the examination or test, but is not liable to pay any fee for further consultation or services the veterinary surgeon is referred to.