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PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 2010 - SECT 103

Advertising of health services if person is de-registered or subject to a prohibition order

103 Advertising of health services if person is de-registered or subject to a prohibition order

(cf 1991 Act, s 10AL)

(1) A person must not advertise a health service that is to be provided by a de-registered health practitioner unless the advertisement specifies that the health practitioner's registration under health registration legislation has been cancelled, or is suspended, as the case may be.
: Maximum penalty--100 penalty units, or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.
(2) A person must not advertise a health service that is to be provided by a health practitioner or relevant health organisation subject to a prohibition order unless the advertisement specifies that the health practitioner or relevant health organisation is subject to the order.
: Maximum penalty--100 penalty units, or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.
(3) A person is not guilty of an offence under this section if the person did not know, and could not reasonably have known, that--
(a) the health practitioner had been de-registered or was subject to a prohibition order, or
(b) the relevant health organisation was subject to a prohibition order.



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