New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION (NEW SOUTH WALES) REGULATION 2016 - REG 16

16 Notice of mental incapacity of registered health practitioner or student

(1) For the purposes of section 151 of the Law, the person required to cause notice to be given of a registered health practitioner or student becoming a mentally incapacitated person, or being involuntarily admitted to a mental health facility, is--

(a) for a registered health practitioner or student who is a mentally incapacitated person, and becomes a patient at a mental health facility because of that incapacity, or is involuntarily admitted to a mental health facility--the medical superintendent of the facility, or

(b) for a registered health practitioner or student who is a protected person under the NSW Trustee and Guardian Act 2009 --the NSW Trustee and Guardian.

(2) The notice must specify--

(a) the name and residential address of the registered health practitioner or student, and

(b) the date on which the registered health practitioner or student--

(i) was admitted to the facility at which the health practitioner or student is a patient, or

(ii) became a protected person.

(3) The notice must be given--

(a) by telephone on the next business day after the day on which the registered health practitioner or student is admitted to the facility or becomes a protected person to the Executive Officer of the Council for the health profession in which the registered health practitioner or student is registered (the
"applicable health profession" ), and

(b) by post within 7 business days after the day on which the registered health practitioner or student is admitted to the facility or becomes a protected person to the Executive Officer of the Council, and the National Board, for the applicable health profession.