Queensland Consolidated Acts

HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION NATIONAL LAW (QUEENSLAND) - SECT 127A

127A When matters under this subdivision may be decided by review body of a co-regulatory jurisdiction

(1) This section applies if—

(a) a condition has been imposed on a registered health practitioner’s or student’s registration or endorsement, or an undertaking has been given by the practitioner or student; and

(b) a change or removal of the condition, or change or revocation of the undertaking, would usually be decided under this Subdivision; and

(c) the National Board that imposed the condition, or to which the undertaking was given, considers the change or removal, or change or revocation, should be decided by a review body of a co-regulatory jurisdiction.

(2) The National Board may—

(a) decide that any change or removal, or change or revocation, may be decided by the review body of a co-regulatory jurisdiction; and

(b) give any relevant documents or information held by the Board to the review body.

(3) If a review body of a co-regulatory jurisdiction agrees to decide a matter instead of the Board, the review body must decide the matter under the laws of that jurisdiction.

(4) In this section—

"review body" means an entity declared by an Act or regulation of a co-regulatory jurisdiction to be a review body for this section.