Queensland Consolidated Acts

HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION NATIONAL LAW (QUEENSLAND) - SECT 144

144 Grounds for voluntary notification

(1) A voluntary notification about a registered health practitioner may be made to the health ombudsman on any of the following grounds—

(a) that the practitioner’s professional conduct is, or may be, of a lesser standard than that which might reasonably be expected of the practitioner by the public or the practitioner’s professional peers;

(b) that the knowledge, skill or judgment possessed, or care exercised by, the practitioner in the practice of the practitioner’s health profession is, or may be, below the standard reasonably expected;

(c) that the practitioner is not, or may not be, a suitable person to hold registration in the health profession, including, for example, that the practitioner is not a fit and proper person to be registered in the profession;

(d) that the practitioner has, or may have, an impairment;

(e) that the practitioner has, or may have, contravened this Law;

(f) that the practitioner has, or may have, contravened a condition of the practitioner’s registration or an undertaking given by the practitioner to a National Board;

(g) that the practitioner’s registration was, or may have been, improperly obtained because the practitioner or someone else gave the National Board information or a document that was false or misleading in a material particular.

Editor’s note—

This subsection is an amended Queensland provision.

(2) A voluntary notification about a student may be made to the health ombudsman on the grounds that—

(a) the student has been charged with an offence, or has been convicted or found guilty of an offence, that is punishable by 12 months imprisonment or more; or

(b) the student has, or may have, an impairment; or

(c) that the student has, or may have, contravened a condition of the student’s registration or an undertaking given by the student to a National Board.

Editor’s note—

This subsection is an amended Queensland provision.