Queensland Consolidated Acts

HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION NATIONAL LAW (QUEENSLAND) - SECT 178

178 National Board may take action

(1) This section applies if—

(a) a National Board reasonably believes, because of a complaint or for any other reason—

(i) the way a registered health practitioner registered in a health profession for which the Board is established practises the health profession, or the practitioner’s professional conduct, is or may be unsatisfactory; or

(ii) a registered health practitioner or student registered in a health profession for which the Board is established has or may have an impairment; or

(iii) a 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

(iv) a student has or may have contravened a condition of the student’s registration or an undertaking given by the student to a National Board; or

(v) a registered health practitioner’s registration was improperly obtained because the practitioner or someone else gave the Board information or a document that was false or misleading in a material particular; and

Editor’s note—

This paragraph is an amended Queensland provision.

(b) the matter is not required under division 12 , subdivision 1 to be referred to the health ombudsman or a responsible tribunal, including because of a decision made under section 193C that it is not in the public interest; and

Editor’s note—

This paragraph is a substituted Queensland provision.

(c) the Board decides it is not necessary or appropriate to refer the matter to a panel.

(2) The National Board may decide to take one or more of the following actions (
"relevant action" ) in relation to the registered health practitioner or student—

(a) caution the registered health practitioner or student;

(b) accept an undertaking from the registered health practitioner or student;

(c) impose conditions on the practitioner’s or student’s registration, including, for example, in relation to a practitioner—

(i) a condition requiring the practitioner to complete specified further education or training within a specified period; or

(ii) a condition requiring the practitioner to undertake a specified period of supervised practice; or

(iii) a condition requiring the practitioner to do, or refrain from doing, something in connection with the practitioner’s practice; or

(iv) a condition requiring the practitioner to manage the practitioner’s practice in a specified way; or

(v) a condition requiring the practitioner to report to a specified person at specified times about the practitioner’s practice; or

(vi) a condition requiring the practitioner not to employ, engage or recommend a specified person, or class of persons;

(d) refer the matter to another entity, including, for example, a health complaints entity, for investigation or other action.

(3) If the National Board decides to impose a condition on the registered health practitioner’s or student’s registration, the Board must also decide a review period for the condition.