Queensland Consolidated Acts

HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION NATIONAL LAW (QUEENSLAND) - SECT 82

82 Decision about application

(1) After considering an application for registration and any submissions made in accordance with a notice under section 81 , a National Board established for a health profession must—

(a) decide to grant the applicant the type of registration in the health profession applied for if the applicant is eligible for that type of registration under a relevant section; or

(b) decide to grant the applicant a type of registration in the health profession, other than the type of registration applied for, for which the applicant is eligible under a relevant section; or

(c) decide to refuse to grant the applicant registration in the health profession if—

(i) the applicant is ineligible for registration in the profession under a relevant section because the applicant—

(A) is not qualified for registration; or

(B) has not completed a period of supervised practice in the health profession, or an examination or assessment required by the Board to assess the individual’s ability to practise the profession; or

(C) is not a suitable person to hold registration; or

(D) is disqualified under this Law from applying for registration, or being registered, in the health profession; or

(E) does not meet a requirement for registration stated in an approved registration standard for the profession; or

(ii) it would be improper to register the applicant because the applicant or someone else gave the National Board information or a document in relation to the application that was false or misleading in a material particular.

(2) In this section—

"relevant section" means section 52 , 57 , 62 , 65 or 73 .