Queensland Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 2005 - SECT 213H

213H Prohibition of conversion therapy

(1) A person who is a health service provider must not perform conversion therapy on another person.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—

(a) if the other person is a vulnerable person—150 penalty units or 18 months imprisonment; or

(b) otherwise—100 penalty units or 12 months imprisonment.

(2) An offence against subsection (1) is a misdemeanour.

(3) In this section—

"vulnerable person" means—

(a) a child; or

(b) a person who has impaired capacity within the meaning of the Guardianship and Administration Act 2000 for making decisions about a particular service offered by a health service provider; or

(c) a person with an impairment that is likely to significantly limit the person’s ability to understand a particular service offered by a health service provider.