40—Obligation to report medical unfitness or unprofessional conduct of
occupational therapist or occupational therapy student
(1) If—
(a) a
health professional who has treated, or is treating, a patient who is an
occupational therapist or occupational therapy student; or
(b) a
person who provides occupational therapy through the instrumentality of an
occupational therapist or occupational therapy student; or
(c) the
person in charge of an educational institution at which an
occupational therapy student is enrolled in a course of study providing
qualifications for registration on the register of occupational therapists,
is of the opinion that the occupational therapist or occupational therapy
student is or may be medically unfit to provide occupational therapy, the
person must submit a written report to the Board setting out his or her
reasons for that opinion and any other information required by the
regulations.
Maximum penalty: $10 000.
(2) If an
occupational therapy services provider or exempt provider is of the opinion
that an occupational therapist or occupational therapy student through whom
the provider provides occupational therapy has engaged in
unprofessional conduct, the provider must submit a written report to the Board
setting out the provider's reasons for that opinion and any other information
required by the regulations.
Maximum penalty: $10 000.
(3) The Board must
cause a report made under this section to be investigated.
(4) In this
section—
"health professional" means—
(a) a
medical practitioner; or
(b) a
psychologist; or
(c) any
other person who belongs to a profession, or who has an occupation, declared
by the Board, by notice in the Gazette, to be a profession or occupation
within the ambit of this definition.