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OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY PRACTICE ACT 2005 (NO 51 OF 2005) - SECT 53

53—Registered person etc must declare interest in prescribed business

        (1)         A registered person or prescribed relative of a registered person who has an interest in a prescribed business must—

            (a)         in the case of an interest that came into existence before the commencement of this section—within 1 month after the commencement of this section; or

            (b)         in any other case—within 1 month after the interest comes into existence,

give to the Board prescribed information relating to the interest and the manner in which it arose.

Maximum penalty: $20 000.

        (2)         A registered person or prescribed relative of a registered person who has an interest in a prescribed business must, within 1 month after a change in the nature or extent of the interest, give to the Board prescribed information relating to the change.

Maximum penalty: $20 000.

        (3)         If a registered person or prescribed relative of a registered person has an interest in a prescribed business, the registered person must not—

            (a)         refer a patient to, or recommend that a patient use, a health service provided by that business; or

            (b)         prescribe, or recommend that a patient use, a health product manufactured, sold or supplied by that business,

unless the registered person has informed the patient, in writing, of the interest of the registered person or prescribed relative of the registered person in that business.

Maximum penalty: $20 000.

        (4)         Subject to subsection (5), a person has an interest in a prescribed business for the purposes of this section if the person is likely to derive a financial benefit, whether directly or indirectly, from the profitable conduct of the business.

        (5)         For the purposes of subsection (4)—

            (a)         a financial benefit is not derived by a registered person if the benefit consists solely of reasonable fees payable to the registered person for occupational therapy provided to patients by the registered person; and

            (b)         a person does not have an interest in a prescribed business that is carried on by a public company if the interest consists only of a shareholding in the company of less than 5 per cent of the issued share capital of the company.

        (6)         It is a defence to proceedings for an offence against subsection (3) and to a charge of unprofessional conduct for failure to comply with that subsection for the defendant to prove that he or she did not know and could not reasonably have been expected to know that a prescribed relative had an interest in the prescribed business to which the referral, recommendation or prescription that is the subject of the proceedings relates.



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