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DISABILITY SERVICE SAFEGUARDS ACT 2018 (NO. 38 OF 2018) - SECT 156

Unsuitability to hold general registration

The Board may decide that an individual is not a suitable person to hold general registration if—

        (a)     the individual has an impairment that detrimentally affects the individual's capacity to practise as a disability worker in a safe manner; or

        (b)     having regard to the individual's criminal history to the extent that it is relevant, the individual is not an appropriate person to practise as a disability worker and it is not in the public interest for the individual to practise as a disability worker; or

        (c)     the individual's competency in speaking or otherwise communicating in English is not sufficient for the individual to practise as a disability worker; or

        (d)     the individual's registration as a disability worker (however described) or as another type of health practitioner in another jurisdiction is suspended or cancelled on a ground for which an adjudication body could suspend or cancel the individual's registration in Victoria; or

        (e)     the individual is subject to a prohibition or banning order under a law of the Commonwealth or a State or Territory in relation to the provision of health services or disability services or other services involving the care of children; or

        (f)     the nature, extent, period and recency of any previous practice as a disability worker by the individual is not sufficient to meet the requirements specified in a relevant approved registration standard; or

        (g)     the individual fails to meet any other requirement in a relevant approved registration standard about the suitability of individuals to be registered as disability workers or the ability to practise as a disability worker in a competent and safe manner; or

        (h)     in the Board's opinion, taking into account any other factors, the individual—

              (i)     is not a fit and proper person for registration as a disability worker; or

              (ii)     is unable to practise as a disability worker in a competent and safe manner.



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