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DISABILITY SERVICE SAFEGUARDS ACT 2018 (NO. 38 OF 2018) - SECT 209

Board may ask registered disability worker for information

    (1)     The Board may request by notice in writing a registered disability worker to give to the Board the following information in writing—

        (a)     if the disability worker is self-employed and shares premises with registered health practitioners or other registered disability workers with whom the disability worker shares the cost of the premises—

              (i)     that the disability worker is self-employed; and

              (ii)     the address of each of the premises from which the disability worker practises as a disability worker; and

              (iii)     if the disability worker practises as a disability worker under a business name or names, each business name; and

              (iv)     the names of the registered health practitioners and other registered disability workers with whom the disability worker shares premises;

        (b)     if the registered disability worker is self-employed and paragraph (a) does not apply—

              (i)     that the disability worker is self-employed; and

              (ii)     the address of each of the premises from which the disability worker practises as a disability worker; and

              (iii)     if the disability worker practises as a disability worker under a business name or names, each business name;

        (c)     if the disability worker is engaged by
one or more entities under a contract of employment, a contract for services or any other arrangement or agreement, the name, address and contact details of each entity;

        (d)     if the disability worker practises as a disability worker for or on the behalf of one or more entities, whether in an honorary capacity, as a volunteer or otherwise, and if the disability worker receives payment from an entity, the name, address and contact details of each entity;

        (e)     if the disability worker practises as a disability worker under a name or names that are not the same as the name under which the disability worker is registered under this Act, the other name or names;

        (f)     details of the disability worker's continued competence to practise as a disability worker;

        (g)     details of any complaint or notification made against the disability worker to a relevant entity;

        (h)     whether the disability worker has been refused an NDIS worker screening check clearance;

              (i)     whether the disability worker's NDIS worker screening check clearance has been suspended or revoked;

        (j)     whether the disability worker is the subject of an interim bar in relation to an NDIS worker screening check clearance;

        (k)     whether the disability worker is subject to a banning order under the NDIS Act;

        (l)     whether the disability worker is the subject of a prohibition order.

    (2)     The registered disability worker must not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with the notice from the Board.

    (3)     A contravention of subsection (2) by a registered disability worker does not constitute an offence but may constitute behaviour for which health, conduct or performance action may be taken.

    (4)     In this section—

"premises from which the disability worker practises as a disability worker" does not include the residential premises of a person to whom disability services are provided by the disability worker.



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