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DISABILITY SERVICE SAFEGUARDS ACT 2018 (NO. 38 OF 2018) - SECT 246

Information to be recorded in Register

    (1)     The Register must include the following information for each registered disability worker whose name is included in the Register

        (a)     the disability worker's sex;

        (b)     the suburb and postcode of the disability worker's principal place of practice;

        (c)     the date on which the disability worker was first registered under this Act;

        (d)     the date on which the disability worker's current registration expires;

        (e)     the type of registration held by the disability worker and the division in which the disability worker is registered;

        (f)     if the disability worker holds limited registration, the type of limited registration;

        (g)     subject to subsection (2), if the disability worker has been cautioned or reprimanded, the fact that the disability worker has been cautioned or reprimanded;

        (h)     unless the Board or a panel decides otherwise, or VCAT determines otherwise, if a condition has been imposed on the disability worker's registration or if the Board has entered into an undertaking with the disability worker, the details of the condition or undertaking;

              (i)     if the disability worker's registration is suspended, the fact that the disability worker's registration has been suspended and, if the suspension is for a specified period, the period during which the suspension applies;

        (j)     if the disability worker's registration has been endorsed, details of the endorsement and details of any condition on the endorsement;

        (k)     details of any qualifications relied on by the disability worker to obtain registration or to have the disability worker's registration endorsed;

        (l)     if the disability worker has advised the Board that the disability worker fluently speaks a language other than English, the name of the other language spoken;

        (m)     details of the disability worker's disciplinary history including but not limited to—

              (i)     any orders issued by a panel or VCAT, unless the panel decides or VCAT determines that the details are not be included; and

              (ii)     any banning order issued under section 73ZN of the NDIS Act; and

              (iii)     any prohibition order made under this Act;

        (n)     any other information which the Board considers appropriate.

    (2)     If the Register records a caution under subsection (1)(g), the details of that caution must be removed from the Register 2 years after the caution was given to the registered disability worker.

    (3)     The Register must include the following information for each disability worker whose registration is cancelled—

        (a)     the fact that the disability worker's registration is cancelled;

        (b)     the grounds on which the registration is cancelled;

        (c)     if the Board's hearing of the matter was open to the public, details of the conduct that formed the basis of the cancellation.



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