Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION NATIONAL LAW (ACT) - SECT 152

    (1)     A National Board must, as soon as practicable after receiving a notification about a registered health practitioner or student, give written notice of the notification to the practitioner or student.

    (2)     The notice must advise the registered health practitioner or student of—

        (a)     the nature of the notification; and

        (b)     the powers that the board might exercise in relation to the notification; and

        (c)     the procedural rights that the health practitioner or student has under this Act.

    (2A)     If a National Board approves a form for the notice, the notice must be in the approved form.

    (3)     Despite subsection (1), the National Board is not required to give the registered health practitioner or student notice of the notification if the Board reasonably believes doing so would—

        (a)     prejudice an investigation of the notification; or

        (b)     place at risk a person's health or safety or place a person at risk of intimidation or harassment.