HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 134
Evidence of identity
HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 134
Evidence of identity
134 Evidence of identity
(1) A National Board may, at any time, require a
registered health practitioner to provide evidence of the practitioner's
identity.
(2) A requirement under subsection (1) must be made by written
notice given to the registered health practitioner.
(3) The registered health
practitioner must not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with the
notice.
(4) A contravention of subsection (3) by a registered health
practitioner does not constitute an offence but may constitute behaviour for
which health, conduct or performance action may be taken.
(5) If a registered
health practitioner gives a National Board a document as evidence of the
practitioner's identity under this section, the Board may, by written notice,
ask the entity that issued the document--
(a) to confirm the validity of the
document; or
(b) to give the Board other information relevant to the
practitioner's identity.
(6) An entity given a notice under subsection (5) is
authorised to provide the information requested.
