HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 150J
Powers of Council to obtain information, records and evidence [NSW[#93]
HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 150J
Powers of Council to obtain information, records and evidence [NSW[#93]
150J Powers of Council to obtain information, records and evidence [NSW[#93]
(1) If, in a Council's opinion, a person is capable of giving information,
documents (including medical records) or evidence that would assist the
Council in making a decision about action taken or proposed to be taken by the
Council under this Subdivision, the Council may, by written notice given to
the person, require the person to do one or more of the following--
(a) to
give the Council, in writing signed by the person (or, in the case of a
corporation, by a competent officer of the corporation), within the time and
in the way specified in the notice, information of which the person has
knowledge;
(b) to produce to the Council, in accordance with the notice,
documents;
(c) to appear before the Council or a member of staff of the
Council authorised by the President or Deputy President of the Council at a
specified reasonable time and place and give evidence, either orally or in
writing, and produce documents.
(2) Information and documents may be given to
a Council in compliance with this section despite any other Act or law.
(3) A
person who is subject to a requirement made under subsection (1) must not--
(a) without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with the requirement; or
(b) in
purported compliance with the requirement, provide information, documents or
evidence knowing the information, documents or evidence to be false or
misleading in a material particular.
