HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 151A
Referral of matters by courts [NSW[#93]
HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 151A
Referral of matters by courts [NSW[#93]
151A Referral of matters by courts [NSW[#93]
(1) A court in this
jurisdiction before which a person is convicted of an offence, or is made the
subject of a criminal finding for a sex or violence offence or a drug related
offence, must cause notice of the conviction or criminal finding, and of any
penalty imposed on the person, to be given to the Executive Officer of a
Council for a health profession if the court has reasonable grounds to believe
that the person is or was, at the time the offence was committed, registered
in the health profession.
(2) If a coroner has reasonable grounds to believe
the evidence given or to be given in proceedings conducted or to be conducted
before the coroner may indicate a complaint could be made about a person who
is or was registered in a health profession, the coroner may give a transcript
of that evidence to the Executive Officer of the Council for the health
profession.
(3) If a notice or a transcript of evidence is given to the
Executive Officer under this section--
(a) a complaint is taken to have been
made to a Council about the person to whom the notice or transcript relates;
and
(b) the Executive Officer must give written notice of the notice or
transcript of evidence to the National Board for the health profession in
which the person is or was registered.
(4) The coroner is not the complainant
in relation to a complaint taken to have been made under subsection (3) and
sections 144D(1), 144E and 144F do not apply to the complaint.
