HEALTH SERVICES ACT 1997 - SECT 104 Effect of Part on other rights

HEALTH SERVICES ACT 1997 - SECT 104

104 Effect of Part on other rights

(1) Nothing in this Part affects any other rights (whether conferred by statute or otherwise) that a public health organisation may have in relation to a visiting practitioner who--

(a) fails to disclose the fact of being charged with committing, or of being convicted of, a serious sex or violence offence, or

(b) is charged with committing, or who has been convicted of, a serious sex or violence offence, or

(c) fails to disclose the fact of having a finding of unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct made against the practitioner, or

(d) has a finding of unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct made against the practitioner.

(2) Nothing in this Part affects the operation of the Criminal Records Act 1991 in relation to spent convictions within the meaning of that Act.

Note : Section 22 of the Health Administration Act 1982 makes it an offence for a person to disclose any information obtained in connection with the administration or execution of that Act or any other Act conferring or imposing functions on the Health Secretary, except in the circumstances specified in that section.