New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MEDICAL PRACTICE ACT 1992 - SECT 71

71 Referral of matters by courts

(1) A court in New South Wales before which a person is convicted of an offence, or is made the subject of a criminal finding for a sex or violence offence, other than an offence prescribed by the regulations, is to cause notice of the conviction or criminal finding, and of any penalty imposed on the person, to be sent to the Registrar if the court has reasonable grounds to believe that the person is or was, at the time the offence was committed, a registered medical practitioner.

(2) If a Coroner has reasonable grounds to believe that the evidence given or to be given in any proceedings conducted or to be conducted before the Coroner may indicate that a complaint could be made under this Part about a person, the Coroner may cause a transcript of that evidence to be furnished to the Registrar.

(3) If a notice or a transcript of evidence is furnished to the Registrar under this section, a complaint is taken to have been made to the Board about the person to whom the notice or transcript relates.

(4) The Coroner is not the complainant in relation to a complaint that is taken to have been made under subsection (3) and sections 43 (1), 44 and 45 do not apply to such a complaint.