New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MEDICAL PRACTICE ACT 1992 - SECT 72

72 Referral of impairment matters concerning practitioners or students

(1) The Board may refer any matter to an Impaired Registrants Panel if the Board considers that the matter indicates that a registered medical practitioner or medical student suffers from an impairment. This is not limited to matters that are the subject of a complaint to the Board.

(2) If the Board is aware that a complaint has been made to the Commission about a practitioner who is the subject of a referral to an Impaired Registrants Panel, the Board is to notify the Commission of the referral.