New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 1991 - SECT 10AK

10AK Provision of health services by persons who are de-registered or subject to prohibition orders

(1) A person must not provide a health service in contravention of a prohibition order.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.

(2) A de-registered health practitioner must, before providing a health service to a person, ensure that the following persons are notified, in accordance with the regulations, that the health practitioner was registered under a particular health registration Act or corresponding health registration legislation and that the health practitioner’s registration under that Act or legislation has been cancelled or suspended:

(a) the person to whom the health practitioner intends to provide the health service or, if that person is under 16 years of age or under guardianship, a parent or guardian of the person,

(b) if the health service is to be provided by the health practitioner as an employee, the health practitioner’s employer.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

(3) A health practitioner who is subject to a prohibition order must, before providing a health service to a person, ensure that the following persons are notified, in accordance with the regulations, that the health practitioner is subject to the order:

(a) the person to whom the health practitioner intends to provide the health service or, if that person is under 16 years of age or under guardianship, a parent or guardian of the person,

(b) if the health service is to be provided by the health practitioner as an employee, the health practitioner’s employer.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.