Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts14. Suspension or cancellation of registration
(1) Where, after holding an inquiry, the Board is satisfied that a registered radiographer -
(a) has failed to comply with an ethical standard accepted by the profession of radiographers as necessary to be maintained in the practice of radiography;
(b) has been found guilty (whether before or after the grant of his registration and whether or not in the Territory) of an offence of such a nature that it is undesirable, in the public interest, for him to continue to practise radiography;
(c) is, by reason of his taking intoxicating liquor to excess or his habitual taking of drugs, incapable of properly carrying on the practice of radiography;
(d) is suffering from mental disorder of such a nature or to such a degree as to render him incapable of properly carrying on the practice of radiography;
(e) being a person who is registered as a radiographer in another State or Territory or in another country, has had his registration in that other place cancelled or suspended; or
(f) has committed a breach of this Act, or for any other reason has become unfit to continue to be a registered radiographer,
the Board may suspend his registration for such period as it thinks fit or cancel the registration.
(1A) The Board may cancel the registration of a radiographer if the Board is satisfied that -
(a) the radiographer is dead; or
(b) the radiographer has, during the period of 6 months after it was posted to him, failed to reply in writing to a letter written by the Registrar and posted to his address shown in the register, inquiring as to whether he has changed his address or place of residence.
(2) Where, after holding an inquiry, the Board is satisfied that a registered radiographer obtained registration by fraud or misrepresentation, the Board shall cancel his registration.
(3) Before holding an inquiry for the purposes of this section, the Board shall serve, by post or otherwise, on the registered radiographer in respect of whom the inquiry is to be held notice in writing -
(a) specifying the matter in relation to which the inquiry is to be held; and
(b) requiring him to appear before the Board on the holding of the inquiry, at the place and time specified in the notice, to show cause why his registration should not be suspended or cancelled.