Queensland Consolidated Acts

HEALTH PRACTITIONERS (PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS) ACT 1999 - SECT 11

A board's functions under this Act are the following--

(a) to receive complaints about its registrants and, if appropriate, refer the complaints to the commission;

(b) to consult and cooperate with the commission in investigating and disciplining its registrants and in relation to complaints about impaired registrants;

(c) to immediately suspend, or impose conditions on, the registration of its registrants if the registrants pose a serious potential risk to the wellbeing of vulnerable persons;

(d) to conduct investigations, whether because of complaints or on its own initiative, about the conduct and practice of its registrants;

(e) to deal with disciplinary matters relating to its registrants that can be satisfactorily addressed through advising, cautioning and reprimanding;

(f) to bring disciplinary proceedings relating to its registrants before panels or the tribunal;

(g) to implement orders of panels or the tribunal relating to the board's registrants;

(h) to establish health assessment committees to assess the health of registrants who may be impaired and make decisions about impaired registrants;

(i) to monitor its registrants' compliance with conditions imposed or other disciplinary action taken, or undertakings entered into, under this Act;

(j) to cancel or suspend, or impose conditions on, its registrants' registration as a result of action taken under a foreign law;

(k) to consult and cooperate with other boards, foreign regulatory authorities and other relevant entities about the investigation and disciplining of its registrants and the management of its registrants who are impaired;

(l) to exercise other functions given to the board under this Act.