Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The board may, when it refers a disciplinary matter for hearing by a panel, nominate 1 of its members, other than a member who was involved in an investigation of the disciplinary matter, to be a member of the panel.
(2) Before nominating a person under subsection (1), the board must be satisfied the person does not have a personal or professional connection with the registrant that may prejudice the way in which the person performs the person's functions as a member of the panel.
(3) For subsection (1), a board member was involved in the investigation of a disciplinary matter if the board member--
(a) was an investigator or a member of an investigation committee for the matter; or
(b) was directly involved in preparing a report about the investigation; or
(c) participated in deliberations or decisions about the matter during or after the investigation, including, for example, the decision to refer the matter under section 126 for hearing by a panel.