Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Health Professions Registration Act 2005 - SECT 42

Notifications about health practitioners and students

42. Notifications about health practitioners and students



(1) A person may notify a responsible board about any matter relating to a
registered health practitioner if the person believes it indicates that-

   (a)  the health practitioner's ability to practise as a health practitioner
        may be affected because-

   (i)  of the physical or mental health of the health practitioner; or

   (ii) the health practitioner has an incapacity; or

   (iii) the health practitioner is an alcoholic or drug-dependent person; or

   (b)  the health practitioner may have engaged in unprofessional conduct; or

   (c)  the health practitioner may have engaged in professional misconduct;
        or

   (d)  the professional performance of the health practitioner may be
        unsatisfactory; or

   (e)  the health practitioner is not of good character.

(2) A person may notify the responsible board about any matter relating to a
registered student if the person believes it indicates that the student's
ability or suitability to undertake clinical training may be affected because-

   (a)  of the physical or mental health of the student; or

   (b)  the student has an incapacity; or

   (c)  the student is an alcoholic or drug-dependent person; or

   (d)  the student has been charged with an indictable offence or been
        convicted or found guilty of such an offence.

(3) A person may notify the responsible board about the professional conduct
of a person who was a registered health practitioner but has ceased to be or
is no longer a registered health practitioner or whose registration has been
cancelled or is suspended if the notification relates to a matter arising at a
time when that other person was a registered health practitioner.