Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Health Professions Registration Act 2005 - SECT 66

Notice of a health panel hearing

66. Notice of a health panel hearing



(1) The responsible board must-

   (a)  fix a time and place for the hearing to be conducted; and

   (b)  serve a notice of the time and place of the hearing on the health
        practitioner or student by post.

(2) A notice of a panel hearing under subsection (1) that is served on a
health practitioner or student must-

   (a)  state the nature of the hearing and the allegations made against the
        health practitioner or student; and

   (b)  give the time and place of the hearing; and

   (c)  state that the health practitioner or student may choose to have the
        matter determined by VCAT at a Tribunal hearing and state the
        differences between a panel hearing and a Tribunal hearing; and





   (d)  state that-

   (i)  the health practitioner or student is entitled to be present and to
        make submissions and to be accompanied by another person; and

   (ii) the panel hearing is not open to the public; and

   (iii) there is no right to legal representation at the panel hearing; and

   (iv) the health practitioner or student may seek the leave of the panel
        before the hearing to have legal representation; and

   (e)  list the possible findings the panel can make or orders the panel can
        give.