The Tribunal's power to fix a period of disqualification under s 196(4)(a) of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law and the National Board's power to assess suitability for registration under s 52 have distinct and different fields of operation. The Tribunal is responsible for professional discipline and its orders should be effectively final; a National Board should not second-guess the sanctions the Tribunal imposes. A 10-year disqualification was upheld for systematic, commercially motivated misconduct over more than a decade involving indiscriminate x-rays, alarmist language, over-servicing, and repeated breaches of undertakings.
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