The Board succeeded in its disciplinary referral: the respondent medical practitioner was reprimanded and her registration was cancelled, but no disqualification period was imposed, meaning she may reapply for registration at any time. The Tribunal found professional misconduct (paragraphs (a) and/or (b) of the s 5 definition) for repeated breaches of drug testing conditions, and unprofessional conduct for providing misleading information to the regulator, but declined to find professional misconduct on the misleading information allegation and did not find the allegation regarding non-compliance with a psychiatrist's medication directions proved. The decision reinforces that non-compliance with registration conditions cannot be justified by a practitioner's view that the conditions are unnecessary, and that where suspensions and conditions have repeatedly failed to produce lasting compliance, cancellation is the appropriate protective measure. The Tribunal also confirmed that while ASD and ADHD diagnoses may contextualise a practitioner's conduct, they do not excuse repeated breaches where no impairment finding is made.
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