Grounds for disciplinary action
37F Grounds for disciplinary action
The Authority may take disciplinary action against an attending medical practitioner on any of the following grounds—
the attending medical practitioner is no longer a medical practitioner or the attending medical practitioner’s registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency as a medical practitioner is suspended,
the Authority considers the attending medical practitioner is not satisfactorily exercising, or cannot satisfactorily exercise, the functions of an attending medical practitioner,
the attending medical practitioner has contravened, or the Authority has reasonable ground to believe the attending medical practitioner is likely to contravene, a provision of this Act, the regulations or the rules,
the attending medical practitioner has contravened a law of another jurisdiction and the contravention would, if it had occurred in New South Wales, be a contravention of this Act, the regulations or the rules,
the attending medical practitioner has not complied with, or the Authority has reasonable ground to believe the attending medical practitioner is likely to not comply with, a condition of the attending medical practitioner’s accreditation,
the attending medical practitioner no longer holds current medical indemnity insurance of an appropriate level to cover a combat sport contest,
any other ground prescribed by the regulations.
This provision refers to the regulations (the regulations
, prescribed by the regulations
). Made under this Act:
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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