Appointment of health assessor
96 Appointment of health assessor
(1) The relevant authority may appoint one or more appropriately qualified persons (health assessors) to conduct all or part of a health assessment under this Division of a subject person.
At least one health assessor must be a medical practitioner.
(3) If the relevant authority considers the subject person's criminal history is relevant to the assessment, the authority may disclose the history to the health assessor despite that part of the criminal history is a spent conviction as defined in the Criminal Records (Spent Convictions) Act 1992.
(4) Before appointing a person as a health assessor, the relevant authority must be satisfied the person does not have a personal or professional connection with the subject person that may prejudice the way in which the person conducts the assessment.
In this section:
appropriately qualified, for a medical practitioner or other person conducting a health assessment, includes having the qualifications, experience, skills or knowledge appropriate to conduct the assessment.
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