s 79
In forcePower to check applicant's criminal history
Schedule 2Health Practitioner Regulation National Law
Part 7Registration of health practitioners
Division 6Application for registration
79 Power to check applicant's criminal history
(1)
Before deciding an application for registration, a National Board must check the applicant's criminal history.
(2)
For the purposes of checking an applicant's criminal history, a National
Board may obtain a written report about the criminal history of the applicant from any of the following—
(a)
ACC;
(b)
a police commissioner;
(c)
an entity in a jurisdiction outside Australia that has access to records about the criminal history of persons in that jurisdiction.
(3)
A criminal history law does not apply to a report about an applicant's criminal history under subsection (2).
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