Duty of staff member to report certain criminal conduct and misconduct findings
145 Duty of staff member to report certain criminal conduct and misconduct findings
A staff member who is charged with having committed, or is convicted or found guilty of, a serious offence must, within 7 days of the charge being laid or the conviction, report that fact in writing to the staff member’s responsible authority.
A staff member who has a misconduct finding made against them under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law must, within 7 days of receiving notice of the finding —
report that fact to the staff member’s responsible authority; and
provide the person to whom the report is made with a copy of the finding.
In subsection (2) —
misconduct finding includes a finding of unsatisfactory professional performance, unprofessional conduct or professional misconduct.
[Section 145 amended: No. 1 of 2023 s. 57.]
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