New South Wales Consolidated Acts

HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 176D

176D Effect of suspension [NSW]

(1) If a person's registration as a health practitioner or student is suspended under this Law, the person is taken during the period of suspension not to be registered under this Law, other than for the purposes of this Part.

Note--: This subsection is a Health Practitioner Regulation National Law provision (see section 207 of the National Law).

(2) Accordingly, a reference in any other Act or instrument to a registered health practitioner does not include a reference to a health practitioner whose registration is suspended.

(3) When a suspension imposed under this Law ends, the person's rights and privileges as a registered health practitioner or student in the health profession are revived, subject to--

(a) any other action taken by the Council for the profession under Subdivision 7 of Division 3 of Part 8 or Division 4 of Part 8; or

(b) any order of the Tribunal on a complaint referred to the Tribunal.

(4) Subsection (3) does not apply if the person's registration in a health profession would have ended during the period of suspension.

Note--: See the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law, Part 7, Division 9, Subdivision 2.