New South Wales Consolidated Acts

HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 79

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).