HEALTH PRACTITIONERS (PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS) ACT 1999

Queensland Consolidated Acts

199 Contempt of panel

At a hearing before a panel, a person must not—

(a) insult the panel or a member of the panel; or

(b) deliberately interrupt the hearing; or

(c) create or continue, or join in creating or continuing, a disturbance in or near a place where the panel is conducting the hearing; or

(d) without lawful excuse, disobey any lawful order or direction of the panel; or

(e) do anything else that would be contempt of court if the panel were a court of record.

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.