Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A health assessment committee may, by written notice given to a registrant, require the registrant to do 1 or both of the following—
(a) attend before the committee to undergo a health assessment;
(b) as part of the health assessment conducted by the committee, undergo a health assessment (an external assessment) by an appropriately qualified person other than a member of the committee (an external assessor).
(2) The notice must state—
(a) a reasonable time and place for the registrant to undergo the health assessment or external assessment; and
(b) for an external assessment—
(i) the reasons for the assessment; and
(ii) the name and qualifications of the external assessor; and
(c) advice to the registrant of the terms of section 289(1).
(3) If the registrant is required to attend before the health assessment committee, the registrant may be accompanied by a lawyer or another person but the lawyer or other person is not entitled to address the committee on the registrant's behalf.
(4) The registrant must not fail, without reasonable excuse—
(a) to attend as required by the notice; and
(b) to continue to attend as required by the health assessment committee until excused from further attendance; and
(c) to cooperate with the committee or external assessor in the conduct of a health assessment or external assessment.
(5) In this section—
appropriately qualified, for an external assessor, includes having the qualifications, experience, skills or knowledge appropriate to conduct the external assessment.