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HEALTH PRACTITIONERS (PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS) ACT 1999 - SECT 384

384 Board may notify other entities

(1) This section applies if—

(a) a registrant's board suspends, or imposes conditions on, the registrant's registration under section 59(2); or
(b) a registrant's board enters into an undertaking with the registrant under section 118(1)(c)(iv), 276(2)(a) or 299(2)(c); or
(c) a registrant's board takes action relating to the registrant under section 299(2)(a) or (b); or
(d) a registrant's registration is affected under the foreign law part by a decision of the registrant's board; or
(e) a registrant's registration is affected under the review and appeal part by a decision of a panel, the tribunal or the Court of Appeal.

(2) As soon as practicable after the event in subsection (1) happens, the board must give notice about it to interstate regulatory authorities with which the board is aware the registrant is registered.

(3) Also, the board may give notice about the event to any of the following—

(a) the chief executive;
(b) foreign regulatory authorities;
(c) professional colleges of which the registrant is eligible to be a member;
(d) professional associations of which the registrant is eligible to be a member;
(e) an employer of the registrant;
(f) Medicare Australia;
(g) the Minister;
(h) any other entity relevant to the registrant's practice as a registrant.

(4) However, the board must not give a notice about the event to an entity under subsection (3) unless the board reasonably believes that—

(a) the entity needs to know about the event; and
(b) giving the entity notice about the event will assist in achieving the objects of this Act.

(5) A notice under this section may include the information the board considers appropriate in the circumstances.



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