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HEALTH PRACTITIONERS (PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS) ACT 1999 - SECT 392A

392A Disclosure to protect health or safety of patients or other persons

(1) This section applies if a board reasonably believes that—

(a) a registered health practitioner poses, or may pose, a risk to public health; or
(b) the health or safety of a patient or a class of patients is or may be at risk because of a registered health practitioner's practice as a health practitioner.

(2) The board may give written notice of the risk and any relevant information about the registered health practitioner to an entity of the Commonwealth or of a State that the board considers may be required to take action in relation to the risk.


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