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Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003

6: Structures and administration

144   Revision of register




    144 Revision of register

  (1)  The Registrar of the responsible authority may at any time, and must if
the Authority directs, ask whether a health practitioner wishes to have the
entry in the register relating to him or her cancelled.

  (2)  The Registrar must ask by letter addressed to the health practitioner at
his or her last known address.

  (3)  If the health practitioner tells the Registrar in writing that he or she
wishes to have the entry in the register relating to him or her cancelled, the
Registrar may cancel the entry in the register relating to the health
practitioner.

  (4)  If the Registrar does not receive a reply to the letter within 6 months
after it was posted, or if the letter is returned to the Registrar undelivered,
the Registrar may give the health practitioner notice in writing at his or her
last known address that the entry in the register relating to the health
practitioner may be cancelled if the health practitioner does not respond
within 10 working days after the date of the notice.

  (5)  If the Registrar does not receive a reply within 10 working days after
the date of the notice, the authority may direct the Registrar to cancel the
entry
relating to the health practitioner.

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