Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003

2: Registration of, and practising certificates for, health practitioners

16 Fitness for registration




    16 Fitness for registration
No applicant for registration may be registered as a health practitioner
of a health profession if---

      (a)  he or she does not satisfy the responsible authority that he or she
is able to communicate effectively for the purposes of practising within the
scope
of practice in respect of which the applicant seeks to be, or agrees to be,
registered; or

      (b)  he or she does not satisfy the responsible authority that his or her
ability to communicate in and comprehend English is
sufficient to protect the health and safety of the public; or

      (c)  he or she has been convicted by any court in New Zealand or
elsewhere of any offence punishable by imprisonment for a term of 3 months or
longer, and he
or she does not satisfy the responsible authority that, having regard to all
the circumstances, including the time that has elapsed since the conviction,
the offence does not reflect adversely on his or her fitness to practise as a
health practitioner of that profession; or

      (d)  the responsible authority is satisfied that the applicant is unable
to perform the functions required for the practice of that profession because
of
some mental or physical condition; or

      (e)  he or she is the subject of professional disciplinary proceedings in
New Zealand or in another country,
and the responsible authority believes on reasonable grounds that those
proceedings reflect adversely on his or her fitness to practise as a health
practitioner of that profession; or

      (f)  he or she is under investigation, in New Zealand or in another
country, in respect of any matter that may be the subject of professional
disciplinary proceedings, and
the responsible authority believes on reasonable grounds that
that investigation reflects adversely on his or her fitness to practise as a
health practitioner of that profession; or

      (g)  he or she---

          (i)     is subject to an order of a professional disciplinary
tribunal (whether in New Zealand or in another country) or to an order of an
educational
institution accredited under section 12(2)(a) or to an order of an authority or
of a similar body in another country; and

          (ii)    does not satisfy the responsible authority that that order
does not reflect adversely on his or her fitness to practise as a health
practitioner of
that profession; or

      (h)  the responsible authority has reason to believe that the applicant
may endanger the health or safety of members of the public.
Compare: 1995 No 95 s 13
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