Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003

3: Competence, fitness to practise, and quality assurance

35 Authority must notify certain persons of risk of harm to public




    35 Authority must notify certain persons of risk of harm to public

  (1)  Whenever an authority that a health practitioner is registered with has
reason to believe that the practice of the health practitioner may pose a risk
of harm to the public, the authority must promptly
give the following persons written notice of the circumstances that have given
rise to that belief:

      (a)  the Accident Compensation Corporation:

      (b)  the Director-General of Health:

      (c)  the Health and Disability Commissioner:

      (d)  any person who, to the knowledge of the authority, is the employer
of the health practitioner.

  (2)  Whenever an authority that a health practitioner is registered with has
reason to believe that the practice of the health practitioner may pose a risk
of harm to the public, the authority may give written notice to any person who
works in partnership or in association with the practitioner of the
circumstances that have given rise to that belief.

  (3)  If, after giving notice under this section in respect of a health
practitioner, the authority forms the view
that the practice of the health practitioner never posed, or no longer poses, a
risk of harm to the public, the authority must promptly notify every recipient
of the notice under this section of the current position in
respect of the health practitioner.

  (4)  Promptly after giving a notice under this section about a health
practitioner, the Registrar of the authority must give a copy of the notice to
the practitioner.

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