Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003

4: Complaints and discipline

67 Notification of convictions




    67 Notification of convictions
A registrar of a court in New Zealand who knows that a person convicted in
the court is a health practitioner must send a notice of the conviction to the
responsible authority if the conviction is for---

      (a)  an offence punishable by imprisonment for a term of 3 months or
longer; or

      (b)  an offence against---

          (i)     the Births, Deaths, and Marriages Registration Act 1995; or

          (ii)    the Burial and Cremation Act 1964; or

          (iii)   the Contraception, Sterilisation, and Abortion Act 1977; or

          (iv)    the Coroners Act 1988; or

          (v)     the Health Act 1956; or

          (vi)    the Health and Disability Services (Safety) Act 2001; or

          (vii)   the Human Tissue Act 1964; or

          (viii)  the Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act
2001; or

          (ix)    the Medicines Act 1981; or

          (x)     the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act
1992; or

          (xi)    the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975; or

          (xii)   the Radiation Protection Act 1965.
Compare: 1995 No 95 s 85

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