New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PRIVATE HEALTH FACILITIES ACT 2007 - SECT 57A

57A Duty to report certain criminal and disciplinary matters

(1) A registered health practitioner who practises at a private health facility and is charged with having committed, or is convicted of, a serious sex or violence offence must, within 7 days of the charge being laid or the conviction, report that fact in writing to the licensee of the private health facility.

(2) A registered health practitioner who practises at a private health facility and is the subject of one of the following findings must report that fact to the licensee of the private health facility, and provide the licensee with a copy of the finding, within 7 days of receiving notice of the finding--

(a) a finding of unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct made under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW) ,

(b) a finding made under the law of another State or Territory that substantially corresponds to or is substantially the same as a finding referred to in paragraph (a).

(3) A licensee may nominate the person occupying a specified position at the private health facility as the person to whom reports under this section are to be made and who is authorised to receive reports on behalf of the licensee.

(4) In this section--

"registered health practitioner" has the same meaning as in the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW) .

"serious sex or violence offence" means an offence involving sexual activity, sexual touching or a sexual act, physical violence or the threat of physical violence that--

(a) if committed in New South Wales, is punishable by imprisonment for 12 months or more, or

(b) if committed elsewhere than in New South Wales, would have been an offence punishable by imprisonment for 12 months or more if committed in New South Wales,

and includes an attempt to commit, or a conspiracy to commit, the offence.