Queensland Consolidated Acts

HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION NATIONAL LAW ACT 2009 - SECT 35B

35B Insertion of new s 159EA

National Law provisions, after section 159E —
insert—

159EA Regulatory body must notify health ombudsman of interim prohibition order

(1) This section applies if—

(a) a regulatory body issues an interim prohibition order to an unregistered person under section 159C; and

(b) either—

(i) the interim prohibition order is issued in relation to the person’s conduct occurring in this jurisdiction; or

(ii) the person’s principal place of residence is in this jurisdiction.

(2) The regulatory body must, within 7 days after issuing the interim prohibition order, give the health ombudsman a written notice about the interim prohibition order.

(3) The notice must include the following—

(a) the name of the unregistered person;

(b) details of the health service or health services to which the interim prohibition order relates, if any;

(c) the day on which the interim prohibition order starts;

(d) details of the grounds on which the interim prohibition order was issued.