Table 1 Grounds on which health practitioners may be disciplined according to HPCAA 2003

(1) The Tribunal may make any 1 or more of the orders authorised by Sect. 101 if, after conducting a hearing on a charge laid under Sect. 91 against a health practitioner, it makes 1 or more findings that—

(a) the practitioner has been guilty of professional misconduct because of any act or omission that, in the judgment of the Tribunal, amounts to malpractice or negligence in relation to the scope of practice in respect of which the practitioner was registered at the time that the conduct occurred; or

(b) the practitioner has been guilty of professional misconduct because of any act or omission that, in the judgment of the Tribunal, has brought or was likely to bring discredit to the profession that the health practitioner practised at the time that the conduct occurred; or

(c) the practitioner has been convicted of an offence that reflects adversely on his or her fitness to practise; or

(d) the practitioner has practised his or her profession while not holding a current practising certificate; or

(e) the practitioner has performed a health service that forms part of a scope of practice of the profession in respect of which he or she is or was registered without being permitted to perform that service by his or her scope of practice; or

(f) the practitioner has failed to observe any conditions included in the practitioner’s scope of practice; or

(g) the practitioner has breached an order of the Tribunal under Sect. 101.