Health Care Complaints Commission v Wood [2020] NSWCATOD 60

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Health Care Complaints Commission v Wood [2020] NSWCATOD 60 Hearing dates: On the papers Date of orders: 05 June 2020 Decision date: 05 June 2020 Jurisdiction: Occupational Division Before: J Millbank, Senior Member E Angel, Senior Member S Kennedy, Senior Member L Wrightson, General Member Decision: (1) Pursuant to a finding that the practitioner is unfit in the public interest to practise the profession of nursing, the practitioner's registration as a nurse is cancelled under s 149C(1)(c); (2) Pursuant to s 149C(5) of the National Law, the practitioner is prohibited from providing a health service as defined by s 4(a),(c),(f),(g),(h) of the Health Care Complaints Act 1993 (NSW), including but not limited to, working as an Assistant in Nursing, Personal Care assistant, disability support worker or as a counsellor, until such time as he is permitted to register as a nurse; (3) Pursuant to s 149C(7) of the National Law, the practitioner may not apply for a review of the above orders for a period of three years; (4) The respondent to pay the applicant's costs of these proceedings in the amount of $4000. Catchwords: TRADES AND PROFESSIONS – Nursing – criminal convictions – drug possession –drug supply – firearms offences – failure to notify of criminal convictions Legislation Cited: Health Care Complaints Act 1993 (NSW) Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW) Cases Cited: Briginshaw v Briginshaw [1938] HCA 34 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Health Care Complaints Commission (Applicant) Michael Stephen Wood (Respondent) Representation: Solicitors: Health Care Complaints Commission (Applicant) No participation from Respondent File Number(s): 2019/00216740 Publication restriction: Nil.